ETF comparison
SPY vs VOO
Both US Large Cap.
Holdings overlap
492 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SPY and VOO would leave roughly 90.8% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.
Cost difference
VOO is 6 bps cheaper than SPY. On a $100,000 position that's about $64/yr more in fees for SPY.
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open the cost calculator pre-filled with SPY vs VOO.
Top shared holdings
492 shared in total| # | Holding | In SPY | In VOO | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NVIDIA CORP | 7.44% | 7.58% | 7.44% |
| 2 | APPLE INC | 6.72% | 6.66% | 6.66% |
| 3 | MICROSOFT CORP | 4.44% | 4.91% | 4.44% |
| 4 | AMAZON.COM INC | 3.68% | 3.64% | 3.64% |
| 5 | ALPHABET INC CL A | 3.29% | 2.99% | 2.99% |
| 6 | BROADCOM INC | 2.72% | 2.62% | 2.62% |
| 7 | ALPHABET INC CL C | 2.63% | 2.40% | 2.40% |
| 8 | META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A | 2.09% | 2.24% | 2.09% |
| 9 | TESLA INC | 1.86% | 1.87% | 1.86% |
| 10 | BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CL B | 1.42% | 1.57% | 1.42% |
| 11 | JPMORGAN CHASE + CO | 1.39% | 1.34% | 1.34% |
| 12 | ELI LILLY + CO | 1.47% | 1.30% | 1.30% |
Only in SPY
12 total- EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 0.88%
- MARVELL TECHNOLOGY INC 0.37%
- HONEYWELL AEROSPACE INC 0.11%
- HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC 0.11%
- FLEX LTD 0.09%
- CARNIVAL CORP LTD 0.06%
- CASEY S GENERAL STORES INC 0.05%
- VEEVA SYSTEMS INC CLASS A 0.04%
- AMCOR PLC 0.03%
- DUPONT DE NEMOURS INC 0.03%
Only in VOO
11 total- Exxon Mobil Corp 1.27%
- Honeywell International Inc 0.26%
- Carnival Corp 0.05%
- Coterra Energy Inc 0.05%
- DuPont de Nemours Inc 0.03%
- Amcor PLC 0.03%
- Hologic Inc 0.03%
- Conagra Brands Inc 0.01%
- EPAM Systems Inc 0.01%
- Pool Corp 0.01%
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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions
matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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