Vanguard Growth ETF (CRSP US Large Cap Growth) against Vanguard Mega Cap Growth ETF (CRSP US Mega Cap Growth) — fees, long-horizon total returns, holdings overlap, and sector tilt, side by side.
| VUG | MGK | SPREAD | |
|---|---|---|---|
| YTD (cumulative) | +9.13% | +9.37% | -0.24 pp |
| 1Y CAGR | +15.0% | +16.4% | -1.38 pp |
| 3Y CAGR | +24.2% | +24.8% | -0.66 pp |
| 5Y CAGR | +12.4% | +13.4% | -1.00 pp |
| 10Y CAGR | +17.8% | +18.7% | -0.96 pp |
| Since inception CAGR | +12.2% | +13.6% | -1.37 pp |
Total return: dividend- and split-adjusted daily closes (distributions reinvested). Spread is VUG minus MGK. VUG since-inception measured from first available bar January 30, 2004. MGK since-inception measured from first available bar December 27, 2007. Since-inception spans differ — compare that row with care.
| VUG | MGK | |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Vanguard Morningstar Growth ETF | Vanguard Morningstar Mega Cap Growth ETF |
| Category | Large Growth | Large Growth |
| Style | Passive | Passive |
| Expense ratio | 0.03% | 0.07% |
| Assets (AUM) | $372.0B | $32.4B |
| Dividend yield | 0.40% | 0.34% |
| Avg volume (3-mo) | 7.2M | 1.5M |
| Inception | January 26, 2004 | December 17, 2007 |
| Benchmark proxy | S&P 500 | S&P 500 |
VUG costs 0.04 pp less per year — about $4.00 per $10,000 invested.
| Shared holding | VUG | MGK | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDANVIDIA Corp | 12.81% | 13.53% | 12.81% |
| AAPLApple Inc | 12.59% | 13.20% | 12.59% |
| MSFTMicrosoft Corp | 9.59% | 9.50% | 9.50% |
| GOOGLAlphabet Inc Class A | 5.80% | 5.99% | 5.80% |
| AMZNAmazon.com Inc | 5.15% | 5.16% | 5.15% |
| GOOGAlphabet Inc Class C | 4.62% |
Expense ratios verified against issuer fact sheets. Dividend yield is trailing 12-month distributions divided by price, as reported by the fund data provider.
| 4.78% |
| 4.62% |
| AVGOBroadcom Inc | 4.46% | 4.47% | 4.46% |
| METAMeta Platforms Inc Class A | 3.41% | 4.10% | 3.41% |
| LLYEli Lilly and Co | 2.72% | 3.31% | 2.72% |
| TSLATesla Inc | 2.44% | 2.95% | 2.44% |
Sum of min(weight in each fund) across shared tickers — the standard fund-overlap measure. Computed on the top 25 holdings each fund reports, so it is a lower bound; the coverage figures show how much of each fund those top holdings represent.