VOO vs. SPY: Which ETF Is the Best Way to Buy the S&P 500?
These ETFs will never beat the S&P 500 -- instead, they let you buy it.
VOO vs. SPY: Which ETF Is the Best Way to Buy the S&P 500?
Overview
The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSEMKT: VOO) made headlines on June 3 when, according to Bloomberg, the fund surpassed $1 trillion of net assets. That means Vanguard investors are now holding a total of more than $1 trillion of their money in this one exchange-traded fund (ETF). It's an impressive milestone.
The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF has become the most popular way for ETF investors to buy the S&P 500 index of the 500 largest publicly traded U.S. stocks. In February 2025, the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF became the largest ETF in the world, outgrowing the State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSEMKT: SPY), another popular S&P 500 tracker fund that currently has over $781 million in assets under management.
Details
Both funds are well-regarded in the investing world as easy, low-cost ways to buy a diversified mix of the biggest companies in America. Both have become shorthand nicknames for the best S&P 500 ETFs. The two ETFs hold almost exactly the same stocks and deliver almost identical returns. In the past five years, the Vanguard fund's shares have gained 79.17%, while the State Street fund's share price is up 79.15%.
Source
Originally published at www.fool.com.
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