GGUS vs VUG: Grades, Fees and Holdings Compared

Goldman Sachs MarketBeta Russell 1000 Growth Equity ETF

GGUSBNYSE Arca

Vanguard Morningstar Growth ETF

VUGANYSE Arca

Overlap

72.4%by weight

Expense ratio

VUG −0.09pt a year

GGUS0.12%VUG0.03%

Avg volume · 30D

VUG 227.5×the volume

GGUS27.8KVUG6.32M

GGUS vs VUG Performance

Oct 31, 2025 – Oct 30, 2026

−1.4%GGUS+2.7%VUG

Expense ratio: GGUS 0.12%; VUG 0.03%, better
Fund size: GGUS $482M; VUG $392B
1Y total return: GGUS −1.4%; VUG +2.7%, better
Yield (12M): GGUS 0.42%, better; VUG 0.41%
Holdings: GGUS 370; VUG 136
Avg volume (30D): GGUS 27.8K sh; VUG 6.32M sh, better
NAV per share: GGUS $65.97; VUG $85.06
52W range

ETF.net Grade

Pillar letters and Scores for GGUS, VUG, with each pillar’s weight
Pillar	GGUS	VUG
Cost30% weight	B59	A96Higher
Mission25% weight	A100Higher	A99
Risk15% weight	C40	C49Higher
Tradability15% weight	D33	B65Higher
Holdings10% weight	C53Higher	D29
Durability5% weight	D26	A91Higher

Rank among US Growth Index funds

How we build Categories ›

Same Category. GGUS and VUG are both graded against the same 35 US Growth Index funds, so their Grades compare head to head.

US Growth Index⁠

Category · 35 funds

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VUG ranks 5th and GGUS 18th of 35 funds in the US Growth Index Category.

Rank 2ASCHGSchwab U.S. Large-Cap Growth ETFScore 78
Rank 5AVUGVanguard Morningstar Growth ETFScore 77
Rank 6AVBKVanguard Morningstar Small-Cap Growth ETFScore 72
Rank 16BSTXGStrive 1000 Growth ETFScore 61
Rank 18BGGUSGoldman Sachs MarketBeta Russell 1000 Growth Equity ETFScore 60
Rank 19BIWOiShares Russell 2000 Growth ETFScore 59

Our read on each fund

ETF.net Research

GGUSBGoldman Sachs MarketBeta Russell 1000 Growth Equity ETF

VUGAVanguard Morningstar Growth ETF

In short

GGUS Goldman's plain-vanilla shelf. GGUS tracks the same Russell 1000 Growth index the household names use, charges 0.12%, and undercuts the category's median fee. No stock picking, no Goldman house view, just the growth half of US large caps.

VUG Three basis points buys roughly 170 US large-cap growth names. Running since 2004, over $100 billion in assets, and it tracks its index about as closely as an index fund can.

Stated mandate

GGUS The Fund seeks returns that closely track its underlying index before fees and expenses.

VUG The fund seeks to track a benchmark index measuring the investment return of large-capitalization growth stocks.

Why people hold it

GGUS 0.12% a year: a third less than IWF on the identical Russell 1000 Growth index, and below the 0.18% median for US growth funds.
Its whole job is mirroring the Russell 1000 Growth Index before fees, and it is one of the closest trackers in its peer group.
About 400 large US growth names in one ticker, chosen by the index rather than a Goldman analyst. Distributions come quarterly.

VUG 0.03% a year against a 0.18% median for its growth peer group. A rival tracking the same declared index charges 0.36%, twelve times more for the same shopping list.vanguard.com
One of the largest and most heavily traded funds in US large-cap growth, and among the tightest index implementations in that group. Deep volume tends to mean thin spreads.
Trading since January 2004, so the record spans full market cycles rather than a backtest. Distributions land quarterly.

Worth knowing

GGUS Thinly traded next to the giants of this category, so bid-ask spreads can run wider and larger orders can move the price.
Not the cheapest door to this index: VONG tracks the same Russell 1000 Growth benchmark for 0.06%.
Launched in late 2023, so the record is short, and it owns only the growth side of large caps, with no value holdings as ballast.

VUG Cap-weighted, so the biggest mega-caps dominate the top of the book. That makes it one of the more concentrated portfolios in this cohort.vanguard.com
A style sleeve, not the whole market: growth screens only, large caps only. When growth is out of favor it can swing harder than a total-market fund.
SPYG and SCHG sit at 0.04%, so the price edge is a rounding error. The real gap is how each index defines a growth stock.

Full GGUS profile⁠

Full VUG profile⁠

GGUS vs VUG Holdings

How GGUS and VUG differ

Overlap by weight

72.4%

Shared holdings make up 94.3% of VUG and 81.9% of GGUS.

Level by level

Holdings106 in both72.4%
Sector11 Sectors90.7%
Asset classEquity100%
Countryby domicile99.7%

Sector

Sector weights in GGUS and VUG, widest gap first
Sector	More in GGUSMore in VUG	GGUS	VUG
Technology	VUG +7.6 points	52.6%	60.2%
Industrials	GGUS +4.3 points	8.7%	4.4%
Health Care	GGUS +2.2 points	6.4%	4.2%
Financials	GGUS +1.4 points	5.3%	3.9%
Consumer Discretionary	VUG +1.2 points	8.6%	9.8%
Communication	GGUS +0.9 points	15.6%	14.7%
Real Estate	VUG +0.5 points	0.4%	0.9%
Energy	GGUS +0.3 points	0.6%	0.3%
Utilities	GGUS +0.3 points	0.3%	0.0%
Materials	VUG +0.1 points	0.3%	0.4%
Consumer Staples	Same weight	1.3%	1.3%

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Country weights in GGUS and VUG, widest gap first
Country	More in GGUSMore in VUG	GGUS	VUG
United States	VUG +0.3 points	99.7%	100.0%
Brazil	GGUS +0.2 points	0.1%	0.0%
Canada	GGUS +0.1 points	0.1%	0.0%
United Kingdom	Same weight	0.0%	0.0%

Concentration

Weight in the 10 largest Holdings

GGUS49.4%
VUG63.1%

Securities held

GGUS369
VUG135

Asset class

GGUS: Equity
VUG: Equity

Holdings

Only in GGUS263
In both106
Only in VUG29

Only in GGUS

263 securities, 18.0% of GGUS by weight

Micron Technology, Inc.3.77%
Caterpillar Inc (Delaware)1.05%
The Home Depot, Inc.0.87%
Amgen Inc.0.63%
Lockheed Martin Corporation0.47%
Mckesson Corporation0.39%
Trane Technologies Public Limited Company0.34%
Spotify Technology S.a.0.31%
Adobe Inc0.25%
Simon Property Group Inc0.25%
Marathon Petroleum Corporation0.23%
Ross Stores Inc0.23%
Cencora Inc0.22%
Natera, Inc.0.21%
American Tower Corp0.20%
American Express Co.0.18%
Vistra Corp0.17%
Walmart Inc0.16%
Royal Caribbean Group0.16%
Microchip Technology Incorporated0.15%
Automatic Data Processing Inc0.15%
Rockwell Automation Inc0.15%
Nu Holdings Ltd.0.15%
Coca-Cola Company (The)0.15%
AbbVie Inc.0.15%
Anglogold Ashanti Limited0.14%
Everpure Inc0.13%
Revolution Medicines Inc0.13%
Citigroup Inc.0.12%
Cummins Inc0.11%
Expedia Group Inc0.11%
Keysight Technologies, Inc.0.11%
Colgate-Palmolive Co0.11%
Emcor Group, Inc.0.11%
Jabil Inc0.11%
Intuit Inc0.10%
Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd0.10%
Cardinal Health, Inc.0.10%
Zoetis Inc.0.09%
Darden Restaurants, Inc.0.09%
Tapestry, Inc.0.09%
Ati Inc0.08%
Eaton Corp PLC0.08%
Illinois Tool Works0.08%
Waste Management Inc0.08%
Bank of America Corp0.08%
Casey's General Stores,inc0.08%
Pepsico, Inc.0.08%
Guardant Health, Inc.0.08%
Affirm Holdings, Inc.0.07%

Only in VUG

29 securities, 5.7% of VUG by weight

Intel Corp1.45%
Seagate Technology Holdings PLC0.58%
Welltower Inc0.46%
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc0.37%
Equinix Inc0.29%
Synopsys Inc0.25%
McDonald's Corp0.24%
Ecolab Inc0.21%
O'Reilly Automotive Inc0.21%
Veeva Systems Inc0.14%
Coinbase Global Inc0.13%
Block Inc0.13%
Waste Connections Inc0.13%
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd0.12%
Mettler-Toledo International Inc0.11%
Vulcan Materials Co0.11%
West Pharmaceutical Services Inc0.10%
VeriSign Inc0.09%
Waters Corp0.08%
Ventas Inc0.08%
Verisk Analytics Inc0.08%
Flex Ltd0.08%
ResMed Inc0.07%
Martin Marietta Materials Inc0.06%
SBA Communications Corp0.04%
SLBBH11420.04%
Cerebras Systems Inc0.04%
Symbotic Inc0.03%
Venture Global Inc0.03%

Weight gaps

The 100 widest of 106 Holdings in both funds.

Holding weights in GGUS and VUG, widest gap first
Holding	More in GGUSMore in VUG	GGUS	VUG
Apple Inc.AAPL	VUG +8.05 points	4.46%	12.51%
Microsoft CorporationMSFT	VUG +5.57 points	4.18%	9.75%
Amazon.com IncAMZN	VUG +3.55 points	0.71%	4.26%
Tesla Inc.TSLA	GGUS +1.38 points	4.03%	2.65%
Eli Lilly & CoLLY	GGUS +1.31 points	3.91%	2.60%
Visa Inc.V	GGUS +0.90 points	2.49%	1.59%
General Electric CompanyGE	GGUS +0.71 points	1.16%	0.45%
Alphabet Inc.GOOGL	VUG +0.69 points	4.47%	5.16%
Mastercard IncorporatedMA	GGUS +0.68 points	1.84%	1.16%
Texas Instruments Inc.TXN	GGUS +0.66 points	1.02%	0.36%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc.AMD	GGUS +0.64 points	3.30%	2.66%
Meta Platforms Inc-Class AMETA	VUG +0.60 points	3.63%	4.23%
Alphabet Inc.GOOG	VUG +0.46 points	3.63%	4.09%
Palantir Technologies Inc.PLTR	GGUS +0.46 points	1.56%	1.10%
Costco Wholesale CorporationCOST	VUG +0.40 points	0.69%	1.09%
NVIDIA CorporationNVDA	VUG +0.40 points	13.09%	13.49%
Crowdstrike Holdings, Inc.CRWD	GGUS +0.23 points	0.94%	0.71%
Palo Alto Networks Inc.PANW	GGUS +0.22 points	1.10%	0.88%
Oracle CorporationORCL	GGUS +0.21 points	0.86%	0.65%
Dell Technologies Inc.DELL	VUG +0.17 points	0.06%	0.23%
Ge Vernova LlcGEV	GGUS +0.16 points	0.85%	0.69%
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.ISRG	GGUS +0.16 points	0.57%	0.41%
Broadcom Inc.AVGO	VUG +0.16 points	4.18%	4.34%
Tjx Companies Inc (New)TJX	VUG +0.15 points	0.26%	0.41%
Amphenol Corp Cl-A (New)APH	GGUS +0.15 points	0.72%	0.57%
Coherent CorpCOHR	VUG +0.14 points	0.03%	0.17%
Netflix, Inc.NFLX	GGUS +0.14 points	0.92%	0.78%
Blackstone Group Inc/TheBX	GGUS +0.12 points	0.25%	0.13%
Autozone, Inc.AZO	VUG +0.12 points	0.03%	0.15%
Workday, Inc.WDAY	VUG +0.11 points	0.01%	0.12%
Msci Inc.MSCI	VUG +0.11 points	<0.01%	0.12%
Motorola Solutions IncMSI	VUG +0.11 points	0.11%	0.22%
Boeing CompanyBA	VUG +0.11 points	0.30%	0.41%
Applied Materials IncAMAT	GGUS +0.10 points	1.20%	1.10%
Arista Networks, Inc.ANET	GGUS +0.09 points	0.69%	0.60%
Kla CorpKLAC	GGUS +0.08 points	0.78%	0.70%
Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.ODFL	VUG +0.09 points	0.02%	0.11%
Super Micro Computer, Inc.SMCI	VUG +0.08 points	<0.01%	0.09%
Moody's CorporationMCO	VUG +0.08 points	0.12%	0.20%
Yum Brands, Inc.YUM	VUG +0.07 points	0.05%	0.12%
Snowflake Inc.SNOW	GGUS +0.08 points	0.40%	0.32%
Booking Holdings Inc.BKNG	GGUS +0.08 points	0.42%	0.34%
Vertiv Holdings LlcVRT	GGUS +0.07 points	0.34%	0.27%
Cadence Design Systems IncCDNS	GGUS +0.07 points	0.34%	0.27%
Starbucks Corp.SBUX	VUG +0.06 points	0.24%	0.30%
Monster Beverage CorporationMNST	VUG +0.06 points	0.11%	0.17%
Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc.HLT	GGUS +0.07 points	0.28%	0.21%
Cintas CorporationCTAS	GGUS +0.06 points	0.26%	0.20%
Transdigm Group IncorporatedTDG	VUG +0.06 points	0.12%	0.18%
Targa Resources Corp.TRGP	GGUS +0.06 points	0.24%	0.18%
Quanta Services IncPWR	GGUS +0.06 points	0.34%	0.28%
Lpl Financial Holdings Inc.LPLA	VUG +0.06 points	0.03%	0.09%
Robinhood Markets, Inc.HOOD	VUG +0.05 points	0.21%	0.26%
Tradeweb Markets IncTW	VUG +0.05 points	<0.01%	0.05%
Western Digital CorporationWDC	GGUS +0.05 points	0.49%	0.44%
Coreweave, Inc.CRWV	VUG +0.04 points	0.07%	0.11%
Airbnb Inc.ABNB	GGUS +0.04 points	0.24%	0.20%
Marvell Technology, Inc.MRVL	GGUS +0.04 points	0.68%	0.64%
First Solar, Inc.FSLR	VUG +0.05 points	<0.01%	0.05%
Autodesk, Inc.ADSK	GGUS +0.04 points	0.18%	0.14%
Datadog, Inc.DDOG	GGUS +0.04 points	0.31%	0.27%
Carvana Co.CVNA	GGUS +0.04 points	0.17%	0.13%
Howmet Aerospace Inc.HWM	GGUS +0.03 points	0.29%	0.26%
Doordash IncDASH	GGUS +0.03 points	0.24%	0.21%
Lam Research CorporationLRCX	GGUS +0.03 points	1.14%	1.11%
Insmed IncorporatedINSM	GGUS +0.03 points	0.09%	0.06%
Teradyne IncTER	VUG +0.02 points	0.17%	0.19%
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.ALNY	VUG +0.03 points	0.08%	0.11%
Cloudflare, Inc.NET	GGUS +0.02 points	0.35%	0.33%
Corning IncorporatedGLW	GGUS +0.02 points	0.36%	0.34%
Applovin CorporationAPP	VUG +0.02 points	0.22%	0.24%
Space Exploration Technologies Corp.SPCX	GGUS +0.03 points	0.29%	0.26%
Tko Group Holdings IncTKO	VUG +0.03 points	0.01%	0.04%
Roblox CorporationRBLX	GGUS +0.02 points	0.12%	0.10%
Fortinet, Inc.FTNT	VUG +0.02 points	0.30%	0.32%
Interactive Brokers Group, Inc.IBKR	VUG +0.02 points	0.05%	0.07%
Rocket Lab CorporationRKLB	VUG +0.02 points	0.12%	0.14%
Atlassian CorpTEAM	GGUS +0.02 points	0.12%	0.10%
Texas Pacific Land CorporationTPL	GGUS +0.02 points	0.07%	0.05%
Astera Labs, Inc.ALAB	VUG +0.02 points	0.16%	0.18%
Ciena CorporationCIEN	GGUS +0.02 points	0.18%	0.16%
Comfort Systems Usa IncFIX	VUG +0.02 points	0.16%	0.18%
Servicenow IncNOW	GGUS +0.01 points	0.40%	0.39%
Axon Enterprise, Inc.AXON	GGUS +0.01 points	0.12%	0.11%
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.CMG	GGUS +0.01 points	0.14%	0.13%
Las Vegas Sands Corp.LVS	VUG +0.01 points	0.04%	0.05%
W.w. Grainger IncGWW	GGUS +0.01 points	0.18%	0.17%
Reddit, Inc.RDDT	VUG +0.02 points	0.06%	0.08%
Bloom Energy CorpBE	VUG +0.01 points	0.22%	0.23%
Marriott International, IncMAR	GGUS +0.01 points	0.23%	0.22%
Ast Spacemobile IncASTS	VUG +0.01 points	0.04%	0.05%
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.MPWR	GGUS +0.01 points	0.20%	0.19%
Zscaler, Inc.ZS	Same weight	0.09%	0.09%
Heico Corporation (New)HEI	GGUS +0.01 points	0.05%	0.04%
Heico Corp Cl-AHEI.A	GGUS +0.01 points	0.07%	0.06%
Fair Isaac CorporationFICO	VUG +0.01 points	0.04%	0.05%
Sandisk CorporationSNDK	VUG +0.01 points	0.69%	0.70%
Ares Management CorporationARES	Same weight	0.09%	0.09%
Lumentum Holdings Inc.LITE	VUG +0.01 points	0.25%	0.26%
Idexx LaboratoriesIDXX	GGUS +0.01 points	0.14%	0.13%

All 369 GGUS holdings⁠All 166 VUG holdings⁠

How we measure overlap

Each holding counts at its smaller weight in the two funds, summed over the full Holdings. Sector, country and asset class use the same rule on each fund’s split. Cash, FX and derivative lines stay out of the counts. Two bond funds get no overlap figure.

GGUS vs VUG Cost

Overpaying GGUS vs VUG

$1,882

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

GGUS 0.12%
$2,520
VUG 0.03%
$638

Amount$10,000

Years30 years

Cost over time

GGUS 0.12%
VUG 0.03%
Overpaying

Year by year

Year	GGUS	VUG	Overpaying
10	$220	$55	$165
20	$859	$216	$643
30	$2,520	$638	$1,882

Expense ratio

0.12%GGUS
0.03%VUG, cheaper

VUG0.03%GGUS0.12%

0.03%0.70%

Middle half of US Growth Index funds
Median 0.18%

VUG cheapest of 35 funds

GGUS 15th cheapest of 35 funds

GGUS vs VUG Dividends

Last 12 months to Oct 30, 2026

Yield (12M): GGUS 0.42%, better; VUG 0.41%
Payout (12M): GGUS $0.27; VUG $0.35
Last payment: GGUS $0.06; VUG $0.09
Ex-dividend: GGUS Sep 24, 2026; VUG Sep 28, 2026
Paid on: GGUS Sep 30, 2026; VUG Sep 30, 2026
Frequency: GGUS Quarterly; VUG Quarterly

Distribution history

Per share, 2017 to 2026, same scale for both

GGUSQuarterly · 12 paymentsAll GGUS payments⁠

VUGQuarterly · 39 paymentsAll VUG payments⁠

GGUS vs VUG Risk

Fall from peak · 5 years

This chart needs five years of history for both funds.

Risk facts

VolatilityStd dev, 3 years: GGUS 15.5%since Dec 2023VUG 17.3%
Return per unit of riskSharpe ratio, 3 years: GGUS 0.86since Dec 2023VUG 1.11
Worst fallMax drawdown, 5 years: GGUS −22.6%since Nov 2023VUG −35.6%
Market sensitivityBeta, 5 years: GGUS 1.14VUG 1.23; Market = 1

GGUS and VUG in the news

All news⁠

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Behind the Index
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GGUS vs VUG

In short

Stated mandate

Why people hold it