Which returned more over the last year, KRE or VO?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, KRE returned +21.2% and VO +12.8%.

Which is cheaper, KRE or VO?

VO is cheaper, by 0.32 percentage points a year. That is about $32 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do KRE and VO overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 7% of KRE and 91% of VO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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KRE vs VO: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, KRE returned +21.2% to VO's +12.8%; 2% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $4.2bn on Oct 27, 2026 for State Street SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF, and $103.4bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap ETF.

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At a glance

+21.2%

KRE total return, 1 year

+12.8%

VO total return, 1 year

0.35%

KRE expense ratio

0.03%

VO expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VO costs 0.32 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 8.4 points; VO is far larger, $103.4bn against $3.7bn.

KRE vs VO: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	KRE	VO
Return
Measure	KRE	VO
Total return, 1 year	+21.2%	+12.8%
Drawdown
Measure	KRE	VO
Below its high	6.9%, high on Aug 14, 2026	3.1%, high on Aug 14, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	KRE	VO
What it tracks	S&P Regional Banks Select Industry Index	Morningstar US Mid Cap Index (formerly CRSP US Mid Cap Index)
Cost and size
Measure	KRE	VO
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$3.7bn	$103.4bn
Holdings
Measure	KRE	VO
Holdings in common	2%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	11.6%	9.7%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, KRE and VO hold 2% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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2% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first KRE VO

TRUIST FINANCIAL CORP 1.08% 0.56%

M + T BANK CORP 1.04% 0.31%

HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INC 1.06% 0.30%

CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP 1.05% 0.25%

REGIONS FINANCIAL CORP 1.07% 0.23%

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Only in KRE

GLACIER BANCORP INC 1.20%

UNITED COMMUNITY BANKS 1.17%

BANK OZK 1.17%

COLUMBIA BANKING SYSTEM INC 1.17%

EASTERN BANKSHARES INC 1.16%

TEXAS CAPITAL BANCSHARES INC 1.16%

UNITED BANKSHARES INC 1.16%

VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORP 1.15%

Only in VO

Cloudflare Inc 1.11%

Valero Energy Corp 1.10%

Marathon Petroleum Corp 1.10%

Phillips 66 1.01%

Quanta Services Inc 0.95%

Vertiv Holdings Co 0.92%

Datadog Inc 0.91%

Howmet Aerospace Inc 0.89%

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Side by side

KRE State Street SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF VO Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer State Street Vanguard

What it is Tracks the S&P Regional Banking Tracks an index of Mid-Cap

Total return, 1 year +21.2% +12.8%

Expense ratio 0.35% 0.03%

Already in the S&P 500 6.6% 91.1%

Holdings 167 273

Net assets, KRE as of Oct 27, 2026 and VO as of Sep 30, 2026 $4.2bn $103.4bn

KRE and VO on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

KRE

KRE tracks the S&P Regional Banking. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +21.2% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.35% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 7% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 167 positions, with the top ten at 11.6%. It sat 6.9% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

VO tracks an index of Mid-Cap. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +12.8% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 91% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 273 positions, with the top ten at 9.7%. It sat 3.1% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, KRE or VO?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, KRE returned +21.2% and VO +12.8%.
Which is cheaper, KRE or VO?: VO is cheaper, by 0.32 percentage points a year. That is about $32 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do KRE and VO overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 7% of KRE and 91% of VO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where to next

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Sources and dates

KRE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

KRE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

State Street website ↗

VO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VO ↗

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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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