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

In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VO returned +12.0% and XOP returned +52.4%, so XOP returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, VO or XOP?

VO charges 0.03% a year and XOP charges 0.35%, so VO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Sep 13, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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VO vs XOP: how they differ

VO and XOP hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and XOP returned more over the year.

Vanguard Mid-Cap Index Fund and State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, VO and XOP hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in VO	Only in XOP
Vertiv Holdings Co 1.23%	PBF ENERGY INC CLASS A 3.89%
Western Digital Corp 1.07%	HF SINCLAIR CORP 3.27%
Seagate Technology Holdings PLC 1.05%	DELEK US HOLDINGS INC 3.27%
Quanta Services Inc 1.05%	VALERO ENERGY CORP 3.21%
Howmet Aerospace Inc 1.04%	MARATHON PETROLEUM CORP 3.20%
Cummins Inc 0.95%	PAR PACIFIC HOLDINGS INC 3.12%
Datadog Inc 0.84%	PHILLIPS 66 3.06%
Bloom Energy Corp 0.79%	CALUMET INC 2.77%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Sep 10, 2026.

VO and XOP on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	VO Vanguard Mid-Cap Index Fund	XOP State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Vanguard	State Street
What it is	Mid-Cap	SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production
Total return, 1 year	+12.0%	+52.4%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−5.5 pts	+34.9 pts
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.35%
Holdings	282	54

VO in plain words

VO is an index equity fund tracking the Mid-Cap. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +12.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 91% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 282 positions, with the top ten at 9.6%. It sat 4.1% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

XOP in plain words

XOP is a commodity fund tracking the SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +52.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.35% a year. It sat 26.8% below its high of Jun 23, 2014 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, VO or XOP?: In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VO returned +12.0% and XOP returned +52.4%, so XOP returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, VO or XOP?: VO charges 0.03% a year and XOP charges 0.35%, so VO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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