Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO)
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 ~$995.5B
Dividend Frequency Quarterly
Number of Holdings 505
P/E Ratio 28.1x
Median Market Cap $474.5B
Structure Open-End ETF
Latest Price Data
Data from Vanguard (investor.vanguard.com) as of 06/30/2026.
Field
Value
NAV $686.70
Market Price (Close) $686.70
YTD Return (NAV) 10.19%
30-Day SEC Yield 1.00%
30-Day Avg Volume ~7.5M shares/day
Data As Of 2026-06-30
Historical Annual Returns
Year
Return (%)
2026
+9.08%
2025
+17.82%
2024
+24.98%
2023
+26.32%
2022
-18.17%
2021
+28.79%
2020
+18.32%
2019
+31.36%
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
+24.38%
3 Year
+21.21%
5 Year
+13.39%
10 Year
+15.48%
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) ~0.57
Max Drawdown (since 2010) -34.0% (Mar 2020)
R-Squared ~1.00
Top 10 Holdings (as of 05/31/2026)
Rank
Company
Ticker
Weight (%)
1
NVIDIA Corp.
NVDA 7.89%
2
Apple Inc.
AAPL 7.05%
3
Microsoft Corp.
MSFT 5.14%
4
Amazon.com Inc.
AMZN 4.07%
5
Alphabet Inc. (Class A)
GOOGL 3.41%
6
Broadcom Inc.
AVGO 3.26%
7
Alphabet Inc. (Class C)
GOOG 2.71%
8
Meta Platforms
META 2.13%
9
Tesla Inc.
TSLA 1.89%
10
Micron Technology Inc.
MU 1.68%
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
Jul 2025
$575.91
+2.29%
Aug 2025
$587.86
+2.08%
Sep 2025
$608.73
+3.55%
Oct 2025
$623.30
+2.39%
Nov 2025
$624.66
+0.22%
Dec 2025
$625.16
+0.08%
Jan 2026
$634.22
+1.45%
Feb 2026
$629.05
-0.81%
Mar 2026
$597.55
-5.01%
Apr 2026
$660.58
+10.55%
May 2026
$695.49
+5.28%
Jun 2026
$681.95
-1.95%
Dividend History (Last 4 Quarters)
Ex-Dividend Date
Amount (USD/share)
Mar 2026
$1.8720
Dec 2025
$1.7710
Sep 2025
$1.7400
Jun 2025
$1.7450
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.Tech concentration: Technology sector exceeds 31%, creating sector concentration risk.Currency risk for non-USD investors: No hedging against USD depreciation.Valuation risk: Cyclically adjusted P/E (CAPE) remains elevated; potential for mean reversion.No active management: Cannot adapt to changing market conditions or avoid overvalued stocks.
Comparison vs. Peers
ETF
Ticker
Expense Ratio
AUM
5-Year CAGR
Vanguard S&P 500 ETF
VOO 0.03% ~$1701.5B
+13.39%
iShares Core S&P 500
IVV
0.03%
$570B
N/A
SPDR S&P 500 ETF
SPY
0.0945%
$560B
N/A
Invesco QQQ (Nasdaq-100)
QQQ
0.20%
$310B
N/A
Vanguard Total Stock Market
VTI
0.03%
$440B
N/A
Recommendation
Investor Profile
Recommendation
Long-term (10+ year horizon)
Strong Buy — core portfolio holding
Dollar-cost averaging (DCA)
Buy — systematic accumulation
Short-term traders
Neutral — use technical levels for timing
Income-focused investors
Consider alternatives — yield is low; prefer VYM or SCHD
Data sourced from Yahoo Finance via scripts/fetch_voo_etf.py. Last updated: 2026-06-13.
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