ETF Breakout: Vanguard Total Stock Market Fund (VTI)
The Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI) covers the entire U.S. stock market (market cap weighted). With a extremely small expense ratio, it has become one of the most popular ETFs in history with over $1 trillion in total net assets.
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Key stats
- Class – Domestic/Large Blend
- Expense ratio – 0.03%
- Number of stocks – 3,586
- Concentration of top 10 – 23.1%
- 10 year avg return – 14.04% (30 day below)
- Price/Earnings raito – 27.7x
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Distribution
Key to understanding any fund is its distribution across both industries and individual stocks. With the recent runup in key technology companies, the top 10 stocks now make up a mind blowing 23% of the entire stock market. In other words, 1 in every 4 dollars – meaning fluctuations in these giants will be felt across the entire market.
| Top 10 Companies | 23.1% |
|---|---|
| Apple | 5.0% |
| Microsoft | 4.4% |
| Amazon | 3.7% |
| Alphabet | 2.8% |
| 1.8% | |
| Berkshire Hathaway | 1.2% |
| Tesla | 1.2% |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1.0% |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 1.0% |
| Visa | 1.0% |
We can also consider its sector diversification. Here too it becomes very clear that the technology sector has grown far faster than the entire economy – representing 23.2% of VTI. Consumer discretionary, health care, and industrials round out the top 4 sectors that have an outsized impact on this fund.
| Sector Diversification | 100% |
|---|---|
| Basic Materials | 2.1% |
| Consumer Discretionary | 16.4% |
| Consumer Staples | 5.3% |
| Energy | 2.3% |
| Financials | 10.4% |
| Health Care | 13.5% |
| Industrials | 13.8% |
| Real Estate | 3.4% |
| Technology | 26.2% |
| Telecommunications | 3.5% |
| Utiliities | 3.1% |
Past Performance
As a fund that is reflective of the entire market, nothing here should be a surprise. Notably though, while you see trends reflective of market conditions you will see a relatively smooth line that doesn’t have the dynamic volatility on individual stocks or even sectors – illustrating the advantages that over 3,600 stocks bring.
