Are GNR and VTI in the same category?

GNR is a thematic ETF and VTI is a stock ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.

Which returned more over the last year, GNR or VTI?

In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GNR returned +32.9% and VTI +14.9%.

Which is cheaper, GNR or VTI?

VTI is cheaper, by 0.37 percentage points a year. That is about $37 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do GNR and VTI overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 26% of GNR and 88% of VTI by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Across categories

GNR vs VTI: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, GNR returned +32.9% to VTI's +14.9%, and VTI charges 0.03% to GNR's 0.40%.

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Net assets: $5.3bn on Nov 3, 2026 for State Street SPDR S&P Global Natural Resources ETF, and $689.3bn on Oct 31, 2026 for Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF.

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At a glance

+32.9%

GNR total return, 1 year

+14.9%

VTI total return, 1 year

0.40%

GNR expense ratio

0.03%

VTI expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VTI costs 0.37 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 18.0 points.

GNR vs VTI: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	GNR	VTI
Return
Measure	GNR	VTI
Total return, 1 year	+32.9%	+14.9%
Drawdown
Measure	GNR	VTI
Below its all-time high	6.8%, high on Sep 9, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	GNR	VTI
What it tracks	Natural resources	Morningstar US Total Market Index
Cost and size
Measure	GNR	VTI
Expense ratio	0.40%	0.03%
Net assets, GNR as of Nov 3, 2026 and VTI as of Oct 31, 2026	$5.3bn	$689.3bn
Active share vs the S&P 500	98%
Holdings
Measure	GNR	VTI
Holdings in common	3%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	36%	34.7%

Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, GNR and VTI hold 3% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

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3% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first GNR VTI

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 5.23% 0.92%

CHEVRON CORP 3.00% 0.52%

CONOCOPHILLIPS 1.25% 0.20%

NEWMONT CORP 2.71% 0.17%

MARATHON PETROLEUM CORP 0.89% 0.15%

VALERO ENERGY CORP 0.82% 0.15%

PHILLIPS 66 0.77% 0.14%

FREEPORT MCMORAN INC 2.09% 0.14%

EOG RESOURCES INC 0.59% 0.10%

SLB LTD 0.56% 0.10%

BAKER HUGHES CO 0.37% 0.07%

NUCOR CORP 1.47% 0.07%

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Only in GNR

SHELL PLC 5.51%

BHP GROUP LTD 4.44%

NUTRIEN LTD 4.43%

TOTALENERGIES SE 3.68%

UPM KYMMENE OYJ 2.82%

BP PLC 2.36%

VYLOR INC 2.29%

CANADIAN NATURAL RESOURCES 2.12%

Only in VTI

NVIDIA Corp 7.14%

Apple Inc 6.63%

Microsoft Corp 5.20%

Amazon.com Inc 3.30%

Alphabet Inc 2.76%

Broadcom Inc 2.28%

Meta Platforms Inc 2.18%

Alphabet Inc 2.18%

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Side by side

GNR State Street SPDR S&P Global Natural Resources ETF VTI Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF

Where it sits Thematic ETF Stock ETF

Issuer State Street Vanguard

What it is Natural resources Tracks an index of US total market

Total return, 1 year +32.9% +14.9%

Expense ratio 0.40% 0.03%

Already in the S&P 500 25.9% 88.1%

Holdings 104 3519

Net assets, GNR as of Nov 3, 2026 and VTI as of Oct 31, 2026 $5.3bn $689.3bn

GNR and VTI on the fields both publish, as of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

GNR

By weight, 26% of GNR's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 98%. The top ten holdings are 36% of the fund across 104 positions, as published by its issuer for Nov 3, 2026. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 the fund returned +32.9% with distributions reinvested. It sits 6.8% below its all-time high of Sep 9, 2026.

VTI

VTI tracks an index of US total market. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 it returned +14.9% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 88% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 3,519 positions, with the top ten at 34.7%.

Questions people ask

Are GNR and VTI in the same category?: GNR is a thematic ETF and VTI is a stock ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.
Which returned more over the last year, GNR or VTI?: In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GNR returned +32.9% and VTI +14.9%.
Which is cheaper, GNR or VTI?: VTI is cheaper, by 0.37 percentage points a year. That is about $37 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do GNR and VTI overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 26% of GNR and 88% of VTI by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

GNR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

GNR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

State Street website ↗

VTI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VTI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VTI ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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