Vanguard S&P 500 ETF
$715.14+0.01 (0.00%)
- 0.03%
- $1.80T
- +20.5%
- 1.04%
- 8.2M sh
- $715.14
- low $578.46high $718.47
The ETF.net VOO Grade
A
Score 78 out of 100
- 2 of 14
Score 78 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 100Rank 2 of 14Mission
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.B58 out of 100Rank 3 of 13Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.C53 out of 100Rank 6 of 14Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.B67 out of 100Rank 6 of 14Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.A93 out of 100Rank 1 of 14
Our read on VOO
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.
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.investor.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.personal1.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
- Stocks
- 508
- 38%
- NVDA
Sectors
- Technology38.7%
- Financials12.0%
- Communication9.5%
- Consumer Discretionary9.3%
- Health Care9.3%
- Industrials7.8%
- Consumer Staples4.5%
- Energy3.5%
- Utilities2.0%
- Real Estate1.8%
- Materials1.7%
Geography
- United States100.00%
VOO Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
VOO$12,047
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 | VOO |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +15.0% |
| 1 month | +2.1% |
| 3 months | +3.3% |
| 1 year | +20.5% |
| 3 years | +23.1% |
| 5 years | +14.0% |
| 10 years | +15.7% |
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 | VOO |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +15.0% | |
| 2025 | +17.8% | |
| 2024 | +25.0% | |
| 2023 | +26.3% | |
| 2022 | −18.2% | |
| 2021 | +28.8% | |
| 2020 | +18.3% |
VOO in the news
VOO Dividends
- 1.04%
- $7.43
- $1.82 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
VOO Risk
- 12.4%
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.
- 1.37
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.
- −24.5%
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.
- 1.01
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
VOO Cost
0.03%
VOO0.03%
- The middle half of S&P 500 funds
- Median 0.09%
1 of the 14 S&P 500 funds charge less.
Other funds in S&P 500
- ASPYMState Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETFExpense ratio 0.02%1 year return +20.5%
- AIVViShares Core S&P 500 ETFExpense ratio 0.03%1 year return +20.5%
- AUSPXFranklin U.S. Equity Index ETFExpense ratio 0.03%1 year return +20.1%
- ASPYState Street SPDR S&P 500 ETFExpense ratio 0.09%1 year return +20.4%
- BSTXFStrive 500 ETFExpense ratio 0.05%1 year return +20.3%