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In this VUG ETF review, we'll address key questions our readers have been asking us about this fund, above and beyond what you can find in its prospectus, and on Morningstar or Yahoo Finance.
Here is what you'll be able to find in this review:
- Fact Sheet: VUG performance, returns, expense ratio, holdings and dividend yield;
- Analysis: VUG buy or sell; the pros and cons of investing in VUG ETF;
- Alternatives: other ETFs and mutual funds you should consider as alternatives to VUG.
And here is the list of questions we’ll answer:
- Describe Vanguard Growth ETF - DNQ (VUG).
- What is VUG underlying index?
- What are VUG holdings?
- What is VUG performance? What are VUG historical returns?
- What is VUG dividend yield?
- What is VUG Finny Score? VUG buy or sell?
- What are the pros of investing in VUG? What are VUG buy reasons?
- What are the cons of investing in VUG? What are VUG sell reasons?
- Compare and contrast: VUG vs VOO.
- Compare and contrast: VUG vs QQQ.
- Compare and contrast: VUG vs VOOG.
- Compare and contrast: VUG vs VTI.
- Compare and contrast: VUG vs VGT.
- Compare and contrast: VUG vs MGK.
- Compare and contrast: VUG vs SCHG.
- Compare and contrast: VUG vs VIGAX.
So let’s start. Scroll down to the question that interests you the most.
Fact Sheet
1. Describe Vanguard Growth ETF - DNQ (VUG).
The Fund seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of large-capitalization growth stocks. The Fund employs a "passive management"--or indexing--investment approach designed to track the performance of the MSCI US Prime Market Growth Index.
3. What are VUG top holdings?
VUG has 266 stock holdings and 0 bond holdings .
The top 10 holdings represent 45.10% of total assets. Here are the top holdings:
4. What is VUG performance? What are VUG historical returns?
VUG has generated the following returns:
- 1-month return is 7.73%;
- 3-month return is -7.49%;
- 1-year return is -18.32%;
- 3-year return is 13.43%;
- 5-year return is 14.71%;
- 10-year return is 14.69%;
- 15-year return is 9.85%.
Analysis
6. What is Finny Score? buy or sell?
Finny Score is 83. Our quantitative analysis shows 5 reasons to buy and 1 reason to sell it, resulting in the Finny Score of 83.
7. What are the pros of investing in VUG? What are VUG buy reasons?
The following are VUG strengths from our perspective:
- VUG 3-year return is 13.43%, which is higher than the 3-year return of the benchmark index (S&P 500 TR USD), 10.12%.
- VUG 5-year return is 14.71%, which is higher than the 5-year return of the benchmark index (S&P 500 TR USD), 10.51%.
- VUG 10-year return is 14.69%, which is higher than the 10-year return of the benchmark index (S&P 500 TR USD), 12.76%.
- VUG 15-year return is 9.85%, which is higher than the 15-year return of the benchmark index (S&P 500 TR USD), 8.17%.
- VUG expense ratio is 0.05%, which is considered low. Nice job picking a low-cost fund.
8. What are the cons of investing in VUG? What are VUG negatives?
The following are VUG weaknesses from our perspective:
- VUG net assets are $0.00 million. This fund is not a popular choice with retail investors.
Alternatives
9. Compare and contrast: VUG vs VOO.
VUG has a higher 5-year return than VOO (14.71% vs 12.52%).
VUG has a higher expense ratio than VOO (0.05% vs 0.04%).
VOO profile: The Fund seeks to track the performance of its benchmark index, the S&P 500. The Fund employs an indexing investment approach. The Fund attempts to replicate the target index by investing all of its assets in the stocks that make up the Index with the same approximate weightings as the Index.
For further information, check out VUG vs VOO comparison details.
10. Compare and contrast: VUG vs QQQ.
VUG has a lower 5-year return than QQQ (14.71% vs 18.6%).
VUG has a lower expense ratio than QQQ (0.05% vs 0.2%).
QQQ profile: The Fund seeks to provide investment results that generally correspond to the price and yield performance of the Nasdaq-100 Index. The Index measures the average performance of a broadly diversified group of equity securities issued by 100 of the largest non-financial companies listed on The NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc.
For further information, check out VUG vs QQQ comparison details.
11. Compare and contrast: VUG vs VOOG.
VUG has a lower 5-year return than VOOG (14.71% vs 14.81%).
VUG has a lower expense ratio than VOOG (0.05% vs 0.08%).
VOOG profile: The Fund seeks to track the performance of benchmark index that measures the investment return of large-capitalization growth stocks in the United States. The Fund employs a "passive management" or indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the S&P 500 Growth Index.
For further information, check out VUG vs VOOG comparison details.
12. Compare and contrast: VUG vs VTI.
VUG has a higher 5-year return than VTI (14.71% vs 12%).
VUG has a lower expense ratio than VTI (0.05% vs 0.14%).
VTI profile: The Fund seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of the overall stock market. The Fund employs an indexing investment approach to track the performance of the CRSP US Total Market Index. The Fund invests by holding a collection of securities that approximates the Index.
For further information, check out VUG vs VTI comparison details.
13. Compare and contrast: VUG vs VGT.
VUG has a lower 5-year return than VGT (14.71% vs 22.09%).
VUG has a lower expense ratio than VGT (0.05% vs 0.1%).
| VUG | VGT | |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Equity: U.S. - Large Cap Growth | Equity: U.S. Technology |
| Net Assets | N/A | N/A |
| Expense Ratio | 0.05% | 0.1% |
| Management Style | passive (index-based) | passive (index-based) |
| Underlying Index | CRSP US Large Cap Growth Index | MSCI US Investable Market Information Technology 25/50 Index |
| Dividend Yield | 0.63% | 0.85% |
VGT profile: The Fund seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of information technology stocks. Specifically the MSCI US Investable Market Information Technology Index an index made up of stocks of large, mid-size, and small U.S. companies within the information technology sector.
For further information, check out VUG vs VGT comparison details.
14. Compare and contrast: VUG vs MGK.
VUG has a lower 5-year return than MGK (14.71% vs 15.59%).
VUG has a lower expense ratio than MGK (0.05% vs 0.07%).
MGK profile: The Fund seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of the largest-capitalization growth stocks in the United States. The Fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the CRSP US Mega Cap Growth Index.
For further information, check out VUG vs MGK comparison details.
15. Compare and contrast: VUG vs SCHG.
VUG has a lower 5-year return than SCHG (14.71% vs 15.63%).
VUG has a higher expense ratio than SCHG (0.05% vs 0.04%).
| VUG | SCHG | |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Equity: U.S. - Large Cap Growth | Equity: U.S. - Large Cap Growth |
| Net Assets | N/A | $15.05B |
| Expense Ratio | 0.05% | 0.04% |
| Management Style | passive (index-based) | passive (index-based) |
| Underlying Index | CRSP US Large Cap Growth Index | Dow Jones U.S. Large Cap Growth Total Stock Market Index |
| Dividend Yield | 0.63% | 0.47% |
SCHG profile: The Fund seeks to track as closely as possible the total return of the Dow Jones U.S. Large-Cap Growth Total Stock Market Index. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 90% of its net assets in stocks that are included in the underlying index.
For further information, check out VUG vs SCHG comparison details.
16. Compare and contrast: VUG vs VIGAX.
VUG is an ETF, whereas VIGAX is a mutual fund.
VUG has a lower 5-year return than VIGAX (14.71% vs 15.54%).
VUG has a higher expense ratio than VIGAX (0.05% vs %).
For further information, check out VUG vs VIGAX comparison details.