Which returned more over the last year, SPY or VUG?

In the year to Sep 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SPY returned +20.0% and VUG returned +14.9%, so SPY returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

How much do SPY and VUG overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 100% of SPY and 97% of VUG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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

SPY vs VUG

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SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust and Vanguard Growth Index Fund.

SPY and VUG on the fields both publish, as of Sep 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	SPY SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust	VUG Vanguard Growth Index Fund
Where it sits	Core fund	Core fund
Issuer	State Street	Vanguard
What it is	S&P 500, book from IVV	US growth
Total return, 1 year	+20.0%	+14.9%
S&P 500 over the same days	+20.0%	+20.0%
Gap to the S&P 500	+0.0 pts	−5.1 pts
Expense ratio	not published	0.03%
Already in the S&P 500	100.0%	97.4%
Holdings	504	147

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%.

VUG in plain words

VUG is a index equity fund tracking US growth. Over the year to Sep 4, 2026 it returned +14.9% 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, 97% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 147 positions, with the top ten at 60.5%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SPY or VUG?: In the year to Sep 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SPY returned +20.0% and VUG returned +14.9%, so SPY returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
How much do SPY and VUG overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 100% of SPY and 97% of VUG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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