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VTI vs. SPYD

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF

VTI
$
Today’s Change
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vs

SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF

SPYD
$
Today’s Change
()

Correlation

1M
3M
6M
YTD
1Y
3Y
Max

Performance Measures**

for the time period May 31, 2001 to Dec 17, 2025

Returns

1M Trailing Return:

3M Trailing Return:

VTI

1.3%

2.0%

SPYD

3.6%

0.4%

Diff.

-2.3%

+1.6%

Measures of Risk or Volatility

Max Drawdown:

Standard Deviation:

VTI

-55.5%

19.2%

SPYD

-46.4%

19.9%

Diff.

-9.1%

-0.7%

Measures of Risk-Adjusted Performance

Sharpe Ratio:

Calmar Ratio:

VTI

0.56

0.17

SPYD

0.51

0.18

Diff.

+0.05

-0.01

VTIVanguard Total Stock Market ETF
SPYDSPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF

What is VTI?

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of the overall stock market.

Snapshot
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VTI Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF
SPYD SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF
Inception date
May 24, 2001
Oct 21, 2015
Expense ratio
0.03%
0.07%
VTI has a lower expense ratio than SPYD by 0.04%. This can indicate that it’s cheaper to invest in VTI than SPYD.
Type
US Equities
US Equities
VTI targets investing in US Equities, while SPYD targets investing in US Equities.
Fund owner
Vanguard
State Street (SPDR)
VTI is managed by Vanguard, while SPYD is managed by State Street (SPDR).
Volume (1m avg. daily)
$607,495,967
$31,341,265
Both VTI and SPYD are considered high-volume assets. They’re less likely to be affected by issues like slippage and failed orders on Composer than low-volume assets.
AUM
$306,403,223,628
$6,188,814,848
VTI has more assets under management than SPYD by $300,214,408,780. Higher AUM can be associated with better liquidity and lower slippage in trading.
Associated index
CRSP US Total Market Index
S&P 500 High Dividend Index
VTI is based off of the CRSP US Total Market Index, while SPYD is based off of the S&P 500 High Dividend Index
Inverse/Leveraged
No
No
Neither VTI nor SPYD use an inverse or leveraged strategy.
Passive/Active
Passive
Passive
VTI and SPYD both use a Passive investing strategy. In an actively managed fund, the fund manager makes decisions about how funds are invested. A passively managed fund typically tries to track or follow a market index.
Dividend
No
Yes
SPYD may offer dividends, while VTI does not. The frequency and yield of the dividend for SPYD may vary.
Prospectus
Neither VTI nor SPYD require a K1.

Trading Strategies
Related toVTI

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Category

Tactical trading, leveraged ETFs, trend following, mean reversion, volatility hedging, tech/semis

OOS Cumulative Return

422.46%

Trading Strategies
Related toSPYD

Dividend ETFs

Category

Dividend income, equity factors, multi-ETF, buy-and-hold, global equities, value tilt, low-volatility tilt

OOS Cumulative Return

28.56%

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Disclaimers

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We show information directly obtained from our data provider, Xignite. Data shown here is provided by Xignite, an unaffiliated third party. Composer believes the information shown here is reliable, but has not been verified and there is no guarantee that the information is accurate.

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We show information based on calculations performed by Composer using data from our provider. Information provided here is based on calculations performed by Composer using data sourced from Xignite, an unaffiliated third party. Composer believes this information is reliable, but has not verified the data and there is no guarantee that the calculations are accurate.