VGT vs VTV: which ETF won each year?

Yearly returns side by side, one winner per year — dividends included, priced as you'd actually buy them.

VGT tracks the MSCI US IMI Information Technology 25/50 IndexVTV tracks the CRSP US Large Cap Value Index

What did the last 10 years do to $10,000?

You invest $10,000 at the start of the window and touch nothing — dividends reinvested, the running year not counted.

VGT turned it into
$76,464
+22.56% per year on average · 20162025
VTV turned it into
$30,183
+11.68% per year on average · 20162025
Difference
+$46,282
VGT made more of the same money

VGT vs VTV, year by year

Calendar-year total returns (dividends included) side by side, and who took the crown each year. A dash means the fund did not exist yet.

Years compared
23
where both funds were trading
VGT won
13
years
VTV won
10
years
YearVGTVTVWinner
2026 (so far)+27.13%+15.30%VGT
2025+21.77%+15.27%VGT
2024+29.30%+15.95%VGT
2023+52.66%+9.32%VGT
2022-29.70%-2.09%VTV
2021+30.45%+26.53%VGT
2020+46.04%+2.33%VGT
2019+48.62%+25.66%VGT
2018+2.46%-5.47%VGT
2017+37.08%+17.14%VGT
2016+13.77%+17.10%VTV
2015+5.05%-0.98%VGT
2014+16.69%+13.17%VGT
2013+30.97%+33.09%VTV
2012+13.96%+15.18%VTV
2011+0.54%+1.11%VTV
2010+12.78%+14.54%VTV
2009+61.89%+19.88%VGT
2008-42.82%-35.89%VTV
2007+14.78%-0.12%VGT
2006+8.85%+22.38%VTV
2005+3.00%+7.21%VTV
2004-2.86%+13.85%VTV

VGT vs VTV in plain words

VGT tracks the MSCI US IMI Information Technology 25/50 Index while VTV follows the CRSP US Large Cap Value Index, so they own different slices of the market and their years can look very different. VGT charges 0.09% a year in running costs and VTV charges 0.03% — VTV is the cheaper fund to hold.

Both funds distribute: dividends land in your account as cash instead of being reinvested automatically. Across the 23 calendar years both funds were trading, VGT finished the year ahead 13 times and VTV 10 times. $10,000 invested at the start of 2016 was worth $76,464 in VGT versus $30,183 in VTV by the end of 2025, dividends reinvested.

Fund facts: VGT vs VTV

FactVGTVTV
FundVanguard Information Technology ETFVanguard Value ETF
TracksMSCI US IMI Information Technology 25/50 IndexCRSP US Large Cap Value Index
Yearly cost (TER)0.09%0.03%
DividendsDistributing — dividends paid outDistributing — dividends paid out
Launched26 Jan 200426 Jan 2004

Frequently asked

Is VGT or VTV better?

Across the 23 calendar years both funds were trading, VGT finished the year ahead 13 times and VTV 10 times. $10,000 invested at the start of 2016 was worth $76,464 in VGT versus $30,183 in VTV by the end of 2025, dividends reinvested. Past returns don't promise future ones — but this is what actually happened.

What is the difference between VGT and VTV?

VGT tracks the MSCI US IMI Information Technology 25/50 Index while VTV follows the CRSP US Large Cap Value Index, so they own different slices of the market and their years can look very different. VGT charges 0.09% a year in running costs and VTV charges 0.03% — VTV is the cheaper fund to hold. Both funds distribute: dividends land in your account as cash instead of being reinvested automatically.

What would $10,000 in VGT have become?

$10,000 invested in VGT at the start of 2016 grew to $76,464 by the end of 2025, with dividends reinvested — an average of 22.6% per year.

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