VOO ETF: Price, Dividend, Fees & Holdings

VOO is one of the most widely held ETFs in the world, and it comes up constantly in searches about price, dividends, fees, and whether it's worth buying. This guide pulls the most common VOO questions into one place — what it is, how to check its current price and dividend yield, what its expense ratio and holdings generally look like, how to actually buy it, and how to think about whether it fits your own plan.

VOO at a glance

These are structural facts about the fund, not live figures — for anything price- or yield-related, see the sections below.

VOO stock price today

VOO trades on NYSE Arca throughout the day, the same way an individual stock does, so its price moves continuously with the market rather than being set once a day. Rather than publish a price here that would be out of date within minutes, our homepage includes a live VOO quote card with the current price, day's range, and 52-week range, sourced from Yahoo Finance and refreshed regularly. For a price you can act on immediately, always confirm with your brokerage or Vanguard directly before placing a trade.

VOO dividend yield and payment dates

VOO generally pays dividends quarterly, passing through the dividend income collected from the roughly 500 companies in the S&P 500 that it holds. Both the per-share payment amount and the resulting dividend yield change over time as the underlying companies' payouts and VOO's share price move — so rather than quote a specific yield here that would quickly go stale, check the current figure directly on Vanguard's official VOO fund page.

If you want to see how a given dividend yield assumption might grow into income over time — with or without reinvestment — our VOO dividend calculator lets you enter your own yield and growth-rate assumptions and see a full projection.

VOO expense ratio

Every fund, including VOO, charges an expense ratio — a small annual fee, expressed as a percentage of your investment, that covers the fund's operating costs and is deducted automatically rather than billed separately. VOO has historically been positioned as a low-cost option relative to many actively managed funds, which is a large part of its appeal to long-term investors. Expense ratios can still change over time, so check the current figure directly on Vanguard's official VOO page rather than relying on a number from any article, including this one.

VOO top holdings

Because VOO tracks the S&P 500, its holdings are the same roughly 500 companies that make up that index, weighted by market capitalization — meaning larger companies make up a proportionally larger share of the fund. That weighting shifts continuously as individual companies' values rise and fall, so a specific top-10 holdings list printed in an article can be outdated within weeks. For the current, exact holdings and their weightings, check Vanguard's official VOO fund page, which publishes an up-to-date list.

How to buy VOO

Buying VOO works the same way as buying any other ETF or stock:

1. Open a brokerage account that supports ETF trading — most major brokers do.
2. Decide how much to invest — a one-time amount, a recurring monthly contribution, or both. There's no Vanguard-imposed minimum beyond the price of one share, though your broker may have its own rules.
3. Place an order for VOO by its ticker symbol. Many brokers now support fractional shares, letting you invest a fixed dollar amount even if it's less than the price of one full share.
4. If you plan to contribute regularly, consider setting up automatic recurring investments so it happens on schedule without manual effort each time.

VOO historical returns

We deliberately don't publish specific historical return figures for VOO in this article, since actual returns change with every trading day and a number frozen in text can mislead readers who find it months or years later. For real historical performance, check Vanguard's official VOO performance page, which is updated regularly. Our calculators work differently on purpose: you choose your own assumed annual return, and the tool shows you the mathematical result of that assumption — a way to explore "what if" scenarios, not a claim about what VOO has actually returned or will return in the future.

VOO vs other S&P 500 funds

VOO isn't the only fund tracking the S&P 500 — SPY and IVV are two other widely held alternatives, and Vanguard also offers VFIAX, a mutual-fund share class with the same underlying index exposure but priced once per day rather than trading throughout it like an ETF. For a detailed look at how VOO compares to similar and different funds, see:

• VOO vs SPY
• VOO vs QQQ
• VOO vs VTI
• VOO vs SCHD
• VOO vs IVV

For a broader look beyond just VOO, see our roundup of the best Vanguard ETFs for long-term investors and our explainer on what an ETF actually is.

Is VOO a good investment?

VOO offers broad, low-cost, diversified exposure to large U.S. companies in a single trade, which is why it's frequently discussed as a starting point for long-term, buy-and-hold investors. That doesn't make it risk-free — its value moves with the stock market and can decline, sometimes significantly, over shorter periods — and whether it fits your own plan depends on your goals, time horizon, and risk tolerance, none of which this article can know. For a fuller beginner-oriented explanation, see what VOO is and why beginners tend to choose it. Nothing here is financial, investment, tax, or legal advice — consider speaking with a licensed financial professional about your own situation before investing.