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SPYG vs VO: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SPYG returned +12.2% to VO's +12.8%; 7% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $55.9bn on Oct 27, 2026 for State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth ETF, and $103.4bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap ETF.

SPYG on its own →VO on its own →
At a glance
+12.2%
SPYG total return, 1 year
+12.8%
VO total return, 1 year
0.04%
SPYG expense ratio
0.03%
VO expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VO costs 0.01 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.6 points; VO is 1.8 times larger.

SPYG vs VO: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureSPYGVO
Return
Total return, 1 year+12.2%+12.8%
Drawdown
Below its high4.1%, high on Oct 6, 20263.1%, high on Aug 14, 2026
Benchmark
What it tracksS&P 500 Growth IndexMorningstar US Mid Cap Index (formerly CRSP US Mid Cap Index)
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.04%0.03%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026$56.6bn$103.4bn
Holdings
Holdings in common7%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund59.6%9.7%

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

What they share

7%

By the books each fund has filed, SPYG and VO hold 7% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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7% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first SPYG VO
NEWMONT CORP 0.33% 0.60%
DATADOG INC CLASS A 0.26% 0.91%
QUANTA SERVICES INC 0.24% 0.95%
VERTIV HOLDINGS CO A 0.22% 0.92%
HILTON WORLDWIDE HOLDINGS IN 0.21% 0.71%
LUMENTUM HOLDINGS INC 0.21% 0.86%
HOWMET AEROSPACE INC 0.21% 0.89%
ROBINHOOD MARKETS INC A 0.21% 0.88%
ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES LTD 0.20% 0.67%
FORTINET INC 0.20% 0.55%
BLOOM ENERGY CORP A 0.18% 0.77%
DOORDASH INC A 0.18% 0.70%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in SPYG
NVIDIA CORP 14.61%
MICROSOFT CORP 10.93%
APPLE INC 7.01%
ALPHABET INC CL A 5.21%
BROADCOM INC 4.51%
ALPHABET INC CL C 4.17%
META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A 3.79%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.65%
Only in VO
Cloudflare Inc 1.11%
Valero Energy Corp 1.10%
Marathon Petroleum Corp 1.10%
Phillips 66 1.01%
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co 0.79%
Motorola Solutions Inc 0.73%
Warner Bros Discovery Inc 0.73%
SLB Ltd 0.71%
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Side by side

SPYG State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth 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 500 Growth Tracks an index of Mid-Cap
Total return, 1 year +12.2% +12.8%
Its benchmark over the same days +12.1% (IVW) not measured
Gap to its benchmark +0.1 pts vs IVW not measured
Expense ratio 0.04% 0.03%
Already in the S&P 500 100.0% 91.1%
Holdings 152 273
Net assets, SPYG as of Oct 27, 2026 and VO as of Sep 30, 2026 $55.9bn $103.4bn

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

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About each fund
SPYG

SPYG tracks the S&P 500 Growth. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +12.2% with distributions reinvested, against +12.1% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Growth Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 152 positions, with the top ten at 59.6%. It sat 4.1% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

VO

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, SPYG or VO?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SPYG returned +12.2% and VO +12.8%.
Which is cheaper, SPYG or VO?
VO is cheaper, by 0.01 percentage points a year. That is about $1 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do SPYG and VO overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 100% of SPYG and 91% of VO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Sources and dates
SPYG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
SPYG 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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