Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF

VIOV

Market cap $1.39B

Vanguard S&P SmallCap 600 Value Index Fund ETF (VIOV) offers low-cost exposure to small-cap value stocks, with a diversified portfolio but a significant tilt toward financials. The underlying index performance closely tracks the S&P SmallCap 600 benchmark, showing no excess return over 25 years. VIOV has lagged behind top competitors since 2022, especially actively managed AVUV and DFSV, and passive VBR.

Designed to provide broad exposure to the Small Cap Value segment of the US equity market, the Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF (VIOV) is a passively managed exchange traded fund launched on September 9, 2010.

The Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF (VIOV) was launched on 09/09/2010, and is a passively managed exchange traded fund designed to offer broad exposure to the Small Cap Value segment of the US equity market.

Warren Buffett has dropped enough hints to ascertain that his favorite exchange-traded fund (ETF) is the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO -0.25%). This ETF has been a huge winner historically, but which Vanguard ETFs have beaten Buffett's favorite ETF since inception?

Investment management firm Vanguard Group has over 90 exchange-traded funds (ETFs), many of which offer low-cost fees. The worst-performing in 2025 is the Vanguard Small-Cap 600 Value ETF (VIOV 1.25%) -- which is down just over 12% year to date at the time of this writing.

VIOV, a passively managed ETF by Vanguard, aims to track the S&P 600 Small-Cap Value Index but has underperformed compared to other peers. The fund's simplistic criteria and higher portfolio turnover raise doubts about its ability to outperform other small-cap value ETFs like VB and VBR. Given its underperformance and lack of valuable filtering criteria for the portfolio, I recommend VB or VBR for better small-cap value exposure.

If you're interested in broad exposure to the Small Cap Value segment of the US equity market, look no further than the Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF (VIOV), a passively managed exchange traded fund launched on 09/09/2010.

Designed to provide broad exposure to the Small Cap Value segment of the US equity market, the Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF (VIOV) is a passively managed exchange traded fund launched on 09/09/2010.

Designed to provide broad exposure to the Small Cap Value segment of the US equity market, the Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF (VIOV) is a passively managed exchange traded fund launched on 09/09/2010.

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