Which returned more over the last year, ETHA or VOO?

In the year to Sep 19, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ETHA returned −42.6% and VOO returned +16.6%, so VOO returned more.

Which is cheaper, ETHA or VOO?

ETHA charges 0.25% a year and VOO charges 0.03%, so VOO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Sep 19, 2026.

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ETHA vs VOO: how they differ

ETHA and VOO hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and VOO returned more over the year.

iShares Ethereum Trust ETF and Vanguard S&P 500 ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ETHA and VOO hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions ETHA and VOO both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding	ETHA	VOO
USD CASH	0.00%	0.03%

Only in each
Only in ETHA	Only in VOO
ETHER 100.00%	NVIDIA Corp 8.09%
	Apple Inc 7.04%
	Microsoft Corp 5.70%
	Amazon.com Inc 3.85%
	Alphabet Inc 3.01%
	Broadcom Inc 2.65%
	Alphabet Inc 2.40%
	Meta Platforms Inc 1.90%

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 Aug 31, 2026 and Sep 18, 2026.

ETHA and VOO on the fields both publish, as of Sep 19, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	ETHA iShares Ethereum Trust ETF	VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF
Where it sits	Core fund	Core fund
Issuer	iShares	Vanguard
What it is	Holds ether	Tracks the S&P 500
Total return, 1 year	−42.6%	+16.6%
S&P 500 over the same days	+16.6%	+16.6%
Gap to the S&P 500	−59.2 pts	0.0 pts
Expense ratio	0.25%	0.03%
Holdings	2	508
Net assets	$9.2bn	$1000.0bn

ETHA in plain words

ETHA holds ether. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 it returned −42.6% with distributions reinvested, against +16.6% for the S&P 500 and +21.8% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.25% a year. It sat 45.6% below its high of Aug 22, 2025 on Sep 18, 2026.

VOO in plain words

VOO tracks the S&P 500. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 it returned +16.6% with distributions reinvested, against +16.6% for the S&P 500 and +21.8% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Aug 31, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 508 positions, with the top ten at 37.8%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ETHA or VOO?: In the year to Sep 19, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ETHA returned −42.6% and VOO returned +16.6%, so VOO returned more.
Which is cheaper, ETHA or VOO?: ETHA charges 0.25% a year and VOO charges 0.03%, so VOO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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