The key to successful investing is finding the right investments for your goals and risk tolerance. Two of the most popular choices for ordinary investors are TO SPY<\/a> And VOO<\/a> exchange-traded funds (ETFs).<\/p>\n SPY is the SPDR S&P 500 ETF. It tracks the performance of the S&P 500 Index and is one of the largest and most actively traded ETFs on the market.<\/p>\n VOO is the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF, which also tracks the S&P 500 Index. It is one of the most popular ETFs with buy-and-hold investors, and a common investment in robo-advisor portfolios .<\/p>\n SPY vs. Voo Summary<\/strong>:<\/p>\n SPY and VOO have very similar historical performances. For example, in the five-year chart below, their returns before fees were only 0.08% apart. This slight difference in returns mainly results from the fact that the funds do not update their holdings at exactly the same time.<\/p>\n Over a one-year horizon (as shown below), SPY slightly outperformed VOO (0.04%) before fees.<\/p>\n Examine the key data for these two ETFs and you’ll see that they vary only slightly, with the main exception being the relatively high trading volume for SPY. Beyond that, the difference in yield is explained by SPY’s higher expense ratio.<\/p>\n The company that manages SPY is State Street Global Advisors<\/a>while VOO is managed by Vangu<\/a>A<\/a>rd<\/a>.<\/p>\n These are two large financial institutions with solid reputations.<\/p>\n State Street is one of the largest asset managers in the world, with $4.4 trillion in assets under management (AUM) as of December 2021. The company has been in operation since 1978.<\/p>\n Vanguard had $7 trillion in assets under management as of December 2021. The company was founded in 1975 by Jack Bogle, who popularized the idea of \u200b\u200bindex investing. Vanguard is a customer-owned company, so its primary goal is to serve its customers\/investors.<\/p>\n
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\nSPY vs VOO: the slight differences<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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\n VOO<\/strong><\/td>\n TO SPY<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Expense rate:<\/strong><\/td>\n 0.03%<\/td>\n 0.09%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Average volume (10 days):<\/strong><\/td>\n 4,702,284<\/td>\n 93,892,358<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n SEC yield (30 days):<\/strong><\/td>\n 1.63%<\/td>\n 1.55%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Price\/profit:<\/strong><\/td>\n 19.5<\/td>\n 19.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Price\/book value:<\/strong><\/td>\n 3.6<\/td>\n 3.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Price\/income:<\/strong><\/td>\n 2.3<\/td>\n 2.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Price\/cash flow:<\/strong><\/td>\n 14.3<\/td>\n 14.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Sales growth:<\/strong><\/td>\n 7.9<\/td>\n 7.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Cash flow growth:<\/strong><\/td>\n 11.6<\/td>\n 11.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Growth in book value:<\/strong><\/td>\n 7.9<\/td>\n 7.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n State Street Global Advisors vs. Vanguard<\/strong><\/h2>\n