Which returned more over the last year, VNQ or VT?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VNQ returned +4.8% and VT +13.5%.

Which is cheaper, VNQ or VT?

VT is cheaper, by 0.07 percentage points a year. That is about $7 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do VNQ and VT overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 63% of VNQ and 55% of VT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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VNQ vs VT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, VNQ returned +4.8% to VT's +13.5%; 1% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Sep 30, 2026: $35.9bn for Vanguard Real Estate ETF and $81.8bn for Vanguard Total World Stock Index ETF.

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At a glance

+4.8%

VNQ total return, 1 year

+13.5%

VT total return, 1 year

0.13%

VNQ expense ratio

0.06%

VT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VT costs 0.07 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 8.7 points; VT is 2.3 times larger.

VNQ vs VT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	VNQ	VT
Return
Measure	VNQ	VT
Total return, 1 year	+4.8%	+13.5%
Drawdown
Measure	VNQ	VT
Below its high	8.3%, high on Jul 28, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	VNQ	VT
What it tracks	MSCI US Investable Market Real Estate 25/50 Index	FTSE Global All Cap Index
Cost and size
Measure	VNQ	VT
Expense ratio	0.13%	0.06%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$35.9bn	$81.8bn
Holdings
Measure	VNQ	VT
Holdings in common	1%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	55.8%	22.5%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Sep 30, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, VNQ and VT hold 1% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026.

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1% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first VNQ VT

MKTLIQ 0.14% 0.39%

Welltower Inc 9.12% 0.14%

Prologis Inc 6.86% 0.10%

Equinix Inc 5.65% 0.09%

American Tower Corp 4.32% 0.07%

Digital Realty Trust Inc 3.68% 0.06%

Simon Property Group Inc 3.69% 0.05%

Realty Income Corp 2.85% 0.04%

Public Storage 2.69% 0.04%

Vivmark Residential 2.46% 0.04%

Ventas Inc 2.34% 0.04%

CBRE Group Inc 2.13% 0.03%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in VNQ

Vanguard Real Estate II Index Fund 14.51%

SLCMT1142 0.37%

InvenTrust Properties Corp 0.13%

LandBridge Corp 0.13%

Smartstop Self Storage REIT Inc 0.10%

NETSTREIT Corp 0.10%

Opendoor Technologies Inc 0.10%

Diversified Healthcare Trust 0.09%

Only in VT

NVIDIA Corp 4.54%

Apple Inc 4.11%

Microsoft Corp 3.25%

Amazon.com Inc 2.06%

Alphabet Inc 1.73%

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 1.62%

Broadcom Inc 1.39%

Meta Platforms Inc 1.36%

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Side by side

VNQ Vanguard Real Estate ETF VT Vanguard Total World Stock Index ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Vanguard Vanguard

What it is Tracks an index of US real estate Tracks an index of Total World Stock

Total return, 1 year +4.8% +13.5%

Expense ratio 0.13% 0.06%

Already in the S&P 500 62.8% 54.7%

Holdings 141 10194

Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026 $35.9bn $81.8bn

VNQ and VT on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

VNQ

VNQ tracks an index of US real estate. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +4.8% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.13% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 63% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 141 positions, with the top ten at 55.8%. It sat 8.3% below its high of Jul 28, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

VT tracks an index of Total World Stock. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.5% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 55% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 10,194 positions, with the top ten at 22.5%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, VNQ or VT?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VNQ returned +4.8% and VT +13.5%.
Which is cheaper, VNQ or VT?: VT is cheaper, by 0.07 percentage points a year. That is about $7 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do VNQ and VT overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 63% of VNQ and 55% of VT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

VNQ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VNQ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VNQ ↗

VT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VT ↗

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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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