Which returned more over the last year, MOAT or VGT?

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, MOAT returned +11.3% and VGT returned +35.4%, so VGT returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, MOAT or VGT?

MOAT charges 0.46% a year and VGT charges 0.09%, so VGT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do MOAT and VGT overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 92% of MOAT and 87% of VGT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 12% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

Data as of Sep 12, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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MOAT vs VGT: how they differ

MOAT and VGT hold 12% of their weight in the same names, and VGT returned more over the year.

VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF and Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, MOAT and VGT hold 12% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions MOAT and VGT both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding	MOAT	VGT
NVIDIA Corp	2.45%	16.85%
Broadcom Inc	2.43%	4.21%
Microsoft Corp	2.20%	9.47%
Applied Materials Inc	2.34%	1.40%
Palo Alto Networks Inc	2.51%	0.92%
Amphenol Corp	1.50%	0.73%
Fortinet Inc	2.21%	0.42%
Datadog Inc	2.44%	0.36%
Motorola Solutions Inc	1.24%	0.30%
Fair Isaac Corp	2.14%	0.16%
Entegris Inc	1.73%	0.13%
Tyler Technologies Inc	2.15%	0.09%

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in MOAT	Only in VGT
Masco Corp 2.96%	Apple Inc 14.59%
Kenvue Inc 2.59%	Micron Technology Inc 4.21%
Airbnb Inc 2.56%	Advanced Micro Devices Inc 3.21%
Brown-Forman Corp 2.49%	Intel Corp 2.03%
Charles Schwab Corp/The 2.45%	Cisco Systems Inc 1.85%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co 2.43%	Lam Research Corp 1.56%
Danaher Corp 2.41%	Oracle Corp 1.46%
Veeva Systems Inc 2.41%	Palantir Technologies Inc 1.35%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and May 31, 2026.

MOAT and VGT on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	MOAT VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF	VGT Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	VanEck	Vanguard
What it is	Morningstar Wide Moat	Information technology
Total return, 1 year	+11.3%	+35.4%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−6.2 pts	+17.9 pts
Expense ratio	0.46%	0.09%
Already in the S&P 500	91.6%	86.9%
Holdings	55	317

MOAT in plain words

MOAT is an index equity fund tracking the Morningstar Wide Moat. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +11.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.46% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 92% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 55 positions, with the top ten at 25.3%. It sat 5.7% below its high of Aug 27, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

VGT in plain words

VGT is an index equity fund tracking the Information technology. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +35.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 87% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 317 positions, with the top ten at 59.5%. It sat 3.6% below its high of Jun 2, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, MOAT or VGT?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, MOAT returned +11.3% and VGT returned +35.4%, so VGT returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, MOAT or VGT?: MOAT charges 0.46% a year and VGT charges 0.09%, so VGT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do MOAT and VGT overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 92% of MOAT and 87% of VGT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 12% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

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