ETF comparison

VOTvsVUG

US Mid Cap vs US Large Cap Growth.

Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap Growth ETF · Vanguard Morningstar Growth ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
11.9%

87 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of VOT and VUG would leave roughly11.9%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

VOT only 87.9%Shared 11.9%VUG only 88.0%
In VOT only
35 positions
Shared
87 positions
In VUG only
59 positions

Side by side

VOT

Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap Growth ETF

Vanguard · US Mid Cap

93composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.050%
Net assets
$34.14B
TTM yield
0.62%
Top-10 conc.
21.3%
VUG

Vanguard Morningstar Growth ETF

Vanguard · US Large Cap Growth

86composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$384.53B
TTM yield
0.39%
Top-10 conc.
60.4%

Sub-score comparison

95
Cost
97
89
Tax efficiency
90
100
Liquidity
100
84
Concentration
28
Tracking quality
VOTsub-scoreVUG

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — seewhat we don't scorefor why.

Cost difference

VUG is 2 bps cheaper than VOT. On a $100,000 position that's about $20/yr more in fees for VOT.

Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open thecost calculator pre-filled with VOT vs VUG.

Top shared holdings

87 shared in total
#HoldingIn VOTIn VUGOverlap
1Western Digital Corp2.42%0.62%0.62%
2Seagate Technology Holdings PLC2.38%0.61%0.61%
3Vertiv Holdings Co2.83%0.37%0.37%
4Quanta Services Inc2.38%0.31%0.31%
5Howmet Aerospace Inc2.37%0.31%0.31%
6Fortinet Inc1.05%0.28%0.28%
7Datadog Inc1.90%0.26%0.26%
8Snowflake Inc0.92%0.25%0.25%
9Bloom Energy Corp1.80%0.24%0.24%
10Robinhood Markets Inc1.75%0.23%0.23%
11Cloudflare Inc1.72%0.23%0.23%
12Coherent Corp1.70%0.23%0.23%

Only in VOT

35 total
  • Constellation Energy Corp1.77%
  • Ross Stores Inc1.51%
  • AMETEK Inc1.22%
  • Vistra Corp1.18%
  • Edwards Lifesciences Corp1.15%
  • Microchip Technology Inc1.09%
  • Ventas Inc0.95%
  • Garmin Ltd0.86%
  • Agilent Technologies Inc0.82%
  • Iron Mountain Inc0.79%

Only in VUG

59 total
  • NVIDIA Corp12.63%
  • Apple Inc11.67%
  • Microsoft Corp7.61%
  • Alphabet Inc5.76%
  • Alphabet Inc4.53%
  • Amazon.com Inc4.47%
  • Broadcom Inc4.28%
  • Meta Platforms Inc3.41%
  • Tesla Inc3.27%
  • Eli Lilly & Co2.81%

Open VOT or VUG at a brokerage

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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/.

Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.