Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF

VOOG

Market cap $26.4B

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF offers a slightly lower expense ratio of 0.05% compared to 0.07% for Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF provides much higher concentration in the technology sector and significantly better five-year growth of $1,000 Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF maintains a more diversified portfolio with 550 holdings versus 146 for the large-cap growth fund

Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF offers a significantly lower expense ratio than Invesco S&P SmallCap 600 Revenue ETF. Invesco's ETF has delivered higher one-year total returns but lower five-year growth than the Vanguard fund.

Both the Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF (VOOG) and the Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF (VONG) have low expense ratios of 0.07% and 0.06%, respectively VOOG maintains a more concentrated portfolio than VONG. While both funds share similar technology sector exposure, VOOG has delivered higher total returns over the trailing one-year and five-year periods.

The Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF has strongly outperformed the Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF for 10 years -- but not in 2022, when tech stocks had a big downturn. Investors who want passive income and are concerned about the high valuations of tech stocks might want to consider the Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF.

The Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF focuses on the S&P 500 growth stocks. It's home to a slew of familiar names.

The Vanguard Mega Cap Growth ETF has outperformed the Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF for the past 10 years. But both of these growth funds have underperformed the Nasdaq-100 index in the past year and 10 years.

Designed to provide broad exposure to the Large Cap Growth segment of the US equity market, the Vanguard S&P 500 Growth Index Fund ETF Shares (VOOG) is a passively managed exchange traded fund launched on September 9, 2010.

Vanguard S&P500 Growth Index ETF offers strong long-term returns but lags top tech-focused ETFs like FTEC and XLK. VOOG's portfolio is heavily weighted toward technology and AI leaders, with NVIDIA, Alphabet, and Broadcom as top holdings. Despite a low 0.07% expense ratio and solid earnings growth, VOOG's recent 3-year performance trails more concentrated tech ETFs.

Forward splits for five of Vanguard's most-popular ETFs go into effect today (April 21), making shares more accessible to retail investors. These equity index ETF splits should lead to tighter bid-ask spreads, which is another benefit to everyday investors.

Chip stocks have contributed to the Vanguard Information Technology ETF's long-term outperformance. Three of the ETFs offer an inexpensive way to get exposure to a diversified basket of leading growth stocks.