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VGT vs. VOO

Vanguard Information Technology ETF

VGT
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Today’s Change
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vs

Vanguard S&P 500 ETF

VOO
$
Today’s Change
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Correlation

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

Performance Measures**

for the time period Jan 30, 2004 to Dec 5, 2025

Returns

1M Trailing Return:

3M Trailing Return:

VGT

-1.2%

10.0%

VOO

1.2%

6.3%

Diff.

-2.4%

+3.7%

Measures of Risk or Volatility

Max Drawdown:

Standard Deviation:

VGT

-54.6%

22.6%

VOO

-34.0%

17.2%

Diff.

-20.6%

+5.4%

Measures of Risk-Adjusted Performance

Sharpe Ratio:

Calmar Ratio:

VGT

0.71

0.26

VOO

0.89

0.44

Diff.

-0.18

-0.18

VGTVanguard Information Technology ETF
VOOVanguard S&P 500 ETF

What is VGT?

Seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of stocks in the information technology sector. Passively managed using a full-replication strategy when possible and a sampling strategy if regulatory constraints dictate. Includes stocks of companies that serve the electronics and computer industries or that manufacture products based on the latest applied science.

Snapshot
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VGT Vanguard Information Technology ETF
VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF
Inception date
Jan 26, 2004
Sep 7, 2010
Expense ratio
0.1%
0.03%
VGT has a higher expense ratio than VOO by 0.07%. This can indicate that it’s more expensive to invest in VGT than VOO.
Type
US Equities
US Equities
VGT targets investing in US Equities, while VOO targets investing in US Equities.
Fund owner
Vanguard
Vanguard
VGT is managed by Vanguard, while VOO is managed by Vanguard.
Volume (1m avg. daily)
$206,920,148
$1,621,694,598
Both VGT 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
$50,021,727,974
$325,714,712,538
VGT has more assets under management than VOO by $275,692,984,564. Higher AUM can be associated with better liquidity and lower slippage in trading.
Associated index
MSCI US Investable Market Information Technology 25/50 Transition Index
S&P 500 Index
VGT is based off of the MSCI US Investable Market Information Technology 25/50 Transition Index, while VOO is based off of the S&P 500 Index
Inverse/Leveraged
No
No
Neither VGT nor VOO use an inverse or leveraged strategy.
Passive/Active
Passive
Passive
VGT 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
VGT and VOO may offer dividends. The frequency and yield of the dividend may not be the same.
Prospectus
Neither VGT nor VOO require a K1.

Trading Strategies
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Category

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OOS Cumulative Return

149.38%

Trading Strategies
Related toVOO

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Category

Tactical multi-asset, leveraged ETFs, volatility hedging, managed futures, mean reversion, momentum, regime switching, daily rebalancing

OOS Cumulative Return

209.62%

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Disclaimers

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