Data as of Sep 4, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.
VOO vs VUG
Vanguard 500 Index Fund and Vanguard Growth Index Fund.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, VOO and VUG hold 58% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | VOO | VUG |
|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA Corp | 7.53% | 12.63% |
| Apple Inc | 6.61% | 11.67% |
| Microsoft Corp | 4.31% | 7.62% |
| Amazon.com Inc | 3.63% | 4.47% |
| Alphabet Inc | 3.26% | 5.76% |
| Broadcom Inc | 2.78% | 4.29% |
| Alphabet Inc | 2.60% | 4.54% |
| Meta Platforms Inc | 1.92% | 3.41% |
| Tesla Inc | 1.84% | 3.27% |
| Eli Lilly & Co | 1.48% | 2.81% |
| Advanced Micro Devices Inc | 1.47% | 2.62% |
| Applied Materials Inc | 0.89% | 1.60% |
| Only in VOO | Only in VUG |
|---|---|
| Micron Technology Inc 2.02% | Space Exploration Technologies Corp 0.29% |
| Berkshire Hathaway Inc 1.43% | Snowflake Inc 0.25% |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co 1.26% | Bloom Energy Corp 0.24% |
| Johnson & Johnson 0.95% | Cloudflare Inc 0.23% |
| Exxon Mobil Corp 0.88% | Rocket Lab Corp 0.18% |
| Walmart Inc 0.77% | Waste Connections Inc 0.14% |
| Caterpillar Inc 0.76% | Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc 0.13% |
| Cisco Systems Inc 0.72% | Astera Labs Inc 0.12% |
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.
| VOO Vanguard 500 Index Fund | VUG Vanguard Growth Index Fund | |
|---|---|---|
| Where it sits | Core fund | Core fund |
| Issuer | Vanguard | Vanguard |
| What it is | S&P 500 | US growth |
| Total return, 1 year | +20.1% | +14.9% |
| S&P 500 over the same days | +20.0% | +20.0% |
| Gap to the S&P 500 | +0.1 pts | −5.1 pts |
| Expense ratio | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| Already in the S&P 500 | 100.0% | 97.4% |
| Holdings | 506 | 147 |
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%.
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, VOO or VUG?
- In the year to Sep 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VOO returned +20.1% and VUG returned +14.9%, so VOO returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
- Which is cheaper, VOO or VUG?
- VOO charges 0.03% a year and VUG charges 0.03%, so VOO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
- How much do VOO and VUG overlap with the S&P 500?
- By their latest filed holdings, 100% of VOO and 97% of VUG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 58% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.
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