Which is cheaper, FOCT or VOO?

FOCT charges 0.85% a year and VOO charges 0.03%, so VOO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Are FOCT and VOO the same kind of fund?

No. FOCT is a buffer ETF and VOO is an index ETF, so they are built for different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and what each actually holds.

Data as of Sep 4, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

FOCT vs VOO

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FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - October and Vanguard 500 Index Fund.

FOCT and VOO on the fields both publish, as of Sep 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	FOCT FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - October	VOO Vanguard 500 Index Fund
Where it sits	Buffer desk	Core fund
Issuer	First Trust	Vanguard
What it is	Defined outcome, on SPY	S&P 500
Total return, 1 year	not published	+20.1%
S&P 500 over the same days	not published	+20.0%
Gap to the S&P 500	not available	+0.1 pts
Expense ratio	0.85%	0.03%
Holdings	n/a	506

FOCT in plain words

SPY had already risen past this fund's cap of +15.1% for the period on Sep 4, 2026, so in index terms there is no more upside to collect. The fund's own price can still drift up to about 1.6% as the period runs out. The fund's price can fall 11.9% from here before the buffer starts absorbing losses, by the issuer's figure. In index terms, SPY can fall 13.7% from today's level to the point where the buffer begins. Protection left, in index points: 10.0% of the 10.0% buffer still sits below today's SPY level. 42 days remained on Sep 4, 2026. On Oct 16, 2026 the period ends and a new cap is set.

VOO in plain words

VOO is a index equity fund tracking S&P 500. Over the year to Sep 4, 2026 it returned +20.1% with distributions reinvested, against +20.0% for the S&P 500 and +25.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 506 positions, with the top ten at 36.5%.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, FOCT or VOO?: FOCT charges 0.85% a year and VOO charges 0.03%, so VOO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
Are FOCT and VOO the same kind of fund?: No. FOCT is a buffer ETF and VOO is an index ETF, so they are built for different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and what each actually holds.

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