Best ETFs
Schwab and Vanguard charge the same 0.03%. Their small-cap funds are 3.7 percentage points apart
Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF
$139.42−0.17 (−0.12%)
- 0.10%
- $1.1B
- +20.0%
- 0.78%
- 0M sh
- $139.55
- low $114.18high $154.43
The ETF.net VIOG Grade
B
Score 66 out of 100
- 4 of 13
Score 66 of 100 falls in the B band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.
Cost
The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.A74 out of 100Rank 4 of 13Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A100 out of 100Rank 1 of 13Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.C50 out of 100Rank 6 of 13Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.D27 out of 100Rank 11 of 13Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.C52 out of 100Rank 8 of 13Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.B57 out of 100Rank 8 of 13
Our read on VIOG
BVanguard's growth slice of the S&P SmallCap 600, running since 2010 at 0.10% a year. Only one other ETF tracks the same index, and it charges more.
The fund seeks to track the performance of the S&P SmallCap 600 Growth Index, which represents small U.S. growth companies.
Why people hold it
- At 0.10%, it undercuts the only other fund on the same index (SLYG at 0.15%) and lands well under its peer group's 0.18% median fee.
- One published index, one style slice, no manager discretion. It follows the S&P SmallCap 600 Growth Index closely and stands in the upper half of its S&P 600 peer group.
- Live since 2010, with a record across several market cycles, and it spreads across roughly 300 small-cap growth names instead of a short list.
- A multi-billion-dollar fund from Vanguard, and it pays out quarterly.
Worth knowing
- Thinly traded next to the S&P 600's core giants, so the bid-ask spread is a bigger slice of your real cost than the expense ratio suggests.
- Style slicing carries a surcharge: whole-index cousins like SPSM (0.03%) and VIOO (0.07%) cost less than owning just the growth half.
- Narrow by design. The growth half of a small-cap index moves more sharply than a broad US stock fund.
VIOG Holdings
- Stocks
- 357
- 10%
- CORT
Sectors
- Industrials18.1%
- Technology17.0%
- Health Care15.7%
- Financials14.8%
- Consumer Discretionary11.6%
- Real Estate7.0%
- Energy5.0%
- Consumer Staples3.5%
- Materials3.0%
- Communication2.7%
- Utilities1.6%
Geography
- United States100.00%
VIOG Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
VIOG$12,000
Returns run to the Oct 12, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | VIOG |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +15.7% |
| 1 month | −2.4% |
| 3 months | −6.7% |
| 1 year | +20.0% |
| 3 years | +15.6% |
| 5 years | +5.4% |
| 10 years | +10.2% |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | VIOG |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +15.7% | |
| 2025 | +5.4% | |
| 2024 | +9.2% | |
| 2023 | +16.9% | |
| 2022 | −21.1% | |
| 2021 | +22.5% | |
| 2020 | +19.7% |
VIOG in the news
VIOG Dividends
- 0.78%
- $1.09
- $0.26 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
VIOG Risk
- 19.4%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- 0.57
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −29.2%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 1.06
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
VIOG Cost
0.10%
VIOG0.10%
- The middle half of S&P SmallCap 600 funds
- Median 0.15%
3 of the 13 S&P SmallCap 600 funds charge less.
Other funds in S&P SmallCap 600
- AIJRiShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETFExpense ratio 0.06%1 year return +21.9%
- BVIOOVanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 ETFExpense ratio 0.07%1 year return +21.9%
- BIJTiShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETFExpense ratio 0.18%1 year return +19.8%
- BSLYGState Street SPDR S&P 600 Small Cap Growth ETFExpense ratio 0.15%1 year return +19.9%
- BSLYVState Street SPDR S&P 600 Small Cap Value ETFExpense ratio 0.15%1 year return +23.9%