VGT vs VOO: Grades, Fees and Holdings Compared

Vanguard Information Technology ETF

VGTANYSE Arca

Vanguard S&P 500 ETF

VOOANYSE Arca

Overlap

39.8%by weight

Expense ratio

VOO −0.06pt a year

VGT0.09%VOO0.03%

Avg volume · 30D

VOO 1.7×the volume

VGT4.23MVOO7.22M

10Y return · a year

VGT +8.9pt

VGT+24.6%VOO+15.7%

VGT vs VOO Performance

Oct 28, 2021 – Oct 28, 2026

+136.3%VGT+80.7%VOO

Expense ratio: VGT 0.09%; VOO 0.03%, better
Fund size: VGT $178B; VOO $1.7T
1Y total return: VGT +24.7%, better; VOO +13.7%
Yield (12M): VGT 0.38%; VOO 1.05%, better
Holdings: VGT 321; VOO 507
Avg volume (30D): VGT 4.23M sh; VOO 7.22M sh, better
NAV per share: VGT $122.79; VOO $707.53
52W range

ETF.net Grade

Pillar letters and Scores for VGT, VOO, with each pillar’s weight
Pillar	VGT	VOO
Cost30% weight	A92	A84
Mission25% weight	A84	A100
Risk15% weight	B55	C51
Tradability15% weight	B57	C53
Holdings10% weight	C41	C41
Durability5% weight	A93	A93

Where each fund ranks

How we build Categories ›

Different Categories. Their Grades do not compare head to head.

Technology (Broad)⁠

Category · 23 funds

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VGT ranks 3rd of 23 funds in the Technology (Broad) Category.

Rank 1AXLKState Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETFScore 80
Rank 2AFTECFidelity MSCI Information Technology Index ETFScore 77
Rank 3AVGTVanguard Information Technology ETFScore 70
Rank 4BRSPTInvesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Technology ETFScore 68

S&P 500⁠

Category · 14 funds

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VOO ranks 3rd 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 71

Our read on each fund

ETF.net Research

VGTAVanguard Information Technology ETF

VOOAVanguard S&P 500 ETF

In short

VGT Vanguard's technology sleeve, indexed since 2004: roughly 300 US tech stocks running from megacap giants down to small caps, for 0.09% a year. Broad coverage of the sector rather than just its household names.

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

VGT The fund seeks to track an index measuring the investment return of information technology stocks. It uses an indexing approach for large-, mid-, and small-capitalization U.S. technology companies and normally invests at least 80% of assets in target-index stocks.

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

VGT Casts a wide net: about 300 US technology stocks across large, mid and small caps, not just the megacap names everyone already knows.vanguard.com
Charges 0.09% a year, roughly a quarter of what the typical technology sector ETF asks.
One of the largest and most actively traded sector funds around, and it has followed its index closely.
Running since 2004 and among the strongest implementations in its technology peer group. Pays quarterly.

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

VGT Weighted by market value, so the biggest platform companies drive most of the return. The small caps are along for the ride.
One sector, one country: US technology only, which means bigger swings than a total market fund.
If the last basis point matters, XLK and FTEC list at 0.08%.

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 VGT profile⁠

Full VOO profile⁠

VGT vs VOO Holdings

Holdings as of Oct 27, 2026

How VGT and VOO differ

Overlap by weight

39.8%

Shared holdings make up 89.0% of VGT and 39.8% of VOO.

Level by level

Holdings75 in both39.8%
Sector11 Sectors41.2%
Countryby domicile97.7%
Asset classEquity100%

Sector

Sector weights in VGT and VOO, widest gap first
Sector	More in VGTMore in VOO	VGT	VOO
Technology	VGT +58.8 points	99.3%	40.5%
Financials	VOO +10.8 points	0.3%	11.1%
Communication	VOO +10.0 points	0.0%	9.9%
Health Care	VOO +9.3 points	0.0%	9.3%
Consumer Discretionary	VOO +8.7 points	0.1%	8.8%
Industrials	VOO +7.3 points	0.3%	7.5%
Consumer Staples	VOO +4.3 points	0.0%	4.3%
Energy	VOO +3.4 points	0.0%	3.4%
Utilities	VOO +1.9 points	0.0%	1.9%
Real Estate	VOO +1.7 points	0.0%	1.7%
Materials	VOO +1.6 points	0.0%	1.6%

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Country weights in VGT and VOO, widest gap first
Country	More in VGTMore in VOO	VGT	VOO
United States	VOO +2.3 points	97.7%	100.0%
Singapore	VGT +0.9 points	0.9%	0.0%
Ireland	VGT +0.7 points	0.7%	0.0%
Other countries (4)	VGT +0.8 points	0.8%	0.0%

Concentration

Weight in the 10 largest Holdings

VGT63.6%
VOO39.1%

Securities held

VGT319
VOO506

Asset class

VGT: Equity
VOO: Equity

Holdings

Only in VGT244
In both75
Only in VOO431

Only in VGT

244 securities, 11.0% of VGT by weight

Snowflake Inc0.45%
Cloudflare Inc0.45%
Astera Labs Inc0.23%
Twilio Inc0.21%
Okta Inc0.19%
Strategy Inc0.16%
Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd0.15%
Atlassian Corp0.15%
MongoDB Inc0.13%
Entegris Inc0.13%
Semtech Corp0.12%
Zoom Communications Inc0.11%
Rubrik Inc0.11%
Nutanix Inc0.11%
Zscaler Inc0.11%
TD SYNNEX Corp0.11%
Lattice Semiconductor Corp0.11%
MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings Inc0.11%
MKS Inc0.10%
Dynatrace Inc0.10%
Onto Innovation Inc0.10%
FormFactor Inc0.09%
SiTime Corp0.09%
DigitalOcean Holdings Inc0.09%
Docusign Inc0.09%
Samsara Inc0.09%
Arrow Electronics Inc0.09%
Unity Software Inc0.09%
Fabrinet0.08%
Sanmina Corp0.08%
Manhattan Associates Inc0.08%
Qorvo Inc0.08%
Rambus Inc0.08%
JFrog Ltd0.08%
Littelfuse Inc0.08%
TTM Technologies Inc0.08%
Advanced Energy Industries Inc0.08%
Cognex Corp0.08%
Avnet Inc0.07%
IonQ Inc0.07%
Guidewire Software Inc0.07%
Viavi Solutions Inc0.07%
SentinelOne Inc0.07%
MaxLinear Inc0.07%
Elastic NV0.07%
InterDigital Inc0.07%
Ralliant Corp0.07%
Plexus Corp0.07%
Gitlab Inc0.07%
Silicon Laboratories Inc0.07%

Only in VOO

431 securities, 60.3% of VOO by weight

Amazon.com Inc3.72%
Alphabet Inc3.07%
Alphabet Inc2.46%
Meta Platforms Inc2.43%
Tesla Inc1.52%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc1.41%
Eli Lilly & Co1.41%
JPMorgan Chase & Co1.34%
ExxonMobil Holdings Corp1.02%
Johnson & Johnson0.97%
Visa Inc0.91%
Walmart Inc0.70%
AbbVie Inc0.70%
Mastercard Inc0.68%
Costco Wholesale Corp0.61%
Chevron Corp0.61%
Caterpillar Inc0.57%
Merck & Co Inc0.54%
Bank of America Corp0.54%
Procter & Gamble Co/The0.51%
Coca-Cola Co/The0.51%
UnitedHealth Group Inc0.50%
General Electric Co0.49%
Philip Morris International Inc0.45%
Netflix Inc0.44%
Home Depot Inc/The0.43%
GE Vernova Inc0.38%
RTX Corp0.38%
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc0.38%
Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The0.37%
Wells Fargo & Co0.37%
Amgen Inc0.35%
Morgan Stanley0.34%
Linde PLC0.33%
Citigroup Inc0.32%
Verizon Communications Inc0.29%
Gilead Sciences Inc0.28%
Walt Disney Co/The0.28%
PepsiCo Inc0.26%
Abbott Laboratories0.26%
Deere & Co0.26%
AT&T Inc0.25%
Eaton Corp PLC0.25%
Welltower Inc0.25%
McDonald's Corp0.25%
Pfizer Inc0.25%
Union Pacific Corp0.25%
American Express Co0.24%
Charles Schwab Corp/The0.24%
NextEra Energy Inc0.24%

Weight gaps

All 75 Holdings in both funds, largest gap first.

Holding weights in VGT and VOO, widest gap first
Holding	More in VGTMore in VOO	VGT	VOO
NVIDIA CorpNVDA	VGT +9.19 points	17.59%	8.40%
Apple IncAAPL	VGT +8.53 points	15.92%	7.39%
Microsoft CorpMSFT	VGT +5.37 points	11.16%	5.79%
Micron Technology IncMU	VGT +2.63 points	4.46%	1.83%
Advanced Micro Devices IncAMD	VGT +2.16 points	3.68%	1.52%
Broadcom IncAVGO	VGT +1.57 points	4.11%	2.54%
Intel CorpINTC	VGT +1.08 points	1.99%	0.91%
Cisco Systems IncCSCO	VGT +0.96 points	1.60%	0.64%
Lam Research CorpLRCX	VGT +0.94 points	1.56%	0.62%
Applied Materials IncAMAT	VGT +0.91 points	1.53%	0.62%
Palantir Technologies IncPLTR	VGT +0.90 points	1.55%	0.65%
Palo Alto Networks IncPANW	VGT +0.75 points	1.24%	0.49%
Crowdstrike Holdings IncCRWD	VGT +0.61 points	1.02%	0.41%
KLA CorpKLAC	VGT +0.59 points	0.98%	0.39%
Sandisk CorpSNDK	VGT +0.58 points	0.97%	0.39%
Texas Instruments IncTXN	VGT +0.59 points	0.98%	0.39%
Marvell Technology IncMRVL	VGT +0.53 points	0.88%	0.35%
Arista Networks IncANET	VGT +0.53 points	0.85%	0.32%
Oracle CorpORCL	VGT +0.50 points	0.86%	0.36%
Amphenol CorpAPH	VGT +0.48 points	0.80%	0.32%
Seagate Technology Holdings PLCSTX	VGT +0.47 points	0.79%	0.32%
QUALCOMM IncQCOM	VGT +0.46 points	0.76%	0.30%
Analog Devices IncADI	VGT +0.46 points	0.75%	0.29%
International Business Machines CorpIBM	VGT +0.46 points	0.77%	0.31%
Salesforce IncCRM	VGT +0.43 points	0.72%	0.29%
Dell Technologies IncDELL	VGT +0.40 points	0.65%	0.25%
Western Digital CorpWDC	VGT +0.36 points	0.61%	0.25%
ServiceNow IncNOW	VGT +0.33 points	0.54%	0.21%
Corning IncGLW	VGT +0.30 points	0.49%	0.19%
Fortinet IncFTNT	VGT +0.29 points	0.46%	0.17%
Accenture PLCACN	VGT +0.28 points	0.45%	0.17%
Adobe IncADBE	VGT +0.25 points	0.39%	0.14%
Cadence Design Systems IncCDNS	VGT +0.24 points	0.38%	0.14%
Hewlett Packard Enterprise CoHPE	VGT +0.23 points	0.36%	0.13%
Datadog IncDDOG	VGT +0.22 points	0.36%	0.14%
Synopsys IncSNPS	VGT +0.20 points	0.33%	0.13%
Motorola Solutions IncMSI	VGT +0.20 points	0.31%	0.11%
Intuit IncINTU	VGT +0.19 points	0.30%	0.11%
Keysight Technologies IncKEYS	VGT +0.18 points	0.27%	0.09%
SLBBH1142	VGT +0.18 points	0.18%	<0.01%
Teradyne IncTER	VGT +0.17 points	0.27%	0.10%
TE Connectivity PLCTEL	VGT +0.18 points	0.27%	0.09%
Lumentum Holdings IncLITE	VGT +0.17 points	0.30%	0.13%
Monolithic Power Systems IncMPWR	VGT +0.17 points	0.27%	0.10%
NXP Semiconductors NVNXPI	VGT +0.17 points	0.26%	0.09%
Ciena CorpCIEN	VGT +0.13 points	0.21%	0.08%
NetApp IncNTAP	VGT +0.13 points	0.19%	0.06%
Everpure IncP	VGT +0.13 points	0.20%	0.07%
Autodesk IncADSK	VGT +0.13 points	0.20%	0.07%
Microchip Technology IncMCHP	VGT +0.13 points	0.19%	0.06%
Flex LtdFLEX	VGT +0.13 points	0.19%	0.06%
Workday IncWDAY	VGT +0.12 points	0.18%	0.06%
Coherent CorpCOHR	VGT +0.12 points	0.21%	0.09%
Roper Technologies IncROP	VGT +0.11 points	0.16%	0.05%
HP IncHPQ	VGT +0.11 points	0.15%	0.04%
Jabil IncJBL	VGT +0.10 points	0.15%	0.05%
F5 IncFFIV	VGT +0.10 points	0.14%	0.04%
Cognizant Technology Solutions CorpCTSH	VGT +0.10 points	0.14%	0.04%
Teledyne Technologies IncTDY	VGT +0.10 points	0.14%	0.04%
ON Semiconductor CorpON	VGT +0.09 points	0.14%	0.05%
Super Micro Computer IncSMCI	VGT +0.09 points	0.13%	0.04%
Qnity Electronics IncQ	VGT +0.09 points	0.13%	0.04%
VeriSign IncVRSN	VGT +0.10 points	0.13%	0.03%
Zebra Technologies CorpZBRA	VGT +0.08 points	0.11%	0.03%
Skyworks Solutions IncSWKS	VGT +0.08 points	0.10%	0.02%
PTC IncPTC	VGT +0.08 points	0.10%	0.02%
CDW Corp/DECDW	VGT +0.08 points	0.10%	0.02%
First Solar IncFSLR	VGT +0.07 points	0.10%	0.03%
Tyler Technologies IncTYL	VGT +0.07 points	0.09%	0.02%
Akamai Technologies IncAKAM	VGT +0.07 points	0.09%	0.02%
GoDaddy IncGDDY	VGT +0.07 points	0.09%	0.02%
Trimble IncTRMB	VGT +0.07 points	0.09%	0.02%
Gartner IncIT	VGT +0.06 points	0.08%	0.02%
Gen Digital IncGEN	VGT +0.05 points	0.07%	0.02%
Fair Isaac CorpFICO	VGT +0.05 points	0.07%	0.02%

All 310 VGT 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.

VGT vs VOO Cost

Overpaying VGT vs VOO

$1,260

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

VGT 0.09%
$1,898
VOO 0.03%
$638

Amount$10,000

Years30 years

Cost over time

VGT 0.09%
VOO 0.03%
Overpaying

Year by year

Year	VGT	VOO	Overpaying
10	$165	$55	$110
20	$646	$216	$430
30	$1,898	$638	$1,260

Expense ratio

0.09%VGT
0.03%VOO, cheaper

Different Categories, so each fee sits in its own Category’s range.

VGT among 23 Technology (Broad) funds

VGT0.09%

0.08%1.00%

Middle half of Technology (Broad) funds
Median 0.45%

VGT 3rd cheapest of 23 funds

VOO among 14 S&P 500 funds

VOO0.03%

0.02%0.45%

Middle half of S&P 500 funds
Median 0.09%

VOO 2nd cheapest of 14 funds

VGT vs VOO Dividends

Last 12 months to Oct 28, 2026

Yield (12M): VGT 0.38%; VOO 1.05%, better
Payout (12M): VGT $0.47; VOO $7.43
Last payment: VGT $0.15; VOO $1.82
Ex-dividend: VGT Sep 23, 2026; VOO Sep 28, 2026
Paid on: VGT Sep 25, 2026; VOO Sep 30, 2026
Frequency: VGT Quarterly; VOO Quarterly

Distribution history

Per share, 2017 to 2026, same scale for both

VGTQuarterly · 39 paymentsAll VGT payments⁠

VOOQuarterly · 39 paymentsAll VOO payments⁠

VGT vs VOO Risk

Fall from peak · 5 years

Risk facts

VolatilityStd dev, 3 years: VGT 21.6%VOO 12.4%, better
Return per unit of riskSharpe ratio, 3 years: VGT 1.30VOO 1.37, better
Worst fallMax drawdown, 5 years: VGT −35.1%VOO −24.5%, better
Market sensitivityBeta, 5 years: VGT 1.35VOO 1.01; Market = 1

VGT and VOO in the news

All news⁠

Price vs Value
Vanguard showed a 1.94% discount on an energy fund that closed two cents above its value
Oct 4, 2026VGTVOO
Category Review
Equal-weight technology beat the biggest tech funds this year
Updated Oct 26, 2026VGT
Head-to-Head
Take VTI over VOO unless you already own the rest of the market
Oct 23, 2026VOO
Head-to-Head
VOO has kept about a tenth of a percentage point a year more of the S&P 500 than SPY
Oct 23, 2026VOO
Head-to-Head
VOO vs. VOOG: the S&P 500 fund is the better default
Oct 23, 2026VOO
Head-to-Head
VOO is the better core fund. QQQ only wins as a Nasdaq-100 bet
Oct 23, 2026VOO

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