VOO calculator
Historical growth of Vanguard S&P 500 ETF using S&P 500 Total Return return series. Dividends reinvested at year-end; expense ratio drag negligible at 0.03%.
$10,000 invested in VOO at inception (2010) with dividends reinvested through end of 2024 would be worth approximately $68,836 nominal ($47,077 in 2010 dollars). Annualized nominal: 13.72%; real: 10.88%.
Uses annual S&P 500 total return (with dividends reinvested) and CPI-U inflation, 1928–2024. Source: Damodaran (NYU Stern) + Shiller CAPE + BLS. Excludes fees, taxes, and bid/ask. Real return = nominal ÷ cumulative CPI.
VOO at a glance
| Full name | Vanguard S&P 500 ETF |
| Provider | Vanguard |
| Expense ratio | 0.03% |
| Inception | 2010 |
| Assets under management | $450B |
| Dividend yield | 1.30% |
| Return series used | S&P 500 Total Return |
How this calculator works
For each start year, we apply the year-by-year total return of the S&P 500 Total Return to the entered starting amount, compounding annually with dividends reinvested at year-end. This mirrors what an actual buy-and-hold VOO holder would have experienced, before fees and taxes. Expense ratio is intentionally excluded from the historical result to keep the underlying series comparable across ETFs; for a full lifetime fee estimate at 0.03%, use the projection tab in our fund fee analyzer.