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 ETF
$127.96+0.13 (+0.10%)
- 0.07%
- $6.4B
- +21.9%
- 1.18%
- 0.1M sh
- $127.82
- low $104.26high $139.70
The ETF.net VIOO Grade
B
Score 69 out of 100
- 3 of 13
Score 69 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.A82 out of 100Rank 3 of 13Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A82 out of 100Rank 7 of 13Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.C52 out of 100Rank 1 of 13Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.D31 out of 100Rank 9 of 13Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.A82 out of 100Rank 3 of 13Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.A74 out of 100Rank 4 of 13
Our read on VIOO
BVanguard's version of the S&P SmallCap 600: it owns all of the index's roughly 600 names at index weight, no sampling shortcuts, for 0.07% a year. That is well under half the typical fee among S&P 600 index funds, and it has been running since 2010.
The fund is a passively managed, full-replication ETF designed to follow the S&P SmallCap 600 Index, which represents small U.S. companies. It holds the index constituents in the same capitalization weights.
Why people hold it
- Charges 0.07% a year against a peer-group median near 0.18% for funds built on the same small-cap index.
- Full replication, not sampling: it holds about 600 index constituents at their index weights, and it tracks the S&P SmallCap 600 very closely.
- Trading since 2010 and now a multi-billion-dollar fund, it ranks among the stronger implementations in its S&P 600 peer group.
Worth knowing
- Two rivals on the identical index undercut it: SPSM at 0.03% and IJR at 0.06%. Thin gaps, but gaps that compound.
- Moderately traded rather than the volume leader of the trio, so spreads carry more weight on big or rushed orders.
- This is undiluted small-cap equity. The mandate is to mirror that index, bumps included, not to smooth it out.
VIOO Holdings
- Stocks
- 609
- 5%
- CORT
Sectors
- Financials17.9%
- Industrials15.1%
- Technology14.2%
- Consumer Discretionary12.9%
- Health Care10.8%
- Real Estate7.4%
- Energy6.9%
- Materials5.3%
- Consumer Staples4.5%
- Communication3.2%
- Utilities1.8%
Geography
- United States100.00%
VIOO Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
VIOO$12,191
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 | VIOO |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +15.2% |
| 1 month | −3.0% |
| 3 months | −5.3% |
| 1 year | +21.9% |
| 3 years | +16.0% |
| 5 years | +6.0% |
| 10 years | +10.1% |
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 | VIOO |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +15.2% | |
| 2025 | +6.0% | |
| 2024 | +8.5% | |
| 2023 | +16.2% | |
| 2022 | −16.3% | |
| 2021 | +26.7% | |
| 2020 | +11.5% |
VIOO in the news
VIOO Dividends
- 1.18%
- $1.51
- $1.51 per share
- Annual
Distribution history
VIOO Risk
- 19.2%
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.
- 0.58
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.
- −27.9%
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.
- 1.04
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
VIOO Cost
0.07%
VIOO0.07%
- The middle half of S&P SmallCap 600 funds
- Median 0.15%
2 of the 13 S&P SmallCap 600 funds charge less.
Other funds in S&P SmallCap 600
- ASPSMState Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 600 Small Cap ETFExpense ratio 0.03%1 year return +21.9%
- AIJRiShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETFExpense ratio 0.06%1 year return +21.9%
- BVIOGVanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETFExpense ratio 0.10%1 year return +20.0%
- 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%