RANK vs VFMO: Grades, Fees and Holdings Compared

DEFIANCE KSM TIPRANKS ANALYST ETF

RANKCNYSE Arca

Vanguard U.S. Momentum Factor ETF

VFMOACboe

Overlap

11.4%by weight

Expense ratio

VFMO −0.47pt a year

RANK0.60%VFMO0.13%

Avg volume · 30D

VFMO 3.6×the volume

RANK16.5KVFMO58.8K

RANK vs VFMO Performance

Jul 31, 2026 – Nov 2, 2026

−3.6%RANK−4.8%VFMO

Expense ratio: RANK 0.60%; VFMO 0.13%, better
Fund size: RANK $12M; VFMO $1.9B
1Y total return: RANK No data; VFMO +8.8%
Yield (12M): RANK No data; VFMO 0.64%
Holdings: RANK 51; VFMO 702
Avg volume (30D): RANK 16.5K sh; VFMO 58.8K sh, better
NAV per share: RANK $18.56; VFMO $217.36
52W range

ETF.net Grade

Pillar letters and Scores for RANK, VFMO, with each pillar’s weight
Pillar	RANK	VFMO
Cost30% weight	B64	A95Higher
Mission25% weight	Not scored	D39
Risk15% weight	D33	C51Higher
Tradability15% weight	C45	B60Higher
Holdings10% weight	C45	A89Higher
Durability5% weight	D36	A93Higher

Rank among US Active Momentum funds

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Same Category. RANK 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 RANK 12th 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 10CTACKFairlead Tactical Sector ETFScore 53
Rank 12CRANKDEFIANCE KSM TIPRANKS ANALYST ETFScore 49
Rank 13CDFTTDF Tactical 30 ETFScore 45

Our read on each fund

ETF.net Research

RANKCDEFIANCE KSM TIPRANKS ANALYST ETF

VFMOAVanguard U.S. Momentum Factor ETF

In short

RANK No data

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

RANK No data

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

RANK No data

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

RANK No data

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 RANK profile⁠

Full VFMO profile⁠

RANK vs VFMO Holdings

How RANK and VFMO differ

Overlap by weight

11.4%

Shared holdings make up 55.4% of RANK and 11.4% of VFMO.

Level by level

Holdings29 in both11.4%
Sector11 Sectors74.8%
Countryby domicile99.4%
Asset classEquity100%

Sector

Sector weights in RANK and VFMO, widest gap first
Sector	More in RANKMore in VFMO	RANK	VFMO
Technology	RANK +13.4 points	41.2%	27.8%
Industrials	VFMO +8.1 points	11.1%	19.2%
Energy	VFMO +6.1 points	6.1%	12.2%
Financials	RANK +5.0 points	10.6%	5.5%
Health Care	VFMO +4.8 points	14.1%	18.9%
Consumer Staples	RANK +3.4 points	5.5%	2.1%
Materials	VFMO +3.2 points	1.8%	5.0%
Communication	VFMO +3.0 points	0.6%	3.6%
Real Estate	RANK +2.2 points	2.2%	0.0%
Consumer Discretionary	RANK +1.1 points	6.7%	5.6%
Utilities	VFMO +0.1 points	0.0%	0.1%

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Country weights in RANK and VFMO, widest gap first
Country	More in RANKMore in VFMO	RANK	VFMO
United States	VFMO +0.6 points	99.4%	100.0%
United Kingdom	RANK +0.6 points	0.6%	0.0%

Concentration

Weight in the 10 largest Holdings

RANK56.4%
VFMO9.7%

Securities held

RANK51
VFMO698

Asset class

RANK: Equity
VFMO: Equity

Holdings

Only in RANK22
In both29
Only in VFMO669

Only in RANK

22 securities, 44.7% of RANK by weight

Visa Inc6.85%
NVIDIA Corp6.34%
Amazon.com Inc5.83%
Ge Aerospace5.34%
Bank of America Corp4.20%
Arista Networks Inc2.64%
Welltower Inc2.34%
Newmont Corp1.73%
Cheniere Energy Inc1.18%
Amphenol Corp0.95%
Cadence Design Systems Inc0.79%
Everpure Inc0.72%
Rubrik Inc0.70%
Baker Hughes Co0.70%
Block Inc0.68%
Live Nation Entertainment Inc0.65%
United Airlines Holdings Inc0.61%
Dexcom Inc0.58%
Atlassian Corp0.56%
Axon Enterprise Inc0.52%
MongoDB Inc0.42%
First American Government Obligations Fund 12/01/20310.34%

Only in VFMO

669 securities, 88.4% of VFMO by weight

SLBBH11421.24%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc1.07%
Marathon Petroleum Corp0.99%
Intel Corp0.95%
Valero Energy Corp0.94%
Dell Technologies Inc0.94%
Phillips 660.92%
Fortinet Inc0.91%
Marvell Technology Inc0.87%
KLA Corp0.80%
Crowdstrike Holdings Inc0.77%
Western Digital Corp0.75%
Johnson & Johnson0.73%
Merck & Co Inc0.71%
EOG Resources Inc0.66%
Caterpillar Inc0.64%
Bank of New York Mellon Corp/The0.64%
Ross Stores Inc0.63%
Corning Inc0.63%
FedEx Corp0.61%
Moderna Inc0.60%
ExxonMobil Holdings Corp0.58%
Vertiv Holdings Co0.57%
CSX Corp0.57%
Quanta Services Inc0.54%
Monster Beverage Corp0.52%
Travelers Cos Inc/The0.49%
Cisco Systems Inc0.49%
Howmet Aerospace Inc0.48%
Texas Instruments Inc0.47%
Apple Inc0.45%
Southern Copper Corp0.43%
Amgen Inc0.43%
Airbnb Inc0.43%
Union Pacific Corp0.41%
Cloudflare Inc0.40%
Millicom International Cellular SA0.39%
Roivant Sciences Ltd0.34%
HF Sinclair Corp0.33%
Iovance Biotherapeutics Inc0.31%
ImmunityBio Inc0.30%
SiTime Corp0.30%
Allstate Corp/The0.29%
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co0.29%
DigitalOcean Holdings Inc0.29%
Illumina Inc0.29%
Morgan Stanley0.29%
Murphy USA Inc0.29%
FormFactor Inc0.28%
Viasat Inc0.28%

Weight gaps

All 29 Holdings in both funds, largest gap first.

Holding weights in RANK and VFMO, widest gap first
Holding	More in RANKMore in VFMO	RANK	VFMO
Micron Technology IncMU	RANK +7.13 points	8.01%	0.88%
Eli Lilly & CoLLY	RANK +6.84 points	7.36%	0.52%
Coca-Cola Co/TheKO	RANK +5.57 points	5.73%	0.16%
Palo Alto Networks IncPANW	RANK +2.74 points	3.45%	0.71%
GE Vernova IncGEV	RANK +2.63 points	3.29%	0.66%
Applied Materials IncAMAT	RANK +2.25 points	3.13%	0.88%
Lam Research CorpLRCX	RANK +2.06 points	2.85%	0.79%
Analog Devices IncADI	RANK +1.65 points	2.10%	0.45%
CVS Health CorpCVS	RANK +1.26 points	1.82%	0.56%
Sandisk CorpSNDK	RANK +1.13 points	1.91%	0.78%
Williams Cos Inc/TheWMB	RANK +0.98 points	1.38%	0.40%
SLB LtdSLB	RANK +0.90 points	1.36%	0.46%
Snowflake IncSNOW	RANK +0.84 points	1.27%	0.43%
Targa Resources CorpTRGP	RANK +0.82 points	1.07%	0.25%
Natera IncNTRA	RANK +0.81 points	0.97%	0.16%
Delta Air Lines IncDAL	RANK +0.64 points	0.92%	0.28%
Guardant Health IncGH	RANK +0.62 points	0.86%	0.24%
IQVIA Holdings IncIQV	RANK +0.54 points	0.71%	0.17%
SharkNinja IncSN	RANK +0.53 points	0.72%	0.19%
West Pharmaceutical Services IncWST	RANK +0.53 points	0.70%	0.17%
Cardinal Health IncCAH	RANK +0.53 points	0.77%	0.24%
Tenet Healthcare CorpTHC	RANK +0.50 points	0.63%	0.13%
Permian Resources CorpPR	RANK +0.50 points	0.71%	0.21%
nVent Electric PLCNVT	RANK +0.49 points	0.57%	0.08%
Revolution Medicines IncRVMD	RANK +0.43 points	0.75%	0.32%
Keysight Technologies IncKEYS	RANK +0.35 points	0.51%	0.16%
Monolithic Power Systems IncMPWR	RANK +0.34 points	0.52%	0.18%
Datadog IncDDOG	RANK +0.25 points	0.98%	0.73%
Credo Technology Group Holding LtdCRDO	RANK +0.18 points	0.33%	0.15%

All 52 RANK 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.

RANK vs VFMO Cost

Overpaying RANK vs VFMO

$9,091

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

RANK 0.60%
$11,817
VFMO 0.13%
$2,726

Amount$10,000

Years30 years

Cost over time

RANK 0.60%
VFMO 0.13%
Overpaying

Year by year

Year	RANK	VFMO	Overpaying
10	$1,076	$238	$838
20	$4,116	$930	$3,186
30	$11,817	$2,726	$9,091

Expense ratio

0.60%RANK
0.13%VFMO, cheaper

VFMO0.13%RANK0.60%

0.12%3.53%

Middle half of US Active Momentum funds
Median 0.64%

VFMO 2nd cheapest of 20 funds

RANK 8th cheapest of 20 funds

RANK vs VFMO Dividends

Last 12 months to Nov 2, 2026

Yield (12M): RANK No data; VFMO 0.64%
Payout (12M): RANK None; VFMO $1.36
Last payment: RANK No data; VFMO $0.31
Ex-dividend: RANK No data; VFMO Sep 23, 2026
Paid on: RANK No data; VFMO Sep 25, 2026
Frequency: RANK No data; VFMO Quarterly

Distribution history

Per share, 2018 to 2026, same scale for both

RANKAll RANK payments⁠

No distribution history available.

VFMOQuarterly · 34 paymentsAll VFMO payments⁠

RANK vs VFMO Risk

Fall from peak · 5 years

This chart needs five years of history for both funds.

Risk facts

VolatilityStd dev, 3 years: RANK No dataVFMO 19.6%
Return per unit of riskSharpe ratio, 3 years: RANK No dataVFMO 1.12
Worst fallMax drawdown, 5 years: RANK No dataVFMO −25.8%
Market sensitivityBeta, 5 years: RANK 1.19VFMO 1.32; Market = 1

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