Vanguard 500 Index Fund VOO · AMEX
$703.46 +0.70% (+$4.88)
Summary
Vanguard 500 Index Fund is an ETF that tracks the S&P 500 index. Positions inside: 508. The ten largest make up 39% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.03%
- Fund size
- $1.70T
- Positions
- 508
- Dividend yield
- 1.06%
- Running since
- 2010
What speaks for it
- Costs of 0.03% a year are below the middle of comparable funds (0.43%).
- A large fund with $1.70T under management.
- Easy to buy and sell: about $5.25B changes hands a day.
- Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 14%.
- It has been running since 2010.
What to watch
- 40% of the fund is in one sector (Technology).
- 100% of the fund is in one country (United States).
A fund has no Bulios Score and no Fair Price of its own - both are computed from the results of a single company. This page shows what is inside the fund and what it costs instead.
Price
Performance
- 1 month
- -1.0%
- 3 months
- +3.5%
- This year
- +12%
- 1 year
- +12%
- 3 years
- +86%
- 5 years
- +69%
- 10 years
- +259%
- Avg. market cap
- $2.49T
- P/E
- 26.0x
- Forward P/E
- 23.4x
- P/S
- 6.2x
- P/B
- 7.8x
- P/FCF
- 35.1x
- EV/EBITDA
- 19.8x
- Dividend yield
- 0.66%
- ROIC
- 28.3%
- ROE
- 60.5%
- Gross margin
- 59.5%
- Operating margin
- 35.0%
- Net margin
- 33.4%
- Payout ratio
- 17.3%
- Net debt/EBITDA
- 0.5x
- Beta
- 1.01
Weighted average of the 50 largest companies, which make up 64% of the fund. Banks and insurers are left out of the gross margin, the ROIC and the EBITDA figures.
What is inside?
Moderately concentrated- 1 NVNvidia NVDA 8.4%
- 2 AAApple AAPL 7.4%
- 3 MSMicrosoft MSFT 5.8%
- 4 AMAmazon AMZN 3.7%
- 5 GOAlphabet GOOGL 3.1%
- 6 AVBroadcom AVGO 2.5%
- 7 GOAlphabet GOOG 2.5%
- 8 MEMeta META 2.4%
- 9 MUMicron MU 1.8%
- 10 TSTesla TSLA 1.5%
Positions in the fund: 508. The ten largest make up 39% of it.
Composition as of Oct 24, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One sector dominatesBy sector
- Technology 40%
- Financials 11%
- Communication services 10.0%
- Healthcare 9.3%
- Consumer cyclical 8.8%
- Other 20%
By country
- United States 100%
By company size
- Mega cap 66%
- Large cap 34%
- Mid cap 0.2%
By the company's market value: Mega cap from $200B, Large cap from $10B, Mid cap from $2B, Small cap from $300M, Micro cap below $300M.
Largest sector: Technology (40%). Largest country: United States (100%). Largest size group: Mega cap (66%).
What does it cost me?
Cheap- A year from $10,000
- $3.00
- Over 20 years
- $151
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $3.00 a year. You do not pay it separately - it is taken out of the fund's value. Over 20 years at 5% yearly growth that adds up to about $151.
How has it done?
Growing over the long run- A year on average, 10 years
- +14%
- Deepest drop
- -25%
- Yearly volatility
- 13%
Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 14%. Deepest drop in these years: 25% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 1.06%
- Payments a year
- 4
- Last payment
- $1.82
Over the last 12 months it paid $7.43 per share, which is 1.06% of today's price. The last payment was $1.82 on Sep 28, 2026.
Is it easy to buy and sell?
Very easy- Traded a day
- $5.25B
- Shares a day
- 7.5M
On an average day about $5.25B of the fund changes hands.
How expensive are the companies inside?
Rather expensive- P/E of the companies inside
- 26.0
- Average Bulios Score
- 73 out of 100
Weight by Bulios Fair Price
- Undervalued 5.8%
- Fairly valued 6.2%
- Overvalued 88%
On average the companies inside trade for 26.0 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 88% of the rated weight comes out as overvalued.
Counted from its largest companies (50), which make up 64% of the fund. Each company counts by its weight. We use the metrics, the Bulios Score and the Fair Price of the companies themselves.
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| Fund | Domicile | Size | 1-year change | Dividends | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
VF VFFSX Vanguard 500 Index Fund· mutual fund | - | - | $1.73T | +12% | Pays out | 100% |
VF VFIAX Vanguard 500 Index Fund Admiral Shares· mutual fund | United States | 0.04% | $1.72T | +12% | Pays out | 100% |
VF VFINX Vanguard 500 Index Fund· mutual fund | - | - | $1.73T | +12% | Pays out | 100% |
VS VSP.TO Vanguard S&P 500 Index ETF (CAD-hedged) | Canada | 0.08% | $4.52B | +9.3% | Pays out | 100% |
VI VINIX Vanguard Institutional Index Fund Institutional Shares· mutual fund | United States | 0.04% | $348.7B | +9.9% | Pays out | 100% |
VI VIIIX Vanguard Institutional Index Fund Institutional Plus Shares· mutual fund | United States | 0.02% | $348.7B | +9.9% | Pays out | 100% |