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VTI vs VOO
Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF against Vanguard S&P 500 ETF: 4 years of returns, risk and today’s technical read, from Kavout’s own data.
QQQ did best over the period: $1,000 invested on Oct 28, 2022 grew to $2,565, compared with $2,065 for VOO and $2,017 for VTI. Its 3-year return was also highest at 97.2%, versus 83.6% for VOO and 81.9% for VTI. However, QQQ carried materially greater risk, with 20.0% volatility and a worst drawdown of -22.8%, compared with 12.7% and -18.7% for VOO and 12.9% and -19.3% for VTI. VOO narrowly outperformed VTI while offering slightly lower volatility and the same 0.03% expense ratio. The results highlight the trade-off: QQQ delivered substantially stronger growth, but VOO and VTI provided broader, more stable exposure with lower costs; VOO was the strongest balance of return and risk among the two broad-market funds.
- Price is above its 200-day average ($357); 50-day at $377.
- RSI 42, neutral. Supertrend says sell. ADX 14, so the trend is weak.
- Price is above its 200-day average ($665); 50-day at $705.
- RSI 42, neutral. Supertrend says sell. ADX 14, so the trend is weak.
Head to head
Which has returned more, VTI or VOO?
VTI beat VOO in 20 of the last 48 months; VOO won the other 28. The typical monthly gap was 0.25 points.
Total return by period
Which is riskier?
Both: Feb 19, 2025 to Apr 8, 2025
- 0.996
- correlation of daily moves, 4 years
- 1.03
- VTI move per 1% in VOO
- 0.996
- correlation, last 12 months
Month by month
Of the last 48 months. The typical gap was 0.25 points.
When did they diverge?
| Month | VTI | VOO | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 2023 | +2.7% | +3.7% | -1.01 pts |
| November 2024 | +6.7% | +5.9% | +0.81 pts |
| July 2024 | +1.9% | +1.2% | +0.73 pts |
| December 2023 | +5.3% | +4.6% | +0.71 pts |
Where the numbers come from. 1000 daily adjusted closes per fund from the Kavout market-data API, dividends included. Signals and indicators are Kavout’s own, refreshed nightly. Every figure is calculated from those adjusted closes.
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