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Vanguard S&P 500 ETF

VOONYSE ArcaVanguardA

$691.37−3.44 (−0.50%)

At close: Nov 2, 2026, 4:00 PM ET

A74/ 100

Rank 3 of 14 in S&P 500

A74/100Rank 3 of 14inS&P 500
Intraday session: down, 79 prints from 694.81 to 691.37. Range 691.37 to 701.66. Use the arrow keys to read each point.696.00698.00700.00702.0010 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.03%
Fund size · all share classes
$1.7T
1Y total return
+12.1%
Yield · Last 12 months
1.07%
Holdings
507
Avg volume · 30D
6.99M sh
52W range
low $578.46high $718.47
Launched
Filings
SEC EDGAR

The ETF.net VOO Grade

A

Score 74 out of 100

Category
S&P 500⁠
Rank
3 of 14
Six-pillar profile for VOO. Scores out of 100: Cost 84, Risk 51, Mission 100, Tradability 53, Holdings 39, Durability 93. Strongest: Mission (100). Weakest: Holdings (39). Leans toward Mission.

Score 74 of 100 falls in the A 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.
    A84 out of 100
    Rank 2 of 14

  • Mission

    Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.
    A100 out of 100
    Rank 1 of 13

  • Risk

    How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.
    C51 out of 100
    Rank 5 of 14

  • Tradability

    How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.
    C53 out of 100
    Rank 6 of 14

  • Holdings

    How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.
    D39 out of 100
    Rank 12 of 14

  • Durability

    Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.
    A93 out of 100
    Rank 1 of 14

Our read on VOO

ETF.net Research

In short

ANot a standalone ETF but a share class of Vanguard's flagship 500 Index Fund: the same roughly 500 large US companies, 0.03% a year, in a wrapper you can trade all day.

Stated mandate

The fund invests in stocks represented by the S&P 500 Index and seeks to closely track that index's return as a measure of overall U.S. stock performance.

Why people hold it

  • 0.03% a year against a 0.15% median for S&P 500 trackers. On a fund this size, that fee gap is the whole product.
  • Holds the index outright, all roughly 500 names, and its tracking record sits among the tightest in the S&P 500 group.vanguard.com
  • One of the most actively traded ETFs in the market, which tends to keep the cost of getting in and out small.
  • It is the ETF share class of Vanguard's 500 Index Fund, and Vanguard is owned by its own funds, so no outside parent takes a cut.vanguard.comsec.gov

Worth knowing

  • Large US companies only, weighted by size, so the biggest few names carry the most weight and drive much of the move.spglobal.com
  • Membership is not purely mechanical: an S&P index committee decides which companies come in and go out.spglobal.com
  • SPYM tracks the same index for 0.02%. A rounding error for most, but real if cost is your only tiebreaker.

VOO Holdings

Holdings pillarD39 out of 100Rank 12 of 14 in S&P 500
Asset class
Stocks
Holdings
507
Top-10 weight
39%
Largest holding
NVDA8.4%

Sectors

  • Technology40.5%
  • Financials11.1%
  • Communication10.0%
  • Health Care9.3%
  • Consumer Discretionary8.8%
  • Industrials7.6%
  • Consumer Staples4.3%
  • Energy3.4%
  • Utilities1.9%
  • Real Estate1.7%
  • Materials1.6%

Geography

  • United States100.00%
The fund’s holdings, weight-ordered — page 1 of 34.
#TickerCompanyWeight %SharesMarket valueHeld by ETFs
1NVDANVIDIA Corp8.40%635,561,927$145B848
2AAPLApple Inc7.39%383,293,319$128B723
3MSFTMicrosoft Corp5.79%195,017,862$100B819
4AMZNAmazon.com Inc3.72%257,790,345$64.2B738
5GOOGLAlphabet Inc3.07%154,411,224$53.1B707
6AVGOBroadcom Inc2.54%124,954,495$43.9B753
7GOOGAlphabet Inc2.46%124,541,320$42.4B480
8METAMeta Platforms Inc2.43%57,915,881$42B708
9MUMicron Technology Inc1.83%29,660,721$31.6B686
10TSLATesla Inc1.52%74,015,142$26.3B528
11AMDAdvanced Micro Devices Inc1.52%42,874,207$26.2B638
12BRK.BBerkshire Hathaway Inc1.41%48,919,173$24.4B374
13LLYEli Lilly & Co1.41%21,016,848$24.3B593
14JPMJPMorgan Chase & Co1.34%69,807,251$23.1B487
15XOMExxonMobil Holdings Corp1.02%107,983,376$17.6B525

Showing 1–15 of 507 holdings

VOO Performance

Launched Sep 7, 2010

Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.

VOO$11,209
SPY tracks large US stocks. It provides market context, rather than representing this fund’s strategy, asset class or investment benchmark.$11,199
Oct 31, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026. VOO $11,209. SPY $11,199. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$10,000$11,000Oct 2025Apr 2026Oct 2026

Oct 31, 2025 – Oct 30, 2026

Returns run to the Oct 30, 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.

Trailing total return for VOO. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodVOO
Year to date+11.8%
1 month−0.9%
3 months+1.5%
1 year+12.1%
3 yearsper year+23.4%
5 yearsper year+12.0%
10 yearsper year+15.4%

With distributions reinvested.

Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.

Annual total returns for VOO
YearReturn barVOO
2026 YTD+11.8%
2025+17.8%
2024+25.0%
2023+26.3%
2022−18.2%
2021+28.8%
2020+18.3%

VOO in the news

VOO Dividends

Adds up every distribution paid per share over the last 12 months, divided by the last completed close. Distributions are counted by ex-date. Data through Oct 30, 2026.
1.07%Last 12 months
Payout per share
$7.43Last 12 months
Last payment
$1.82 per share
Paid on
Shares bought on or after this date do not qualify for this distribution.
Frequency
Quarterly

Distribution history

2017–2026

One bar per payment. 39 payments from 2017 to 2026 YTD. Mar 22, 2017 $1.00; Jun 23, 2017 $1.01; Sep 20, 2017 $1.18; Dec 26, 2017 $1.18; Mar 26, 2018 $1.08; Jun 28, 2018 $1.16; Sep 26, 2018 $1.21; Dec 17, 2018 $1.29; Mar 21, 2019 $1.46; Jun 27, 2019 $1.39; Sep 26, 2019 $1.30; Dec 23, 2019 $1.43; Mar 10, 2020 $1.18; Jun 29, 2020 $1.43; Sep 29, 2020 $1.31; Dec 22, 2020 $1.38; Mar 26, 2021 $1.26; Jun 29, 2021 $1.33; Sep 29, 2021 $1.31; Dec 21, 2021 $1.53; Mar 24, 2022 $1.37; Jun 29, 2022 $1.43; Sep 28, 2022 $1.47; Dec 20, 2022 $1.67; Mar 24, 2023 $1.49; Jun 29, 2023 $1.58; Sep 28, 2023 $1.49; Dec 20, 2023 $1.80; Mar 22, 2024 $1.54; Jun 28, 2024 $1.78; Sep 27, 2024 $1.64; Dec 23, 2024 $1.74; Mar 27, 2025 $1.81; Jun 30, 2025 $1.74; Sep 29, 2025 $1.74; Dec 22, 2025 $1.77; Mar 27, 2026 $1.87; Jun 26, 2026 $1.96; Sep 28, 2026 $1.82. Use the arrow keys to read each point.2017201820192020202120222023202420252026YTD
Ex-datePay dateAmount per share
Sep 28, 2026Sep 30, 2026$1.82
Jun 26, 2026Jun 30, 2026$1.96
Mar 27, 2026Mar 31, 2026$1.87
Dec 22, 2025Dec 24, 2025$1.77
Sep 29, 2025Oct 1, 2025$1.74
Jun 30, 2025Jul 2, 2025$1.74
Mar 27, 2025Mar 31, 2025$1.81
Dec 23, 2024Dec 26, 2024$1.74
Sep 27, 2024Oct 1, 2024$1.64
Jun 28, 2024Jul 2, 2024$1.78
Mar 22, 2024Mar 27, 2024$1.54
Dec 20, 2023Dec 26, 2023$1.80

See all 65 payments⁠

$10,000 in VOO 10 years ago paid $3,052 in dividends.⁠

VOO Risk

Risk pillarC51 out of 100Rank 5 of 14 in S&P 500
How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
12.3%
Annualised · 36 months to Oct 2026
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.

Return above 3-month US Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
1.42
vs 3-month T-bills · to Oct 2026
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.

The largest fall from a peak to the low that followed.
−24.5%
Trough Oct 2022
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.

How strongly the fund’s returns move with its asset-class index.
1.01
vs its asset-class index
How it’s calculated: beta

The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.

FMP measures it over up to five years of monthly returns.

VOO Cost

Compare VOO and SPYM

Overpaying vs SPYM, cheapest in S&P 500

$212

On $10,000 over 30 years. 7% growth a year before fees, expense ratio only.

  • VOO 0.03%

    $638

  • SPYM 0.02% Cheapest

    $426

$10,000
30 years

Cost over time

  • VOO 0.03%
  • SPYM 0.02%
  • Overpaying
One line per fund, from year 0 to year 30. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$0$200$400$600$800051015202530VOO $638SPYM $426

Year by year

YearVOOSPYMOverpaying
10$55$37$18
20$216$144$72
30$638$426$212

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