Skip to Content

VOO vs. VGT

Vanguard S&P 500 ETF

VOO
$
Today’s Change
()
vs

Vanguard Information Technology ETF

VGT
$
Today’s Change
()

Correlation

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

Performance Measures**

for the time period Sep 9, 2010 to Dec 5, 2025

Returns

1M Trailing Return:

3M Trailing Return:

VOO

1.2%

6.3%

VGT

-1.2%

10.0%

Diff.

+2.4%

-3.7%

Measures of Risk or Volatility

Max Drawdown:

Standard Deviation:

VOO

-34.0%

17.2%

VGT

-35.1%

22.3%

Diff.

+1.1%

-5.1%

Measures of Risk-Adjusted Performance

Sharpe Ratio:

Calmar Ratio:

VOO

0.89

0.44

VGT

0.95

0.59

Diff.

-0.06

-0.15

VOOVanguard S&P 500 ETF
VGTVanguard Information Technology ETF

What is VOO?

Invests in stocks in the S&P 500 Index representing 500 of the largest U.S. companies. Goal is to closely track the index return which is considered a gauge of overall U.S. stock returns. Offers high potential for investment growth; share value rises and falls more sharply than that of funds holding bonds. More appropriate for long-term goals where your moneys growth is essential.

Snapshot
**

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

Trading Strategies
Related toVOO

FTL's 🌟 Starburst GEN-II v1.c w/ BWC Ultimate FR [Removed BB] Added Walter's Champagne and Cocaine Strats and NOVA | (multiple TQQQ, one crypto) KMLM Switcher MonkeyBusiness WM74 + Wash

Category

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

OOS Cumulative Return

209.62%

Trading Strategies
Related toVGT

Aggressive Battleship III/ Sort WM 74

Category

Tactical allocation, trend-following, momentum rotation, multi-asset, leveraged ETFs, crash-hedge, commodities tilt, daily rebalanced

OOS Cumulative Return

149.38%

Create your own algorithmic
trading strategy

Disclaimers

*

We show information directly obtained from our data provider, Xignite. Data shown here is provided by Xignite, an unaffiliated third party. Composer believes the information shown here is reliable, but has not been verified and there is no guarantee that the information is accurate.

**

We show information based on calculations performed by Composer using data from our provider. Information provided here is based on calculations performed by Composer using data sourced from Xignite, an unaffiliated third party. Composer believes this information is reliable, but has not verified the data and there is no guarantee that the calculations are accurate.