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Is VTI a good investment?

Updated October 9, 2026

Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF (VTI) is a total US market ETF. As of October 9, 2026, ETF Copilot scores VTI 6.6 out of 10 — highest on Return (7.7), lowest on Value (3.9). It trades at 23.7 times earnings, against its own median of 22.3. Its ten largest holdings are 34% of the fund.

What stands out in VTI's data

Owns the entire U.S. stock market — large, mid, and small companies together.

Charges far less than the typical fund — more of the market's return stays in your pocket.

An expense ratio of 0.03% is among the cheapest of any fund, versus a 0.16% category median, and it holds 3,418 stocks with a 24.7% return on invested capital.

A single-position foundation for a U.S.-anchored portfolio, covering the full market.

Why did VTI move this week? It rose 1.0% in the week to October 9, 2026 — Microsoft and Amazon.com drove it

VTI rose 1.0% in the week to October 9, 2026. The holdings that moved it most were Microsoft (+3.4%), Amazon.com (+4.3%) and Alphabet (+2.4%); Nvidia (−2.0%) pushed the other way.

How is VTI rated? ETF Copilot scores Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF (VTI) 6.6 out of 10

As of October 9, 2026, ETF Copilot scores Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF (VTI) 6.6 out of 10 overall.

ETF Copilot scores (0–10 scale, higher is better):

  • Overall: 6.6 / 10
  • Growth: 6.7 / 10
  • Value: 3.9 / 10
  • Risk: 6.4 / 10
  • Quality: 7.6 / 10
  • Return: 7.7 / 10

Is VTI expensive right now? It trades at 23.7 times earnings, against its own median of 22.3

As of October 9, 2026, VTI is more expensive than 62% of its own 115 monthly readings since 2017 — 71 of those months were cheaper than today.

Trailing twelve-month, computed by ETF Copilot from the fund's holdings rather than quoted from a data provider, and rebuilt nightly.

What's inside VTI? 41% Tech

What's inside VTI: Size (Large 86%, Mid 11%, Small 3%); Geography (International 3%, US 97%); Tech 40.8%; Magnificent 7 29.7%; AI 20.9%; Semiconductors 15.3%; Memory 12.7%.

What are VTI's top holdings? The ten largest are 34% of the fund

Nvidia, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon.com, Alphabet, Broadcom, Facebook, Micron Technology and Tesla are VTI's largest holdings, in that order.

Less concentrated than 65% of US Total Market ETFs.

Half of VTI's weight sits in its 35 largest positions, and once those weights are taken into account it behaves like 59 equally weighted holdings.

What is VTI's expense ratio? 0.03% a year

As of October 9, 2026, VTI charges 0.03% a year, yields 1.03% and holds $2.3T in assets across 3418 positions.

Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF (VTI) — cost, income and size
MeasureVTI
Expense ratio0.03%
Dividend yield1.03%
Assets under management$2.3T
Holdings3418

Expense ratio, dividend yield and assets under management are reported by the fund and refreshed daily. Every other figure on this page is computed by ETF Copilot.

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ETF Copilot, “Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF (VTI) scores and holdings analysis”, as of October 9, 2026.
https://etf-copilot.com/etf/vti

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