MFMO vs VFMO: Grades, Fees and Holdings Compared

Motley Fool Momentum Factor ETF

MFMOCNasdaq

Vanguard U.S. Momentum Factor ETF

VFMOACboe

Overlap

18.5%by weight

Expense ratio

VFMO −0.37pt a year

MFMO0.50%VFMO0.13%

Avg volume · 30D

VFMO 7.3×the volume

MFMO8.05KVFMO58.8K

MFMO vs VFMO Performance

Dec 31, 2025 – Oct 30, 2026

+7.5%MFMO+14.2%VFMO

Expense ratio: MFMO 0.50%; VFMO 0.13%, better
Fund size: MFMO $12M; VFMO $1.9B
1Y total return: MFMO No data; VFMO +11.2%
Yield (12M): MFMO No data; VFMO 0.62%
Holdings: MFMO 101; VFMO 700
Avg volume (30D): MFMO 8.05K sh; VFMO 58.8K sh, better
NAV per share: MFMO $21.16; VFMO $217.36
52W range

ETF.net Grade

Pillar letters and Scores for MFMO, VFMO, with each pillar’s weight
Pillar	MFMO	VFMO
Cost30% weight	A71	A95Higher
Mission25% weight	Not scored	D39
Risk15% weight	D35	C51Higher
Tradability15% weight	C47	B62Higher
Holdings10% weight	B59	A89Higher
Durability5% weight	F23	A93Higher

Rank among US Active Momentum funds

How we build Categories ›

Same Category. MFMO and VFMO are both graded against the same 20 US Active Momentum funds, so their Grades compare head to head.

US Active Momentum⁠

Category · 20 funds

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VFMO ranks 3rd and MFMO 8th of 20 funds in the US Active Momentum Category.

Rank 1AJMOMJPMorgan U.S. Momentum Factor ETFScore 86
Rank 2ASEIMSEI QiM U.S. Large Cap Momentum Active ETFScore 81
Rank 3AVFMOVanguard U.S. Momentum Factor ETFScore 78
Rank 4AQMOMAlpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Momentum ETFScore 73
Rank 8CGTNDGoaltender ETFScore 54
Rank 8CMFMOMotley Fool Momentum Factor ETFScore 54
Rank 10CSAMMStrategas Macro Momentum ETFScore 53

Our read on each fund

ETF.net Research

MFMOCMotley Fool Momentum Factor ETF

VFMOAVanguard U.S. Momentum Factor ETF

In short

MFMO Momentum run through The Motley Fool's own index instead of one rented from MSCI or S&P. A house-built Momentum Factor Score picks the names, and the fee lands under the typical fund in this corner, above the giants.

VFMO Vanguard doing active. A quant team buys the strongest recent performers across the entire US market, roughly 600 names deep, at 0.13% a year for a job that usually costs several times more.

Stated mandate

MFMO The fund seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the total-return performance of the Motley Fool Momentum Index.

VFMO The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing in U.S. stocks with strong recent performance selected through the advisor’s quantitative process.

Why people hold it

MFMO 0.50% a year undercuts the typical momentum fund in its peer group, where the median sits at 0.69%.
One job, stated plainly: track the Motley Fool Momentum Index, a rules-based screen built on the firm's own Momentum Factor Score.
Single-factor by design. Momentum is the entire thesis, so it slots beside a broad holding without muddying what you already own.

VFMO Costs 0.13% a year, sitting with the cheapest systematic momentum funds (JMOM 0.12%, SPMO 0.13%, MTUM 0.15%) and well under the group's typical fee.
Hunts winners across the full Russell 3000, small and mid caps included, and spreads the bet over about 600 stocks rather than a short list of mega caps.vanguard.com
Actively run through Vanguard's quantitative process: the Russell 3000 is the yardstick, not a rulebook the fund has to copy on index-review day.vanguard.com
A multi-billion-dollar fund paying quarterly, and one of the stronger implementations in the US momentum group on cost and portfolio construction.

Worth knowing

MFMO Cheap for its cohort, not cheap outright. SPMO, VFMO and MTUM run momentum for a fraction of this fee.
A small fund that trades thinly, so bid-ask spreads can run wider than at the household-name momentum ETFs.
Launched in 2025, so the track record is short, and momentum strategies tend to lurch when market leadership rotates.

VFMO Momentum by design owns what has already run. When market leadership flips, this style tends to take the turn harder than a plain total-market fund.
No index to hide behind. Results ride on Vanguard's model, and the portfolio can look very different from the Russell 3000 in either direction.
Trading activity is moderate rather than category-leading, which shows up in spreads on large orders more than small ones.

Full MFMO profile⁠

Full VFMO profile⁠

MFMO vs VFMO Holdings

How MFMO and VFMO differ

Overlap by weight

18.5%

Shared holdings make up 83.6% of MFMO and 19.8% of VFMO.

Level by level

Holdings70 in both18.5%
Asset classEquity100%
Countryby domicile100%

Sector

No Sector split for MFMO.

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Country weights in MFMO and VFMO, widest gap first
Country	More in MFMOMore in VFMO	MFMO	VFMO
United States	Same weight	100.0%	100.0%

Concentration

Weight in the 10 largest Holdings

MFMO48.4%
VFMO9.7%

Securities held

MFMO100
VFMO698

Asset class

MFMO: Equity
VFMO: Equity

Holdings

Only in MFMO30
In both70
Only in VFMO628

Only in MFMO

30 securities, 16.1% of MFMO by weight

NVIDIA Corp4.63%
Arista Networks Inc2.78%
Gilead Sciences Inc2.22%
Equinix Inc0.71%
Everpure Inc0.59%
Cummins Inc0.48%
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp0.46%
Veeva Systems Inc0.44%
Ventas Inc0.33%
Live Nation Entertainment Inc0.33%
MongoDB Inc0.28%
Zoom Communications Inc0.27%
Unity Software Inc0.25%
Rocket Lab Corp0.25%
Rubrik Inc0.24%
Dexcom Inc0.23%
Zebra Technologies Corp0.22%
Medpace Holdings Inc0.22%
EMCOR Group Inc0.20%
Nutanix Inc0.13%
Wayfair Inc0.12%
Repligen Corp0.12%
Manhattan Associates Inc0.11%
Paycom Software Inc0.10%
Match Group Inc0.08%
Gitlab Inc0.08%
Cactus Inc0.07%
WEX Inc0.06%
Appian Corp0.04%
Magnite Inc0.02%

Only in VFMO

628 securities, 80.1% of VFMO by weight

SLBBH11421.24%
Marathon Petroleum Corp0.99%
Valero Energy Corp0.94%
Dell Technologies Inc0.94%
Phillips 660.92%
Applied Materials Inc0.88%
Marvell Technology Inc0.87%
KLA Corp0.80%
Sandisk Corp0.79%
Western Digital Corp0.75%
Johnson & Johnson0.73%
Merck & Co Inc0.71%
GE Vernova Inc0.66%
EOG Resources Inc0.66%
Caterpillar Inc0.64%
Bank of New York Mellon Corp/The0.64%
Ross Stores Inc0.63%
Vertiv Holdings Co0.57%
CSX Corp0.57%
Quanta Services Inc0.54%
Eli Lilly & Co0.52%
Travelers Cos Inc/The0.49%
Texas Instruments Inc0.47%
SLB Ltd0.46%
Apple Inc0.45%
Analog Devices Inc0.45%
Southern Copper Corp0.43%
Williams Cos Inc/The0.40%
Millicom International Cellular SA0.39%
Roivant Sciences Ltd0.34%
HF Sinclair Corp0.33%
Revolution Medicines Inc0.32%
ImmunityBio Inc0.30%
Allstate Corp/The0.29%
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co0.29%
DigitalOcean Holdings Inc0.29%
Morgan Stanley0.29%
Murphy USA Inc0.29%
Delta Air Lines Inc0.29%
FormFactor Inc0.28%
Viasat Inc0.28%
10X Genomics Inc0.27%
Viavi Solutions Inc0.27%
Madison Square Garden Sports Corp0.26%
UnitedHealth Group Inc0.26%
TechnipFMC PLC0.26%
Apa Corp0.26%
Citigroup Inc0.26%
JB Hunt Transport Services Inc0.26%
Protagonist Therapeutics Inc0.26%

Weight gaps

All 70 Holdings in both funds, largest gap first.

Holding weights in MFMO and VFMO, widest gap first
Holding	More in MFMOMore in VFMO	MFMO	VFMO
Chevron CorpCVX	MFMO +5.89 points	5.91%	0.02%
ExxonMobil Holdings CorpXOM	MFMO +5.50 points	6.08%	0.58%
Palo Alto Networks IncPANW	MFMO +4.43 points	5.14%	0.71%
Cisco Systems IncCSCO	MFMO +4.33 points	4.82%	0.49%
Crowdstrike Holdings IncCRWD	MFMO +4.24 points	5.01%	0.77%
Alphabet IncGOOG	MFMO +3.96 points	4.09%	0.13%
Micron Technology IncMU	MFMO +3.59 points	4.47%	0.88%
Amgen IncAMGN	MFMO +3.22 points	3.65%	0.43%
Lam Research CorpLRCX	MFMO +3.20 points	3.99%	0.79%
Advanced Micro Devices IncAMD	MFMO +3.19 points	4.26%	1.07%
Moderna IncMRNA	MFMO +2.80 points	3.40%	0.60%
Goldman Sachs Group Inc/TheGS	MFMO +2.50 points	2.54%	0.04%
Bristol-Myers Squibb CoBMY	MFMO +1.89 points	2.10%	0.21%
Intel CorpINTC	MFMO +1.86 points	2.81%	0.95%
Corning IncGLW	MFMO +1.63 points	2.26%	0.63%
Astera Labs IncALAB	MFMO +1.11 points	1.11%	<0.01%
Snowflake IncSNOW	MFMO +1.05 points	1.48%	0.43%
Union Pacific CorpUNP	MFMO +1.04 points	1.45%	0.41%
Cloudflare IncNET	MFMO +0.89 points	1.29%	0.40%
Coherent CorpCOHR	MFMO +0.87 points	1.02%	0.15%
Fortinet IncFTNT	MFMO +0.82 points	1.73%	0.91%
CVS Health CorpCVS	MFMO +0.82 points	1.38%	0.56%
Illumina IncILMN	MFMO +0.79 points	1.08%	0.29%
Twilio IncTWLO	MFMO +0.59 points	0.78%	0.19%
Comfort Systems USA IncFIX	MFMO +0.58 points	0.74%	0.16%
Guardant Health IncGH	MFMO +0.51 points	0.75%	0.24%
Datadog IncDDOG	MFMO +0.43 points	1.17%	0.74%
Biogen IncBIIB	MFMO +0.40 points	0.54%	0.14%
Airbnb IncABNB	MFMO +0.37 points	0.80%	0.43%
Okta IncOKTA	MFMO +0.35 points	0.62%	0.27%
Incyte CorpINCY	MFMO +0.36 points	0.44%	0.08%
Monster Beverage CorpMNST	MFMO +0.31 points	0.84%	0.53%
Quest Diagnostics IncDGX	MFMO +0.31 points	0.39%	0.08%
Interactive Brokers Group IncIBKR	MFMO +0.26 points	0.30%	0.04%
Exelixis IncEXEL	MFMO +0.17 points	0.24%	0.07%
Bridgebio Pharma IncBBIO	MFMO +0.16 points	0.23%	0.07%
Iovance Biotherapeutics IncIOVA	VFMO +0.15 points	0.16%	0.31%
TG Therapeutics IncTGTX	VFMO +0.15 points	0.13%	0.28%
Howmet Aerospace IncHWM	MFMO +0.13 points	0.61%	0.48%
Darling Ingredients IncDAR	VFMO +0.13 points	0.12%	0.25%
Bandwidth IncBAND	VFMO +0.12 points	0.04%	0.16%
Affiliated Managers Group IncAMG	MFMO +0.12 points	0.14%	0.02%
Sterling Infrastructure IncSTRL	VFMO +0.11 points	0.08%	0.19%
BorgWarner IncBWA	VFMO +0.10 points	0.09%	0.19%
WESCO International IncWCC	MFMO +0.10 points	0.20%	0.10%
AnaptysBio IncANAB	VFMO +0.09 points	0.04%	0.13%
IES Holdings IncIESC	MFMO +0.06 points	0.12%	0.06%
FedEx CorpFDX	MFMO +0.06 points	0.67%	0.61%
Cullinan Therapeutics IncCGEM	VFMO +0.06 points	0.03%	0.09%
Krystal Biotech IncKRYS	VFMO +0.05 points	0.20%	0.25%
Vita Coco Co Inc/TheCOCO	VFMO +0.05 points	0.03%	0.08%
PubMatic IncPUBM	VFMO +0.05 points	0.01%	0.06%
Axsome Therapeutics IncAXSM	VFMO +0.05 points	0.09%	0.14%
United Natural Foods IncUNFI	VFMO +0.04 points	0.02%	0.06%
Figs IncFIGS	VFMO +0.04 points	0.03%	0.07%
XPO IncXPO	VFMO +0.03 points	0.17%	0.20%
Cognex CorpCGNX	MFMO +0.03 points	0.16%	0.13%
Bread Financial Holdings IncBFH	MFMO +0.04 points	0.09%	0.05%
Nektar TherapeuticsNKTR	VFMO +0.03 points	0.03%	0.06%
Kymera Therapeutics IncKYMR	MFMO +0.03 points	0.27%	0.24%
Casey's General Stores IncCASY	MFMO +0.03 points	0.20%	0.17%
Maplebear IncCART	MFMO +0.03 points	0.10%	0.07%
Hexcel CorpHXL	VFMO +0.03 points	0.04%	0.07%
Corcept Therapeutics IncCORT	VFMO +0.02 points	0.15%	0.17%
Excelerate Energy IncEE	MFMO +0.02 points	0.02%	<0.01%
Five Below IncFIVE	MFMO +0.01 points	0.18%	0.17%
Perimeter Solutions IncPRM	VFMO +0.01 points	0.04%	0.05%
SiTime CorpSITM	MFMO +0.01 points	0.31%	0.30%
Spectrum Brands Holdings IncSPB	VFMO +0.01 points	0.03%	0.04%
Etsy IncETSY	VFMO +0.01 points	0.07%	0.08%

All MFMO holdings⁠All 638 VFMO 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.

MFMO vs VFMO Cost

Overpaying MFMO vs VFMO

$7,253

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

MFMO 0.50%
$9,979
VFMO 0.13%
$2,726

Amount$10,000

Years30 years

Cost over time

MFMO 0.50%
VFMO 0.13%
Overpaying

Year by year

Year	MFMO	VFMO	Overpaying
10	$900	$238	$662
20	$3,460	$930	$2,530
30	$9,979	$2,726	$7,253

Expense ratio

0.50%MFMO
0.13%VFMO, cheaper

VFMO0.13%MFMO0.50%

0.12%3.53%

Middle half of US Active Momentum funds
Median 0.64%

VFMO 2nd cheapest of 20 funds

MFMO 7th cheapest of 20 funds

MFMO vs VFMO Dividends

Last 12 months to Oct 30, 2026

Yield (12M): MFMO No data; VFMO 0.62%
Payout (12M): MFMO None; VFMO $1.36
Last payment: MFMO No data; VFMO $0.31
Ex-dividend: MFMO No data; VFMO Sep 23, 2026
Paid on: MFMO No data; VFMO Sep 25, 2026
Frequency: MFMO No data; VFMO Quarterly

Distribution history

Per share, 2018 to 2026, same scale for both

MFMOAll MFMO payments⁠

No distribution history available.

VFMOQuarterly · 34 paymentsAll VFMO payments⁠

MFMO vs VFMO Risk

Fall from peak · 5 years

This chart needs five years of history for both funds.

Risk facts

VolatilityStd dev, 3 years: MFMO No dataVFMO 19.6%
Return per unit of riskSharpe ratio, 3 years: MFMO No dataVFMO 1.12
Worst fallMax drawdown, 5 years: MFMO No dataVFMO −25.8%
Market sensitivityBeta, 5 years: MFMO 1.44VFMO 1.32; Market = 1

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