Price vs Value
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Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF
$86.90−0.02 (−0.02%)
- 0.07%
- $27.1B
- +22.8%
- 0.45%
- 1.3M sh
- $86.92
- low $64.99high $88.25
The ETF.net VOOG Grade
B
Score 68 out of 100
- 12 of 35
Score 68 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.B68 out of 100Rank 12 of 35Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A98 out of 100Rank 11 of 32Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.B59 out of 100Rank 10 of 35Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.C48 out of 100Rank 16 of 35Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.D37 out of 100Rank 28 of 35Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.A81 out of 100Rank 6 of 35
Our read on VOOG
BVOOG owns the growth half of the S&P 500: the same large caps you already know, re-sorted by sales growth, earnings-change-to-price and momentum. A style tilt built inside a familiar index, priced near the bottom of the growth shelf.
The fund aims to track the investment returns of large-cap growth stocks in the United States by following the S&P 500 Growth Index.
Why people hold it
- Costs 0.07% a year versus a 0.18% median for US growth funds. On a plain index slice, that gap is most of the argument.
- Every holding is already an S&P 500 member, ranked on three growth factors: sales growth, earnings change to price, and momentum. A slice of a known index, not a new universe.spglobal.comworkplace.vanguard.com
- Straight index tracking, no active discretion, and one of the stronger implementations in its growth peer group. Vanguard has run it since 2010.vanguard.com
- A multi-billion-dollar, actively traded fund that pays quarterly, so getting in and out is rarely the hard part.
Worth knowing
- SPYG tracks the same S&P 500 Growth Index for a lower fee. Identical index, different sticker.
- Not pure growth. S&P splits part of the parent index across both its growth and value benchmarks, so some names show up in both.spglobal.com
- About 210 names, weighted by market cap, so the largest positions drive most of the movement.spglobal.com
VOOG Holdings
- Stocks
- 154
- 59%
- NVDA
Sectors
- Technology53.5%
- Communication14.9%
- Financials9.1%
- Consumer Discretionary8.5%
- Health Care6.2%
- Industrials5.6%
- Consumer Staples1.0%
- Real Estate0.6%
- Materials0.4%
- Utilities0.3%
Geography
- United States100.00%
VOOG Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
VOOG$12,276
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 | VOOG |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +17.7% |
| 1 month | +3.9% |
| 3 months | +4.5% |
| 1 year | +22.8% |
| 3 years | +28.0% |
| 5 years | +15.1% |
| 10 years | +18.2% |
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 | VOOG |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +17.7% | |
| 2025 | +22.1% | |
| 2024 | +35.9% | |
| 2023 | +29.9% | |
| 2022 | −29.5% | |
| 2021 | +31.9% | |
| 2020 | +33.4% |
VOOG in the news
VOOG Dividends
- 0.45%
- $0.39
- $0.11 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
VOOG Risk
- 16.2%
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.
- 1.36
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.
- −32.7%
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.
- 1.17
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
VOOG Cost
0.07%
VOOG0.07%
- The middle half of US Growth Index funds
- Median 0.18%
11 of the 35 US Growth Index funds charge less.
Other funds in US Growth Index
- BIVWiShares S&P 500 Growth ETFExpense ratio 0.18%1 year return +22.7%
- BMGKVanguard Morningstar Mega Cap Growth ETFExpense ratio 0.05%1 year return +19.5%
- BIWFiShares Russell 1000 Growth ETFExpense ratio 0.18%1 year return +11.1%
- BVTWGVanguard Russell 2000 Growth ETFExpense ratio 0.06%1 year return +12.3%
- BGGUSGoldman Sachs MarketBeta Russell 1000 Growth Equity ETFExpense ratio 0.12%1 year return +11.6%