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SPYG vs. VOO

SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth ETF

SPYG
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Today’s Change
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Vanguard S&P 500 ETF

VOO
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Today’s Change
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Correlation

1M
3M
6M
YTD
1Y
3Y
Max

Performance Measures**

for the time period Sep 29, 2000 to Dec 5, 2025

Returns

1M Trailing Return:

3M Trailing Return:

SPYG

0.7%

7.5%

VOO

1.2%

6.3%

Diff.

-0.5%

+1.2%

Measures of Risk or Volatility

Max Drawdown:

Standard Deviation:

SPYG

-69.2%

21.7%

VOO

-34.0%

17.2%

Diff.

-35.2%

+4.5%

Measures of Risk-Adjusted Performance

Sharpe Ratio:

Calmar Ratio:

SPYG

0.42

0.10

VOO

0.89

0.44

Diff.

-0.47

-0.34

SPYGSPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth ETF
VOOVanguard S&P 500 ETF

What is SPYG?

The SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth ETF seeks to provide investment results that, before fees and expenses, correspond generally to the total return performance of the S&P 500 Growth Index (the "Index"). The S&P 500 Growth Index measures the performance of the large-capitalization growth sector in the U.S. equity market. The selection universe for the S&P 500 Index includes all U.S. common equities listed on the NYSE, NASDAQ Global Select Market, NASDAQ Select Market and NASDAQ Capital Market with market capitalizations of $5.3 billion or more. The Index is market capitalization weighted.

Snapshot
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SPYG SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth ETF
VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF
Inception date
Sep 25, 2000
Sep 7, 2010
Expense ratio
0.04%
0.03%
SPYG has a higher expense ratio than VOO by 0.01%. This can indicate that it’s more expensive to invest in SPYG than VOO.
Type
US Equities
US Equities
SPYG targets investing in US Equities, while VOO targets investing in US Equities.
Fund owner
State Street (SPDR)
Vanguard
SPYG is managed by State Street (SPDR), while VOO is managed by Vanguard.
Volume (1m avg. daily)
$94,041,426
$1,621,694,598
Both SPYG and VOO are considered high-volume assets. They’re less likely to be affected by issues like slippage and failed orders on Composer than low-volume assets.
AUM
$18,568,081,481
$325,714,712,538
SPYG has more assets under management than VOO by $307,146,631,057. Higher AUM can be associated with better liquidity and lower slippage in trading.
Associated index
S&P 500 Growth Index
S&P 500 Index
SPYG is based off of the S&P 500 Growth Index, while VOO is based off of the S&P 500 Index
Inverse/Leveraged
No
No
Neither SPYG nor VOO use an inverse or leveraged strategy.
Passive/Active
Passive
Passive
SPYG and VOO both use a Passive investing strategy. In an actively managed fund, the fund manager makes decisions about how funds are invested. A passively managed fund typically tries to track or follow a market index.
Dividend
No
No
SPYG and VOO may offer dividends. The frequency and yield of the dividend may not be the same.
Prospectus
Neither SPYG nor VOO require a K1.

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OOS Cumulative Return

217.94%

Trading Strategies
Related toVOO

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Category

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OOS Cumulative Return

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Disclaimers

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