Which returned more over the last year, VLUE or VO?

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VLUE returned +69.4% and VO returned +12.0%, so VLUE returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, VLUE or VO?

VLUE charges 0.15% a year and VO charges 0.03%, so VO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do VLUE and VO overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 97% of VLUE and 91% of VO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 23% 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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VLUE vs VO: how they differ

VLUE and VO hold 23% of their weight in the same names, and VLUE returned more over the year.

iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF and Vanguard Mid-Cap Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, VLUE and VO hold 23% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions VLUE and VO both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding	VLUE	VO
WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION	1.89%	1.07%
VALERO ENERGY CORPORATION	0.70%	0.75%
UNITED RENTALS, INC.	0.69%	0.69%
GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY	3.16%	0.67%
SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, INC.	0.62%	0.67%
PACCAR INC	0.91%	0.61%
HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE COMPANY	1.30%	0.58%
TARGET CORPORATION	0.61%	0.57%
TE CONNECTIVITY PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY	0.93%	0.57%
FORD MOTOR COMPANY	1.50%	0.53%
L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.	0.59%	0.53%
NEWMONT CORPORATION	0.64%	0.48%

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in VLUE	Only in VO
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 11.63%	Vertiv Holdings Co 1.23%
INTEL CORPORATION 9.29%	Seagate Technology Holdings PLC 1.05%
CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. 4.97%	Quanta Services Inc 1.05%
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 3.67%	Howmet Aerospace Inc 1.04%
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. 2.66%	Cummins Inc 0.95%
AT&T INC. 2.53%	Datadog Inc 0.84%
CITIGROUP INC. 1.94%	Bloom Energy Corp 0.79%
BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION 1.88%	Constellation Energy Corp 0.78%

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 Apr 30, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026.

VLUE and VO on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	VLUE iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF	VO Vanguard Mid-Cap Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	iShares	Vanguard
What it is	MSCI USA Value Factor	Mid-Cap
Total return, 1 year	+69.4%	+12.0%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	+51.9 pts	−5.5 pts
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.03%
Already in the S&P 500	96.9%	91.4%
Holdings	148	282

VLUE in plain words

VLUE is an index equity fund tracking the MSCI USA Value Factor. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +69.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings filed for Apr 30, 2026, 97% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 148 positions, with the top ten at 43.6%.

VO in plain words

VO is an index equity fund tracking the Mid-Cap. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +12.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 91% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 282 positions, with the top ten at 9.6%. It sat 4.1% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, VLUE or VO?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VLUE returned +69.4% and VO returned +12.0%, so VLUE returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, VLUE or VO?: VLUE charges 0.15% a year and VO charges 0.03%, so VO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do VLUE and VO overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 97% of VLUE and 91% of VO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 23% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

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