Data as of Oct 28, 2026.
BITO vs VOOG: Differences, Returns & Fees
Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, BITO returned −30.5% to VOOG's +12.1%, and VOOG charges 0.05% to BITO's 0.95%.
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Net assets: $1.6bn on Oct 28, 2026 for ProShares Bitcoin ETF, and $27.8bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF.
Pair scorecard
VOOG costs 0.90 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 42.6 points; VOOG is 16.4 times larger.
| Measure | BITO | VOOG |
|---|---|---|
| Return | ||
| Total return, 1 year | −30.5% | +12.1% |
| Drawdown | ||
| Below its high | 4.1%, high on Oct 6, 2026 | |
| Benchmark | ||
| What it tracks | Bitcoin futures and swaps on Bitcoin | S&P 500 Growth Index |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.95% | 0.05% |
| Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026 | $1.7bn | $27.8bn |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | 0% | |
| In the S&P 500, by weight | 100% | |
| Top ten holdings, share of the fund | 60.2% | |
Holdings in common uses holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method
What they share
By the books each fund has filed, BITO and VOOG hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.
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0% in common
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Side by side
BITO and VOOG on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
BITO is a registered fund that reaches Bitcoin through what its N-PORT for Aug 31, 2026 lists: Bitcoin futures and swaps on Bitcoin. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, Bitcoin moved −28.3% and BITO returned −30.5%. That leaves it 2.2 percentage points behind. BITO is a registered investment company: it files a monthly N-PORT rather than a 10-K. Its N-PORT for Aug 31, 2026 puts 67.9% of its net assets in ProShares GENIUS Money Market ETF.
A holder gets exposure to Bitcoin without the fund holding the coin itself. That difference is the fee, the cost of rolling the futures from one month to the next, what the futures traded at against Bitcoin, and what the market paid for the shares, all of it together. It is the only number on this page the sponsor does not publish itself.
VOOG
VOOG tracks the S&P 500 Growth. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +12.1% with distributions reinvested, against +12.1% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Growth Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% 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 154 positions, with the top ten at 60.2%. It sat 4.1% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.
Questions people ask
- Are BITO and VOOG in the same category?
- BITO is a crypto futures ETF and VOOG 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, BITO or VOOG?
- In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BITO returned −30.5% and VOOG +12.1%.
- Which is cheaper, BITO or VOOG?
- VOOG is cheaper, by 0.90 percentage points a year. That is about $90 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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How this is computed
Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.
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