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ACIO vs VOO: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, ACIO returned +7.1% to VOO's +14.8%, and VOO charges 0.03% to ACIO's 0.79%.

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Net assets: $2.4bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Aptus Collared Investment Opportunity ETF, and $1.0tn on Oct 31, 2026 for Vanguard S&P 500 ETF.

At a glance
+7.1%
ACIO total return, 1 year
+14.8%
VOO total return, 1 year
0.79%
ACIO expense ratio
0.03%
VOO expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VOO costs 0.76 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 7.7 points.

ACIO vs VOO: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureACIOVOO
Return
Total return, 1 year+7.1%+14.8%
Total return, 52 weeks+6.9%
Against its benchmark
What it tracksnot publishedS&P 500 Index
Treasury bills, 52 weeks+3.7%
Against cash3.3 points ahead
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.79%0.03%
Net assets, ACIO as of Jul 31, 2026 and VOO as of Oct 31, 2026$2.4bn$1.0tn
Holdings
Holdings in commonnot published
In the S&P 500, by weight100%
Holdings datedSep 30, 2026
Top ten holdings, share of the fund39.1%
Risk
Correlation with the S&P 500’s weekly returns+0.99
Beta to the S&P 500+0.79: about 0.79% for each 1%
Its average week when the S&P 500 fellfell 0.90%
Down-week capture84.3%
Weeks the S&P 500 fell26 of 52, by 1.07% on average

Method

Side by side

ACIO Aptus Collared Investment Opportunity ETF VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF
Where it sits Alternatives ETF Stock ETF
What it is Hedged equity Tracks the S&P 500
Total return, 1 year +7.1% +14.8%
Its benchmark over the same days +14.8% (VOO) +14.8% (IVV)
Gap to its benchmark −7.7 pts vs VOO 0.0 pts vs IVV
Expense ratio 0.79% 0.03%
Holdings not read by ETFIQ 505
Net assets, ACIO as of Jul 31, 2026 and VOO as of Oct 31, 2026 $2.4bn $1.0tn

ACIO and VOO on the fields both publish, as of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund
ACIO

ACIO is a hedged equity fund. ETFIQ measures what every alternatives fund is sold on: whether it moves differently from the stock market. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, its weekly returns had a correlation of +0.99 with the S&P 500’s and a beta of +0.79, so for each 1% the index moved it moved about 0.79% the same way. The S&P 500 fell in 26 of those 52 weeks, by 1.07% on average. In the same weeks ACIO fell 0.90% on average, a down-week capture of 84.3%. Over the same 52 weeks ACIO returned +6.9% and a Treasury bill fund +3.7%, so it finished 3.3 percentage points ahead of cash.

VOO

VOO tracks the S&P 500. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 it returned +14.8% with distributions reinvested, against +14.8% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 505 positions, with the top ten at 39.1%.

Questions people ask

Are ACIO and VOO in the same category?
ACIO is an alternatives ETF and VOO is a stock ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.
Which returned more over the last year, ACIO or VOO?
In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACIO returned +7.1% and VOO +14.8%.
Which is cheaper, ACIO or VOO?
VOO is cheaper, by 0.76 percentage points a year. That is about $76 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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