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

In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VFMO returned +13.2% and VXF +9.9%.

Which is cheaper, VFMO or VXF?

VXF is cheaper, by 0.08 percentage points a year. That is about $8 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 43% of VFMO and 0% of VXF by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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VFMO vs VXF: Differences, Returns & Fees

VFMO and VXF hold 26% of their weight in the same names, and VFMO returned +13.2% over the year. Net assets on Sep 30, 2026: $1.9bn for Vanguard U.S. Momentum Factor ETF and $30.2bn for Vanguard Extended Market ETF.

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VXF costs 0.08 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.3 points; VXF is 15.9 times larger.

VFMO vs VXF: Differences, Returns & Fees
	VFMO	VXF
Expense ratio	0.13%	0.05%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$1.9bn	$30.2bn
Total return, 1 year	+13.2%	+9.9%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	S&P Completion Index
Holdings in common	26%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	9.5%	11.3%
Below its high	11.5%, high on Jun 30, 2026	7.9%, high on Aug 14, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.

+13.2%

VFMO total return, 1 year

+9.9%

VXF total return, 1 year

0.13%

VFMO expense ratio

0.05%

VXF expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, VFMO and VXF hold 26% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.

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Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding VFMO VXF

REVOLUTION Medicines Inc 0.41% 0.51%

Rocket Lab Corp 0.34% 0.46%

XPO Inc 0.26% 0.25%

MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings Inc 0.25% 0.24%

Roivant Sciences Ltd 0.30% 0.24%

ATI Inc 0.23% 0.31%

TechnipFMC PLC 0.23% 0.32%

Guardant Health Inc 0.23% 0.29%

United Therapeutics Corp 0.23% 0.28%

Lattice Semiconductor Corp 0.23% 0.21%

AST SpaceMobile Inc 0.24% 0.21%

Coeur Mining Inc 0.20% 0.22%

Only in VFMO

Micron Technology Inc 1.36%

Intel Corp 1.25%

Advanced Micro Devices Inc 1.12%

Western Digital Corp 0.89%

Alphabet Inc 0.87%

KLA Corp 0.86%

Applied Materials Inc 0.82%

Lam Research Corp 0.82%

Only in VXF

Space Exploration Technologies Corp 2.50%

SLCMT1142 2.26%

Snowflake Inc 1.42%

Strategy Inc 0.67%

Cheniere Energy Inc 0.67%

Twilio Inc 0.54%

Okta Inc 0.42%

CoreWeave Inc 0.41%

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On the same fields

VFMO

Vanguard U.S. Momentum Factor ETF

VXF

Vanguard Extended Market ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Vanguard Vanguard

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of Extended Market

Total return, 1 year +13.2% +9.9%

Its benchmark over the same days +15.0% (IWV) not measured

Gap to its benchmark −1.9 pts vs IWV not measured

Expense ratio 0.13% 0.05%

Already in the S&P 500 43.4% 0.0%

Holdings 704 3361

Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026 $1.9bn $30.2bn

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

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.

About VXF

VXF tracks an index of Extended Market. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +9.9% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 3,361 positions, with the top ten at 11.3%. It sat 7.9% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 20, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, VFMO or VXF?: In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VFMO returned +13.2% and VXF +9.9%.
Which is cheaper, VFMO or VXF?: VXF is cheaper, by 0.08 percentage points a year. That is about $8 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do VFMO and VXF overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 43% of VFMO and 0% of VXF by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

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

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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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