FELG vs VONG: Differences, Returns & Fees
FELG and VONG hold 72% of their weight in the same names, and FELG returned +6.8% over the year. Net assets on Sep 30, 2026: $5.8bn for Fidelity Enhanced Large Cap Growth ETF and $47.1bn for Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF.
VONG costs 0.12 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.7 points; VONG is 8.1 times larger.
| FELG | VONG | |
|---|---|---|
| Expense ratio | 0.18% | 0.06% |
| Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026 | $5.8bn | $47.1bn |
| Total return, 1 year | +6.8% | +4.1% |
| What it tracks | No index, actively managed | Russell 1000 Growth Index |
| Holdings in common | 72% | |
| Top ten holdings, share of the fund | 54.6% | 57.6% |
| Below its high | 5.2%, high on Oct 6, 2026 | |
Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.
FELG and VONG are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?
- What each follows. FELG follows No index, actively managed and VONG follows Russell 1000 Growth Index.
- One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 20, 2026 FELG returned +6.8% and VONG +4.1% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 2.7 points.
- Cost. FELG charges 0.18% of assets a year and VONG 0.06%, a gap of 0.12 points.
Data as of Oct 20, 2026. The differences are picked by a fixed rule, in a fixed order; the PDF prints it. Page 2 has the returns, overlap, risks and sources.
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What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, FELG and VONG hold 72% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.
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72% in common
On the same fields
FELG and VONG on the fields both publish, as of Oct 20, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
About FELG
FELG is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +6.8% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.18% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 92% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 142 positions, with the top ten at 54.6%. It sat 5.2% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 20, 2026.
About VONG
VONG tracks the Russell 1000 Growth. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +4.1% with distributions reinvested, against +4.0% for its benchmark, the Russell 1000 Growth Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 96% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 373 positions, with the top ten at 57.6%.
Questions people ask
- Which returned more over the last year, FELG or VONG?
- In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FELG returned +6.8% and VONG +4.1%.
- Which is cheaper, FELG or VONG?
- VONG is cheaper, by 0.12 percentage points a year. That is about $12 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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