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VOT vs VUG

US Mid Cap vs US Large Cap Growth.

Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth Index Fund ETF Shares · Vanguard Growth Index Fund ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
11.4 %

95 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of VOT and VUG would leave roughly 11.4% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

VOT only 88.5% Shared 11.4% VUG only 88.5%
In VOT only
35 positions
Shared
95 positions
In VUG only
57 positions

Side by side

VOT

Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · US Mid Cap

94 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.050%
Net assets
$34.80B
TTM yield
0.61%
Top-10 conc.
20.2%
VUG

Vanguard Growth Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · US Large Cap Growth

85 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$379.21B
TTM yield
0.39%
Top-10 conc.
63.9%

Sub-score comparison

95
Cost
97
89
Tax efficiency
90
100
Liquidity
100
85
Concentration
23
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Tracking quality
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VOT sub-score VUG

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for 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 the cost calculator pre-filled with VOT vs VUG.

Top shared holdings

95 shared in total
# Holding In VOT In VUG Overlap
1 Vertiv Holdings Co 2.49% 0.33% 0.33%
2 Howmet Aerospace Inc 2.40% 0.32% 0.32%
3 Marvell Technology Inc 1.12% 0.30% 0.30%
4 Seagate Technology Holdings PLC 2.22% 0.30% 0.30%
5 Quanta Services Inc 2.14% 0.29% 0.29%
6 Motorola Solutions Inc 1.87% 0.25% 0.25%
7 Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc 0.91% 0.25% 0.25%
8 TransDigm Group Inc 1.70% 0.23% 0.23%
9 Cloudflare Inc 1.62% 0.22% 0.22%
10 Cintas Corp 0.75% 0.20% 0.20%
11 AutoZone Inc 0.73% 0.20% 0.20%
12 Robinhood Markets Inc 1.42% 0.20% 0.20%

Only in VOT

35 total
  • Constellation Energy Corp 2.24%
  • Ross Stores Inc 1.82%
  • Vistra Corp 1.32%
  • AMETEK Inc 1.28%
  • Edwards Lifesciences Corp 1.21%
  • Ventas Inc 1.01%
  • Garmin Ltd 0.99%
  • Microchip Technology Inc 0.91%
  • Agilent Technologies Inc 0.84%
  • Paychex Inc 0.77%

Only in VUG

57 total
  • NVIDIA Corp 13.31%
  • Apple Inc 12.32%
  • Microsoft Corp 9.09%
  • Alphabet Inc 5.54%
  • Amazon.com Inc 4.59%
  • Broadcom Inc 4.40%
  • Alphabet Inc 4.39%
  • Meta Platforms Inc 4.15%
  • Tesla Inc 3.47%
  • Eli Lilly & Co 2.60%

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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.