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VUG vs. VOO

Vanguard Growth ETF

VUG
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Vanguard S&P 500 ETF

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VOO
Vanguard S&P 500 ETF
SwitchMGKVanguard Group, Inc. - Vanguard Mega Cap Growth ETF1.00SCHGSchwab Strategic Trust - Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Growth ETF1.00IWFBlackRock Institutional Trust Company N.A. - iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF1.00VONGVanguard Group, Inc. - Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth Index ETF0.99ILCGBlackRock Institutional Trust Company N.A. - iShares Morningstar Growth ETF0.99IWYBlackRock Institutional Trust Company N.A. - iShares Russell Top 200 Growth ETF0.99ONEQFidelity Covington Trust - Fidelity Nasdaq Composite Index ETF0.99TQQQProShares Trust - ProShares UltraPro QQQ 3x Shares0.99QLDProShares Trust - ProShares Ultra QQQ 2x Shares0.99QQQInvesco Capital Management LLC - Invesco QQQ Trust Series 10.99

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Performance Measures**

for the time period Jan 30, 2004 to Apr 1, 2026

Returns

1M Trailing Return:

3M Trailing Return:

VUG

-4.4%

-9.1%

VOO

-4.3%

-3.8%

Diff.

-0.1%

-5.3%

Measures of Risk or Volatility

Max Drawdown:

Standard Deviation:

VUG

-50.7%

20.0%

VOO

-34.0%

17.1%

Diff.

-16.7%

+2.9%

Measures of Risk-Adjusted Performance

Sharpe Ratio:

Calmar Ratio:

VUG

0.65

0.23

VOO

0.87

0.42

Diff.

-0.22

-0.19

VUGVanguard Growth ETF
VOOVanguard S&P 500 ETF

What is VUG?

Seeks to track the performance of the CRSP U.S. Large Cap Growth Index. Provides a convenient way to match the performance of many of the nation s largest growth stocks. Follows a passively managed full-replication approach.

Snapshot
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VUG Vanguard Growth ETF
VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF
Inception date
Jan 26, 2004
Sep 7, 2010
Expense ratio
0.04%
0.03%
VUG has a higher expense ratio than VOO by 0.01%. This can indicate that it’s more expensive to invest in VUG than VOO.
Type
US Equities
US Equities
VUG targets investing in US Equities, while VOO targets investing in US Equities.
Fund owner
Vanguard
Vanguard
VUG is managed by Vanguard, while VOO is managed by Vanguard.
Volume (1m avg. daily)
$205,784,508
$1,621,694,598
Both VUG 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
$89,278,316,853
$325,714,712,538
VUG has more assets under management than VOO by $236,436,395,685. Higher AUM can be associated with better liquidity and lower slippage in trading.
Associated index
CRSP U.S. Large Cap Growth Index
S&P 500 Index
VUG is based off of the CRSP U.S. Large Cap Growth Index, while VOO is based off of the S&P 500 Index
Inverse/Leveraged
No
No
Neither VUG nor VOO use an inverse or leveraged strategy.
Passive/Active
Passive
Passive
VUG 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
VUG and VOO may offer dividends. The frequency and yield of the dividend may not be the same.
Prospectus
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Neither VUG nor VOO require a K1.

Disclaimers

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