STXF vs VOO: Grades, Fees and Holdings Compared

Strive 500 ETF

STXFBNYSE

Vanguard S&P 500 ETF

VOOANYSE Arca

Overlap

87.5%by weight

Expense ratio

VOO −0.02pt a year

STXF0.05%VOO0.03%

Avg volume · 30D

VOO 142.2×the volume

STXF49.2KVOO6.99M

3Y return · a year

STXF +0.1pt

STXF+23.5%VOO+23.4%

STXF vs VOO Performance

Oct 31, 2025 – Oct 30, 2026

+11.5%STXF+12.1%VOO

Expense ratio: STXF 0.05%; VOO 0.03%, better
Fund size: STXF $1.16B; VOO $1.7T
1Y total return: STXF +11.5%; VOO +12.1%, better
Yield (12M): STXF 1.01%; VOO 1.07%, better
Holdings: STXF 503; VOO 507
Avg volume (30D): STXF 49.2K sh; VOO 6.99M sh, better
NAV per share: STXF $48.83; VOO $694.53
52W range

ETF.net Grade

Pillar letters and Scores for STXF, VOO, with each pillar’s weight
Pillar	STXF	VOO
Cost30% weight	B69	A84Higher
Mission25% weight	A100	A100
Risk15% weight	C43	C51Higher
Tradability15% weight	D34	C53Higher
Holdings10% weight	A72Higher	D39
Durability5% weight	D29	A93Higher

Rank among S&P 500 funds

How we build Categories ›

Same Category. STXF and VOO are both graded against the same 14 S&P 500 funds, so their Grades compare head to head.

S&P 500⁠

Category · 14 funds

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VOO ranks 3rd and STXF 6th of 14 funds in the S&P 500 Category.

Rank 1ASPYMState Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETFScore 82
Rank 2AIVViShares Core S&P 500 ETFScore 79
Rank 3AVOOVanguard S&P 500 ETFScore 74
Rank 4AUSPXFranklin U.S. Equity Index ETFScore 72
Rank 5ASPYState Street SPDR S&P 500 ETFScore 70
Rank 6BSTXFStrive 500 ETFScore 66
Rank 7BRSPInvesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETFScore 63

Our read on each fund

ETF.net Research

STXFBStrive 500 ETF

VOOAVanguard S&P 500 ETF

In short

STXF The off-brand S&P 500: the same 500-biggest-US-companies idea, a different index underneath, 0.05% a year. Strive launched it in 2022, and it sits in the upper half of its 500-index peer group.

VOO Not 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.

Stated mandate

STXF The Fund seeks to track the total return of an index composed of U.S.-listed large-cap equity securities.

VOO 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

STXF 0.05% a year, about a third of what the typical 500-stock index fund in its peer group charges. Cheap is the whole pitch.
It tracks its own 500-stock US large-cap index rather than the S&P 500, so the shape of the exposure is familiar without doubling up on the single most crowded benchmark.
Plain mechanics, no gimmicks: passive, fully US large-cap, quarterly distributions, a billion-dollar asset base, and upper-half standing among 500-index wrappers.

VOO 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.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.vanguard.com sec.gov

Worth knowing

STXF VOO and IVV still undercut it at 0.03%, and STXF is only moderately traded, so spreads can widen when markets move fast.
Live since 2022, so the track record covers one market era, not several, and the issuer's fund family is young.
US only, large caps only. No small caps, nothing overseas, and no bonds in the mix.

VOO 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.

Full STXF profile⁠

Full VOO profile⁠

STXF vs VOO Holdings

How STXF and VOO differ

Overlap by weight

87.5%

Shared holdings make up 97.0% of STXF and 91.4% of VOO.

Level by level

Holdings434 in both87.5%
Asset classEquity100%
Countryby domicile99.5%

Sector

No Sector split for STXF.

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Country weights in STXF and VOO, widest gap first
Country	More in STXFMore in VOO	STXF	VOO
United States	VOO +0.5 points	99.5%	100.0%
Switzerland	STXF +0.3 points	0.3%	0.0%
China	STXF +0.1 points	0.1%	0.0%
Mexico	STXF +0.1 points	0.1%	0.0%
Ireland	Same weight	0.0%	0.0%
United Kingdom	Same weight	0.0%	0.0%
Netherlands	Same weight	0.0%	0.0%
Malaysia	Same weight	0.0%	0.0%

Concentration

Weight in the 10 largest Holdings

STXF33.7%
VOO39.1%

Securities held

STXF502
VOO506

Asset class

STXF: Equity
VOO: Equity

Holdings

Only in STXF68
In both434
Only in VOO72

Only in STXF

68 securities, 2.9% of STXF by weight

First American Government Obligations Fund 12/01/20310.31%
Snowflake Inc0.17%
Spotify Technology SA0.15%
Cloudflare Inc0.15%
Space Exploration Technologies Corp0.14%
Cheniere Energy Inc0.11%
Natera Inc0.09%
Vylor Inc0.08%
Strategy Inc0.07%
Astera Labs Inc0.06%
Revolution Medicines Inc0.06%
Sunbelt Rentals Holdings Inc0.06%
Nebius Group NV0.05%
Rocket Lab Corp0.05%
Okta Inc0.05%
Atlassian Corp0.05%
Twilio Inc0.05%
MongoDB Inc0.05%
Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd0.04%
ROBLOX Corp0.04%
AerCap Holdings NV0.04%
Royalty Pharma PLC0.04%
LPL Financial Holdings Inc0.04%
ATI Inc0.04%
Zoom Communications Inc0.04%
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc0.04%
Markel Group Inc0.04%
Insmed Inc0.04%
Zscaler Inc0.03%
CoreWeave Inc0.03%
Liberty Media Corp0.03%
SoFi Technologies Inc0.03%
Royal Gold Inc0.03%
Affirm Holdings Inc0.03%
FTAI Aviation Ltd0.03%
HEICO Corp0.03%
First Citizens BancShares Inc/NC0.03%
Curtiss-Wright Corp0.03%
SS&C Technologies Holdings Inc0.03%
Medline Inc0.03%
Icon PLC0.03%
Viking Holdings Ltd0.03%
Samsara Inc0.02%
TransUnion0.02%
Toast Inc0.02%
Circle Internet Group Inc0.02%
Carpenter Technology Corp0.02%
Flutter Entertainment PLC0.02%
Sun Communities Inc0.02%
Tradeweb Markets Inc0.02%

Only in VOO

72 securities, 8.8% of VOO by weight

Apple Inc7.39%
Warner Bros Discovery Inc0.12%
Everpure Inc0.07%
Kenvue Inc0.05%
F5 Inc0.04%
Viatris Inc0.03%
Snap-on Inc0.03%
Zebra Technologies Corp0.03%
Nordson Corp0.03%
CH Robinson Worldwide Inc0.03%
Revvity Inc0.03%
Bunge Global SA0.03%
Host Hotels & Resorts Inc0.02%
Akamai Technologies Inc0.02%
Kimco Realty Corp0.02%
Apa Corp0.02%
Charles River Laboratories International Inc0.02%
Healthpeak Properties Inc0.02%
Ralph Lauren Corp0.02%
Stanley Black & Decker Inc0.02%
Invesco Ltd0.02%
Textron Inc0.02%
Allegion plc0.02%
Everest Group Ltd0.02%
Assurant Inc0.02%
Avery Dennison Corp0.02%
Skyworks Solutions Inc0.02%
Solventum Corp0.02%
Globe Life Inc0.02%
J M Smucker Co/The0.02%
Albemarle Corp0.02%
Baxter International Inc0.02%
Hasbro Inc0.02%
Generac Holdings Inc0.02%
Regency Centers Corp0.02%
Gen Digital Inc0.02%
Gartner Inc0.02%
Bio-Techne Corp0.02%
Pinnacle West Capital Corp0.02%
CoStar Group Inc0.02%
AES Corp/The0.02%
Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc0.02%
News Corp0.02%
Jack Henry & Associates Inc0.02%
Domino's Pizza Inc0.02%
UDR Inc0.01%
Clorox Co/The0.01%
BXP Inc0.01%
Camden Property Trust0.01%
FactSet Research Systems Inc0.01%

Weight gaps

The 100 widest of 434 Holdings in both funds.

Holding weights in STXF and VOO, widest gap first
Holding	More in STXFMore in VOO	STXF	VOO
Tesla IncTSLA	STXF +0.81 points	2.33%	1.52%
Microsoft CorpMSFT	STXF +0.59 points	6.38%	5.79%
Eli Lilly & CoLLY	STXF +0.57 points	1.98%	1.41%
NVIDIA CorpNVDA	VOO +0.56 points	7.84%	8.40%
Intel CorpINTC	VOO +0.46 points	0.45%	0.91%
Alphabet IncGOOGL	VOO +0.40 points	2.67%	3.07%
Alphabet IncGOOG	VOO +0.28 points	2.18%	2.46%
ExxonMobil Holdings CorpXOM	STXF +0.25 points	1.27%	1.02%
Visa IncV	STXF +0.24 points	1.15%	0.91%
Meta Platforms IncMETA	VOO +0.21 points	2.22%	2.43%
Amazon.com IncAMZN	STXF +0.19 points	3.91%	3.72%
Walmart IncWMT	STXF +0.19 points	0.89%	0.70%
Micron Technology IncMU	VOO +0.19 points	1.64%	1.83%
Mastercard IncMA	STXF +0.17 points	0.85%	0.68%
Advanced Micro Devices IncAMD	VOO +0.17 points	1.35%	1.52%
Berkshire Hathaway IncBRK.B	VOO +0.16 points	1.25%	1.41%
AbbVie IncABBV	STXF +0.16 points	0.86%	0.70%
JPMorgan Chase & Co.JPM	STXF +0.14 points	1.48%	1.34%
Lam Research CorpLRCX	VOO +0.13 points	0.49%	0.62%
Chevron CorpCVX	STXF +0.13 points	0.74%	0.61%
Costco Wholesale CorpCOST	STXF +0.12 points	0.73%	0.61%
Johnson & JohnsonJNJ	STXF +0.12 points	1.09%	0.97%
Home Depot Inc/TheHD	STXF +0.11 points	0.54%	0.43%
Applied Materials IncAMAT	VOO +0.11 points	0.51%	0.62%
Sandisk CorpSNDK	VOO +0.11 points	0.28%	0.39%
UnitedHealth Group IncUNH	STXF +0.11 points	0.61%	0.50%
Procter & Gamble Co/ThePG	STXF +0.10 points	0.61%	0.51%
Coca-Cola Co/TheKO	STXF +0.09 points	0.60%	0.51%
Caterpillar IncCAT	VOO +0.10 points	0.47%	0.57%
Accenture PLCACN	STXF +0.09 points	0.26%	0.17%
Philip Morris International IncPM	STXF +0.09 points	0.54%	0.45%
Lockheed Martin CorpLMT	STXF +0.08 points	0.24%	0.16%
Seagate Technology Holdings PLCSTX	VOO +0.08 points	0.24%	0.32%
ConocoPhillipsCOP	STXF +0.08 points	0.31%	0.23%
International Business Machines CorpIBM	STXF +0.08 points	0.39%	0.31%
Marvell Technology IncMRVL	VOO +0.07 points	0.28%	0.35%
Amgen IncAMGN	STXF +0.07 points	0.42%	0.35%
Gilead Sciences IncGILD	STXF +0.07 points	0.35%	0.28%
Corteva IncCTVA	VOO +0.07 points	0.01%	0.08%
RTX CorpRTX	STXF +0.07 points	0.45%	0.38%
Goldman Sachs Group Inc/TheGS	STXF +0.06 points	0.43%	0.37%
Texas Instruments IncTXN	STXF +0.06 points	0.45%	0.39%
Merck & Co IncMRK	STXF +0.07 points	0.61%	0.54%
Kimberly-Clark CorpKMB	STXF +0.06 points	0.11%	0.05%
Linde PLCLIN	STXF +0.06 points	0.39%	0.33%
Delta Air Lines IncDAL	VOO +0.06 points	0.02%	0.08%
Union Pacific CorpUNP	STXF +0.05 points	0.30%	0.25%
McDonald's CorpMCD	STXF +0.05 points	0.30%	0.25%
NextEra Energy IncNEE	STXF +0.05 points	0.29%	0.24%
Wells Fargo & CoWFC	STXF +0.04 points	0.41%	0.37%
Thermo Fisher Scientific IncTMO	STXF +0.05 points	0.43%	0.38%
Kla CorpKLAC	VOO +0.05 points	0.34%	0.39%
PepsiCo IncPEP	STXF +0.05 points	0.31%	0.26%
Analog Devices IncADI	STXF +0.05 points	0.34%	0.29%
Marathon Petroleum CorpMPC	STXF +0.04 points	0.21%	0.17%
McKesson CorpMCK	STXF +0.05 points	0.20%	0.15%
S&P Global IncSPGI	STXF +0.04 points	0.22%	0.18%
Walt Disney Co/TheDIS	STXF +0.04 points	0.32%	0.28%
United Airlines Holdings IncUAL	VOO +0.04 points	0.01%	0.05%
Waste Management IncWM	STXF +0.04 points	0.16%	0.12%
Progressive Corp/ThePGR	STXF +0.04 points	0.22%	0.18%
Intuit IncINTU	STXF +0.05 points	0.16%	0.11%
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals IncREGN	STXF +0.04 points	0.15%	0.11%
Pfizer IncPFE	STXF +0.04 points	0.29%	0.25%
Lowe's Cos IncLOW	STXF +0.04 points	0.20%	0.16%
Dell Technologies IncDELL	VOO +0.04 points	0.21%	0.25%
CME Group IncCME	STXF +0.04 points	0.18%	0.14%
Marsh & McLennan Cos IncMRSH	STXF +0.04 points	0.16%	0.12%
Medtronic PLCMDT	STXF +0.04 points	0.21%	0.17%
Chubb LtdCB	STXF +0.04 points	0.21%	0.17%
Altria Group IncMO	STXF +0.04 points	0.21%	0.17%
Northrop Grumman CorpNOC	STXF +0.03 points	0.13%	0.10%
Bloom Energy CorpBE	VOO +0.03 points	0.09%	0.12%
Abbott LaboratoriesABT	STXF +0.04 points	0.30%	0.26%
Automatic Data Processing IncADP	STXF +0.03 points	0.19%	0.16%
EOG Resources IncEOG	STXF +0.03 points	0.14%	0.11%
American Express CoAXP	STXF +0.04 points	0.28%	0.24%
Danaher CorpDHR	STXF +0.03 points	0.24%	0.21%
Intuitive Surgical IncISRG	STXF +0.03 points	0.25%	0.22%
TJX Cos Inc/TheTJX	STXF +0.03 points	0.25%	0.22%
Phillips 66PSX	STXF +0.04 points	0.19%	0.15%
Arista Networks IncANET	VOO +0.03 points	0.29%	0.32%
American Tower CorpAMT	STXF +0.03 points	0.15%	0.12%
Broadcom IncAVGO	VOO +0.03 points	2.51%	2.54%
Intercontinental Exchange IncICE	STXF +0.03 points	0.16%	0.13%
Western Digital CorpWDC	VOO +0.03 points	0.22%	0.25%
Vertex Pharmaceuticals IncVRTX	STXF +0.03 points	0.23%	0.20%
Robinhood Markets IncHOOD	VOO +0.03 points	0.11%	0.14%
Starbucks CorpSBUX	STXF +0.03 points	0.19%	0.16%
ServiceNow IncNOW	VOO +0.03 points	0.18%	0.21%
Illinois Tool Works IncITW	STXF +0.03 points	0.13%	0.10%
General Motors CoGM	STXF +0.03 points	0.13%	0.10%
Blackrock IncBLK	STXF +0.03 points	0.26%	0.23%
General Dynamics CorpGD	STXF +0.03 points	0.16%	0.13%
CSX CorpCSX	STXF +0.03 points	0.16%	0.13%
Aflac IncAFL	STXF +0.02 points	0.10%	0.08%
Duke Energy CorpDUK	STXF +0.02 points	0.16%	0.14%
Corning IncGLW	VOO +0.03 points	0.16%	0.19%
Cisco Systems IncCSCO	VOO +0.02 points	0.62%	0.64%
Colgate-Palmolive CoCL	STXF +0.03 points	0.13%	0.10%

All STXF holdings⁠All 505 VOO 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.

STXF vs VOO Cost

Overpaying STXF vs VOO

$422

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

STXF 0.05%
$1,060
VOO 0.03%
$638

Amount$10,000

Years30 years

Cost over time

STXF 0.05%
VOO 0.03%
Overpaying

Year by year

Year	STXF	VOO	Overpaying
10	$92	$55	$37
20	$360	$216	$144
30	$1,060	$638	$422

Expense ratio

0.05%STXF
0.03%VOO, cheaper

VOO0.03%STXF0.05%

0.02%0.45%

Middle half of S&P 500 funds
Median 0.09%

VOO 2nd cheapest of 14 funds

STXF 5th cheapest of 14 funds

STXF vs VOO Dividends

Last 12 months to Oct 30, 2026

Yield (12M): STXF 1.01%; VOO 1.07%, better
Payout (12M): STXF $0.49; VOO $7.43
Last payment: STXF $0.13; VOO $1.82
Ex-dividend: STXF Sep 28, 2026; VOO Sep 28, 2026
Paid on: STXF Sep 30, 2026; VOO Sep 30, 2026
Frequency: STXF Quarterly; VOO Quarterly

Distribution history

Per share, 2017 to 2026, same scale for both

STXFQuarterly · 16 paymentsAll STXF payments⁠

VOOQuarterly · 39 paymentsAll VOO payments⁠

STXF vs VOO Risk

Fall from peak · 5 years

This chart needs five years of history for both funds.

Risk facts

VolatilityStd dev, 3 years: STXF 12.6%VOO 12.3%, better
Return per unit of riskSharpe ratio, 3 years: STXF 1.40VOO 1.42, better
Worst fallMax drawdown, 5 years: STXF −19.0%since Sep 2022VOO −24.5%
Market sensitivityBeta, 5 years: STXF 1.02VOO 1.01; Market = 1

STXF and VOO in the news

All news⁠

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