The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) tracks the S&P 500 Index, providing broad exposure to 500 of the largest U.S. publicly traded companies. It is one of the world’s largest and most cost-efficient ETFs.
Key Facts
Field
Value
Ticker
VOO
Issuer
Vanguard
Inception Date
September 7, 2010
Expense Ratio
0.03%
Benchmark
S&P 500 Index
Asset Class
U.S. Large-Cap Equity
AUM
~$1701.5B
Dividend Frequency
Quarterly
Dividend Yield
~0.8%
Structure
Open-End ETF
Latest Price Data
Data fetched via scripts/fetch_voo_etf.py on 2026-07-06.
Field
Value
Last Close
$684.84
52-Week High
$696.23
52-Week Low
$563.57
YTD Return
+9.66%
30-Day Avg Volume
~10.5M shares/day
Data As Of
2026-07-06
Historical Annual Returns
Year
Return (%)
2026
+9.87%
2025
+17.82%
2024
+24.98%
2023
+26.32%
2022
-18.17%
2021
+28.79%
2020
+18.32%
2019
+31.37%
2018
-4.50%
2017
+21.77%
2016
+12.17%
2015
+1.33%
2014
+12.93%
2013
+32.39%
2012
+15.99%
2011
+1.90%
Trailing Period Returns (CAGR)
Period
Annualised Return
1 Year
+21.52%
3 Year
+20.42%
5 Year
+13.02%
10 Year
+15.51%
Since Inception (2010)
+14.89%
Risk Metrics
Metric
Value
Beta (vs. S&P 500)
1.00
Standard Deviation (5-Year)
~16.9%
Sharpe Ratio (5-Year)
~0.56
Max Drawdown (since 2010)
-34.0% (Mar 2020)
R-Squared
~1.00
Top 10 Holdings (as of latest quarter)
Rank
Company
Ticker
Weight (%)
1
Apple Inc.
AAPL
7.1%
2
Microsoft Corp.
MSFT
6.4%
3
NVIDIA Corp.
NVDA
5.9%
4
Amazon.com Inc.
AMZN
3.7%
5
Alphabet Inc. (Class A)
GOOGL
2.2%
6
Meta Platforms
META
2.5%
7
Berkshire Hathaway B
BRK.B
1.7%
8
Broadcom Inc.
AVGO
1.6%
9
Tesla Inc.
TSLA
1.5%
10
JPMorgan Chase
JPM
1.4%
Sector Allocation
Sector
Weight (%)
Information Technology
31.4%
Financials
13.5%
Health Care
11.2%
Consumer Discretionary
10.6%
Communication Services
9.1%
Industrials
8.3%
Consumer Staples
5.7%
Energy
3.6%
Real Estate
2.4%
Materials
2.1%
Utilities
2.1%
Price History (Recent 12 Months)
Month
Close Price (USD)
Monthly Return
Aug 2025
$586.16
+2.08%
Sep 2025
$606.96
+3.55%
Oct 2025
$621.49
+2.39%
Nov 2025
$622.85
+0.22%
Dec 2025
$623.34
+0.08%
Jan 2026
$632.38
+1.45%
Feb 2026
$627.23
-0.81%
Mar 2026
$595.81
-5.01%
Apr 2026
$658.66
+10.55%
May 2026
$693.47
+5.28%
Jun 2026
$686.81
-0.96%
Jul 2026
$684.84
-0.29%
Dividend History (Last 4 Quarters)
Ex-Dividend Date
Amount (USD/share)
Jun 2026
$1.9620
Mar 2026
$1.8720
Dec 2025
$1.7710
Sep 2025
$1.7400
Investment Thesis
Strengths
Ultra-low cost: 0.03% expense ratio — one of the lowest among comparable S&P 500 ETFs.
Extreme diversification: 500 holdings across all major U.S. sectors.
Proven track record: ~14.9% CAGR since inception (2010–2026).
High liquidity: Millions of shares traded daily with tight bid-ask spreads.
Tax efficiency: Vanguard’s ETF structure minimises capital gains distributions.
Market benchmark: Outperforms ~85% of actively managed large-cap U.S. funds over 10+ years (S&P SPIVA data).
Risks
Market risk: Fully correlated with U.S. large-cap equities; no downside protection.