Which returned more over the last year, MOAT or VFMO?

In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, MOAT returned +11.6% and VFMO +13.2%.

Which is cheaper, MOAT or VFMO?

VFMO is cheaper, by 0.33 percentage points a year. That is about $33 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do MOAT and VFMO overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 92% of MOAT and 43% of VFMO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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MOAT vs VFMO: Differences, Returns & Fees

MOAT and VFMO hold 4% of their weight in the same names, and VFMO returned +13.2% over the year. Net assets: $11.6bn on Oct 19, 2026 for VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF, and $1.9bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard U.S. Momentum Factor ETF.

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VFMO costs 0.33 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.6 points.

MOAT vs VFMO: Differences, Returns & Fees
	MOAT	VFMO
Expense ratio	0.46%	0.13%
Net assets, MOAT as of Oct 19, 2026 and VFMO as of Sep 30, 2026	$11.6bn	$1.9bn
Total return, 1 year	+11.6%	+13.2%
What it tracks	Morningstar Wide Moat Focus Index	No index, actively managed
Holdings in common	4%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	26.6%	9.5%
Below its high		11.5%, high on Jun 30, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026.

+11.6%

MOAT total return, 1 year

+13.2%

VFMO total return, 1 year

0.46%

MOAT expense ratio

0.13%

VFMO expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, MOAT and VFMO hold 4% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026.

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Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding MOAT VFMO

Alphabet Inc 1.27% 0.87%

Applied Materials Inc 1.13% 0.82%

Amphenol Corp 1.31% 0.62%

Lockheed Martin Corp 1.31% 0.38%

Northrop Grumman Corp 1.10% 0.38%

Texas Instruments Inc 1.34% 0.19%

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co 1.24% 0.17%

Broadcom Inc 2.15% 0.14%

Monolithic Power Systems Inc 1.28% 0.13%

Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc 2.26% 0.12%

Entegris Inc 1.30% 0.06%

Estee Lauder Cos Inc 2.73% 0.03%

Only in MOAT

Microsoft Corp 2.85%

Meta Platforms Inc 2.84%

Danaher Corp 2.78%

Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc 2.64%

Tyler Technologies Inc 2.62%

Brown-Forman Corp 2.56%

Ge Healthcare Technologies Inc 2.52%

Kenvue Inc 2.51%

Only in VFMO

Micron Technology Inc 1.36%

Intel Corp 1.25%

Advanced Micro Devices Inc 1.12%

Western Digital Corp 0.89%

KLA Corp 0.86%

Lam Research Corp 0.82%

Corning Inc 0.77%

Vertiv Holdings Co 0.76%

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On the same fields

MOAT

VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF

VFMO

Vanguard U.S. Momentum Factor ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer VanEck Vanguard

What it is Tracks the Morningstar Wide Moat Actively managed

Total return, 1 year +11.6% +13.2%

Its benchmark over the same days +15.9% (VOO) +15.0% (IWV)

Gap to its benchmark −4.3 pts vs VOO −1.9 pts vs IWV

Expense ratio 0.46% 0.13%

Already in the S&P 500 91.6% 43.4%

Holdings 54 704

Net assets, MOAT as of Oct 19, 2026 and VFMO as of Sep 30, 2026 $11.6bn $1.9bn

MOAT and VFMO on the fields both publish, as of Oct 20, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

About MOAT

MOAT tracks the Morningstar Wide Moat. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +11.6% with distributions reinvested, against +15.9% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.46% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 19, 2026, 92% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 54 positions, with the top ten at 26.6%.

About VFMO

VFMO is actively managed and tracks no index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.13% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 43% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 704 positions, with the top ten at 9.5%. It sat 11.5% below its high of Jun 30, 2026 on Oct 20, 2026.

Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +13.2% with distributions reinvested, against +15.0% for its benchmark, the Russell 3000 Index.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, MOAT or VFMO?: In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, MOAT returned +11.6% and VFMO +13.2%.
Which is cheaper, MOAT or VFMO?: VFMO is cheaper, by 0.33 percentage points a year. That is about $33 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do MOAT and VFMO overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 92% of MOAT and 43% of VFMO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

MOAT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗MOAT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗VanEck website ↗VFMO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VFMO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VFMO ↗

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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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