TILT vs VTI: Differences, Returns & Fees

TILT and VTI hold 80% of their weight in the same names. Net assets: $2.2bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Northern Trust Morningstar US Market Factor Tilt ETF, and $689.2bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF.

VTI costs 0.22 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.5 points.

TILT vs VTI: Differences, Returns & Fees
TILTVTI
Expense ratio0.25%0.03%
Net assets, TILT as of Jul 31, 2026 and VTI as of Sep 30, 2026$2.2bn$689.2bn
Total return, 1 year+17.3%+16.8%
What it tracksMorningstar US Market Factor Tilt IndexCRSP US Total Market Index
Holdings in common80%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund25.6%33.5%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026.

+17.3%
TILT total return, 1 year
+16.8%
VTI total return, 1 year
0.25%
TILT expense ratio
0.03%
VTI expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, TILT and VTI hold 80% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026.

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80% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding TILT VTI
NVIDIA Corp. 4.86% 6.88%
Apple, Inc. 4.67% 6.30%
Microsoft Corp. 3.56% 5.11%
Amazon.com, Inc. 2.75% 3.41%
Alphabet, Inc. 2.14% 2.70%
Broadcom, Inc. 1.87% 2.38%
Alphabet, Inc. 1.73% 2.12%
Meta Platforms, Inc. 1.56% 1.70%
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 1.22% 1.29%
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. 1.21% 1.23%
Micron Technology, Inc. 1.18% 1.47%
Eli Lilly & Co. 0.95% 1.33%
Only in TILT
OCBC NEW YORK 0.14%
WESTPAC BKG CORP, NEW YORK 0.14%
Webster Financial Corp. 0.11%
MercadoLibre, Inc. 0.09%
BANK OF MONTREAL CHICAGO 0.09%
BANK OF MONTREAL CHICAGO 0.09%
BANK OF MONTREAL CHICAGO 0.09%
BNP PARIBAS, NY 0.09%
Only in VTI
SLCMT1142 0.20%
Space Exploration Technologies Corp 0.12%
Honeywell Aerospace Inc 0.07%
Waste Connections Inc 0.06%
Cboe Global Markets Inc 0.04%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc 0.04%
FTAI Aviation Ltd 0.03%
RB Global Inc 0.02%

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On the same fields

TILT
Northern Trust Morningstar US Market Factor Tilt ETF
VTI
Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index of US total market
Total return, 1 year +17.3% +16.8%
Expense ratio 0.25% 0.03%
Already in the S&P 500 72.7% 88.1%
Holdings 1923 3509
Net assets, TILT as of Jul 31, 2026 and VTI as of Sep 30, 2026 $2.2bn $689.2bn

TILT and VTI on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

About TILT

TILT tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.3% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.25% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 73% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,923 positions, with the top ten at 25.6%.

About VTI

VTI tracks an index of US total market. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +16.8% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Aug 31, 2026, 88% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 3,509 positions, with the top ten at 33.5%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, TILT or VTI?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, TILT returned +17.3% and VTI +16.8%.
Which is cheaper, TILT or VTI?
VTI is cheaper, by 0.22 percentage points a year. That is about $22 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do TILT and VTI overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 73% of TILT and 88% of VTI by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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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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