Data as of Sep 4, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.
SPY vs VGT
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust and Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, SPY and VGT hold 37% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | SPY | VGT |
|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA Corp. | 7.52% | 16.85% |
| Apple, Inc. | 6.59% | 14.59% |
| Microsoft Corp. | 4.30% | 9.47% |
| Broadcom, Inc. | 2.77% | 4.21% |
| Micron Technology, Inc. | 2.02% | 4.21% |
| Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | 1.47% | 3.21% |
| Intel Corp. | 1.02% | 2.03% |
| Applied Materials, Inc. | 0.89% | 1.40% |
| Lam Research Corp. | 0.84% | 1.56% |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. | 0.72% | 1.85% |
| KLA Corp. | 0.61% | 1.00% |
| Sandisk Corp. | 0.52% | 0.98% |
| Only in SPY | Only in VGT |
|---|---|
| Amazon.com, Inc. 3.62% | Seagate Technology Holdings PLC 0.81% |
| Alphabet, Inc. 3.25% | Accenture PLC 0.47% |
| Alphabet, Inc. 2.59% | NXP Semiconductors NV 0.38% |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. 1.92% | Snowflake Inc 0.36% |
| Tesla, Inc. 1.84% | Cloudflare Inc 0.34% |
| Eli Lilly & Co. 1.47% | Flex Ltd 0.31% |
| Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. 1.42% | TE Connectivity PLC 0.28% |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. 1.36% | Astera Labs Inc 0.28% |
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 as filed for Jun 30, 2026 and May 31, 2026.
| SPY SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust | VGT Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund | |
|---|---|---|
| Where it sits | Core fund | Core fund |
| Issuer | State Street | Vanguard |
| What it is | S&P 500, book from IVV | Information technology |
| Total return, 1 year | +20.0% | +39.7% |
| S&P 500 over the same days | +20.0% | +20.0% |
| Gap to the S&P 500 | +0.0 pts | +19.7 pts |
| Expense ratio | not published | 0.09% |
| Already in the S&P 500 | 100.0% | 86.9% |
| Holdings | 504 | 317 |
SPY in plain words
SPY is a index equity fund tracking S&P 500, book from IVV. Over the year to Sep 4, 2026 it returned +20.0% with distributions reinvested, against +20.0% for the S&P 500 and +25.6% for the Nasdaq-100. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 504 positions, with the top ten at 36.4%.
VGT in plain words
VGT is a index equity fund tracking Information technology. Over the year to Sep 4, 2026 it returned +39.7% with distributions reinvested, against +20.0% for the S&P 500 and +25.6% 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 3.5% below its high of Jun 2, 2026 on Sep 4, 2026.
Questions people ask
- Which returned more over the last year, SPY or VGT?
- In the year to Sep 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SPY returned +20.0% and VGT returned +39.7%, so VGT returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
- How much do SPY and VGT overlap with the S&P 500?
- By their latest filed holdings, 100% of SPY and 87% of VGT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 37% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.
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