JGRO vs VUG: Differences, Returns & Fees
JGRO and VUG hold 56% of their weight in the same names, and VUG returned +10.2% over the year. Net assets: $9.8bn on Oct 20, 2026 for JPMorgan Active Growth ETF, and $232.9bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Morningstar Growth ETF.
VUG costs 0.41 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 10.1 points.
| JGRO | VUG | |
|---|---|---|
| Expense ratio | 0.44% | 0.03% |
| Net assets, JGRO as of Oct 20, 2026 and VUG as of Sep 30, 2026 | $9.8bn | $232.9bn |
| Total return, 1 year | +0.1% | +10.2% |
| What it tracks | No index, actively managed | Morningstar US Large Cap Growth Index |
| Holdings in common | 56% | |
| Top ten holdings, share of the fund | 51.1% | 63.1% |
| Below its high | 5.6%, high on Jun 2, 2026 | 4.3%, high on Oct 6, 2026 |
Holdings in common uses holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 20, 2026.
JGRO and VUG are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?
- What each follows. JGRO follows No index, actively managed and VUG follows Morningstar US Large Cap Growth Index.
- One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 20, 2026 JGRO returned +0.1% and VUG +10.2% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 10.1 points.
- Cost. JGRO charges 0.44% of assets a year and VUG 0.03%, a gap of 0.41 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, JGRO and VUG hold 56% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 20, 2026.
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56% in common
On the same fields
JGRO and VUG on the fields both publish, as of Oct 20, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
About JGRO
JGRO is actively managed and tracks no index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.44% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 20, 2026, 85% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 135 positions, with the top ten at 51.1%. It sat 5.6% below its high of Jun 2, 2026 on Oct 20, 2026.
Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +0.1% with distributions reinvested, against +4.0% for its benchmark, the Russell 1000 Growth Index.
About VUG
VUG tracks an index of US growth. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +10.2% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 97% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 137 positions, with the top ten at 63.1%. It sat 4.3% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 20, 2026.
Questions people ask
- Which returned more over the last year, JGRO or VUG?
- In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, JGRO returned +0.1% and VUG +10.2%.
- Which is cheaper, JGRO or VUG?
- VUG is cheaper, by 0.41 percentage points a year. That is about $41 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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