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VTI vs. VIG

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF

VTI
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Today’s Change
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vs

Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF

VIG
$
Today’s Change
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Correlation

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

Performance Measures**

for the time period May 31, 2001 to Dec 5, 2025

Returns

1M Trailing Return:

3M Trailing Return:

VTI

1.3%

5.9%

VIG

2.5%

5.0%

Diff.

-1.2%

+0.9%

Measures of Risk or Volatility

Max Drawdown:

Standard Deviation:

VTI

-55.5%

19.2%

VIG

-46.8%

17.2%

Diff.

-8.7%

+2%

Measures of Risk-Adjusted Performance

Sharpe Ratio:

Calmar Ratio:

VTI

0.56

0.17

VIG

0.64

0.21

Diff.

-0.08

-0.04

VTIVanguard Total Stock Market ETF
VIGVanguard Dividend Appreciation 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
VIG Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF
Inception date
May 24, 2001
Apr 21, 2006
Expense ratio
0.03%
0.06%
VTI has a lower expense ratio than VIG by 0.03%. This can indicate that it’s cheaper to invest in VTI than VIG.
Type
US Equities
US Equities
VTI targets investing in US Equities, while VIG targets investing in US Equities.
Fund owner
Vanguard
Vanguard
VTI is managed by Vanguard, while VIG is managed by Vanguard.
Volume (1m avg. daily)
$607,495,967
$157,665,108
Both VTI and VIG 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
$67,239,425,848
VTI has more assets under management than VIG by $239,163,797,780. Higher AUM can be associated with better liquidity and lower slippage in trading.
Associated index
CRSP US Total Market Index
S&P U.S. Dividend Growers Index
VTI is based off of the CRSP US Total Market Index, while VIG is based off of the S&P U.S. Dividend Growers Index
Inverse/Leveraged
No
No
Neither VTI nor VIG use an inverse or leveraged strategy.
Passive/Active
Passive
Passive
VTI and VIG 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
VIG may offer dividends, while VTI does not. The frequency and yield of the dividend for VIG may vary.
Prospectus
Neither VTI nor VIG require a K1.

Trading Strategies
Related toVTI

Finimize Easy Rider

Category

Balanced allocation, Multi-asset, Long-only, Global equities, Bonds, Commodities, Gold, Bitcoin, Strategic

OOS Cumulative Return

Trading Strategies
Related toVIG

FINVIZ Screened ☢️ NASDAQ-X DeETF | Deez | AR: 83% DD: 25.6% - 1JAN2019 | V 1.2

Category

Tactical allocation, Momentum, Defensive rotation, Leveraged ETFs, Large-cap growth, Daily rebalanced, Risk management

OOS Cumulative Return

230.15%

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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.