Vanguard Information Technology ETF (MSCI US IMI Information Technology 25/50) against Invesco QQQ Trust (Nasdaq-100) — fees, long-horizon total returns, holdings overlap, and sector tilt, side by side.
| VGT | QQQ | SPREAD | |
|---|---|---|---|
| YTD (cumulative) | +27.7% | +16.9% | +10.82 pp |
| 1Y CAGR | +36.3% | +24.8% | +11.56 pp |
| 3Y CAGR | +31.4% | +25.7% | +5.70 pp |
| 5Y CAGR | +18.5% | +14.4% | +4.04 pp |
| 10Y CAGR | +24.4% | +20.7% | +3.72 pp |
| Since inception CAGR | +15.0% | +10.8% | +4.21 pp |
Total return: dividend- and split-adjusted daily closes (distributions reinvested). Spread is VGT minus QQQ. VGT since-inception measured from first available bar January 30, 2004. QQQ since-inception measured from first available bar March 10, 1999. Since-inception spans differ — compare that row with care.
| VGT | QQQ | |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund ETF Shares | Invesco QQQ Trust |
| Category | Technology | Large Growth |
| Style | Passive | Passive |
| Expense ratio | 0.09% | 0.18% |
| Assets (AUM) | $160.6B | $452.8B |
| Dividend yield | 0.38% | 0.44% |
| Avg volume (3-mo) | 4.7M | 42.2M |
| Inception | January 26, 2004 | March 10, 1999 |
| Benchmark proxy | S&P 500 | Nasdaq-100 |
VGT costs 0.09 pp less per year — about $9.00 per $10,000 invested.
| Shared holding | VGT | QQQ | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDANVIDIA Corp | 17.16% | 8.04% | 8.04% |
| AAPLApple Inc | 16.25% | 7.51% | 7.51% |
| MSFTMicrosoft Corp | 10.96% | 5.71% | 5.71% |
| MUMicron Technology Inc | 3.82% | 4.24% | 3.82% |
| AMDAdvanced Micro Devices Inc | 3.18% | 3.55% | 3.18% |
| AVGOBroadcom Inc | 4.21% |
Expense ratios verified against issuer fact sheets. Dividend yield is trailing 12-month distributions divided by price, as reported by the fund data provider.
| 3.05% |
| 3.05% |
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.