Is VOT a good investment?

Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap Growth ETF (VOT) is a US mid-cap ETF. As of September 11, 2026, ETF Copilot scores VOT 5.0 out of 10 — highest on Growth (7.8), lowest on Risk (2.9). It trades at 33.8 times earnings, against its own median of 30.1. Its ten largest holdings are 21% of the fund.

Updated September 11, 2026

How is VOT rated? ETF Copilot scores Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap Growth ETF (VOT) 5.0 out of 10

As of September 11, 2026, ETF Copilot scores Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap Growth ETF (VOT) 5.0 out of 10 overall.

ETF Copilot scores (0–10 scale, higher is better):

Overall: 5.0 / 10
Growth: 7.8 / 10
Valuation: 4.4 / 10
Risk: 2.9 / 10
Quality: 5.5 / 10
Return: 3.7 / 10

What is VOT's expense ratio? 0.05% a year

As of September 11, 2026, VOT charges 0.05% a year, yields 0.91% and holds $33.5B in assets across 124 positions.

Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap Growth ETF (VOT) — cost, income and size
Measure	VOT
Expense ratio	0.05%
Dividend yield	0.91%
Assets under management	$33.5B
Holdings	124

Expense ratio, dividend yield and assets under management are reported by the fund and refreshed daily. Every other figure on this page is computed by ETF Copilot.

What stands out in VOT's data

U.S. mid-cap growth stocks, picked through a rules-based screen.

Trades at a richer price than most mid-cap peers — you pay more for each dollar of earnings today.

Its trailing P/E multiple of 33.8x sits among the priciest of any mid-cap peer, well above the category median of 20.2x, while analysts forecast 20% earnings growth ahead.

A growth-heavy tilt for a portfolio that can stomach higher valuations for faster earners.

Why did VOT move this week? It fell 1.6% in the week to September 11, 2026 — Howmet Aerospace and Robinhood Markets drove it

VOT fell 1.6% in the week to September 11, 2026. The holdings that moved it most were Howmet Aerospace (−11.9%), Robinhood Markets (−9.7%) and DoorDash (−9.0%); Bloom Energy (+17.1%) pushed the other way.

Is VOT expensive right now? It trades at 33.8 times earnings, against its own median of 30.1

As of September 11, 2026, VOT is more expensive than 74% of its own 114 monthly readings since 2017 — 84 of those months were cheaper than today.

Trailing twelve-month, computed by ETF Copilot from the fund's holdings rather than quoted from a data provider, and rebuilt nightly.

What's inside VOT? 32% Tech

What's inside VOT: Size (Large 85%, Mid 15%, Small 0%); Geography (International 6%, US 94%); Tech 31.6%; AI 5.4%; Semiconductors 4.4%; Memory 4.3%.

What are VOT's top holdings? The ten largest are 21% of the fund

Howmet Aerospace, Quanta Services, Seagate Technology, Western Digital, Vertiv, Cloudflare, Datadog, Constellation Energy, Ross Stores and Royal Caribbean Cruises are VOT's largest holdings, in that order.

More concentrated than 91% of US Mid Cap ETFs.

Half of VOT's weight sits in its 33 largest positions, and once those weights are taken into account it behaves like 85 equally weighted holdings.

Cite this

ETF Copilot, “Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap Growth ETF (VOT) scores and holdings analysis”, as of September 11, 2026.
https://etf-copilot.com/etf/vot