VUG - VOOG: High-Quality Metrics But Lackluster Performance Among Growth ETFs

2024-05-23 16:56:13 ET

Summary

• Vanguard S&P 500 Growth Index Fund ETF Shares holds over 200 stocks of the S&P 500 Index with growth characteristics.
• The portfolio is overweight in the information technology sector and highly concentrated in a few mega-cap companies.
• The VOOG ETF shows excellent quality metrics and has outperformed its parent index since its inception, but lags its peers.
• The growth ETF category has been dominated by QQQ over the long run, with SCHG recently showing up as a challenger on shorter time frames.

VOOG strategy

Vanguard S&P 500 Growth Index Fund ETF Shares ( VOOG ) started investing operations on 09/07/2010 and tracks the S&P 500 Growth Index. It has 229 holdings, a 30-day SEC yield of 0.54%, and an expense ratio of 0.10%. It is also available as a mutual fund (VSPGX)....

For further details see: