What is VOO up YTD
What is VOO up YTD
Google says it is 15.68
While vanguard says its 13.72
So which one is right? The computation by google seems correct if you divide the price of VOO on the two days.
While vanguard says its 13.72
So which one is right? The computation by google seems correct if you divide the price of VOO on the two days.
Last edited by SweetFire on Thu Jun 24, 2021 12:00 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: What is VOO up YTD
My guess is one includes dividends and the other doesn’t.
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Google's computation is just the price on 06/24 divided by the price on 01/01, so it should not include dividends, still it is higher than Vanguard's which should include dividends.thenextguy wrote: ↑Thu Jun 24, 2021 11:58 am My guess is one includes dividends and the other doesn’t.
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Vanguard is measuring from close of market 12/31/20. Google may be starting from 1/4/21 close of market, the first day of trading in 2021, when stocks went down 1.5%.
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Re: What is VOO up YTD
Google is showing Jun 24, 12:43 pm. Vanguard is showing 6/23/2021, presumably at market close. I don't know if that's enough to explain the difference. Generally it's not worth the effect to track things like that down. But there was an overnight jump.
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Re: What is VOO up YTD
Today's price: 392.11
Dec 31 price (w Mar div) 342.98
Jan 4 price (w Mar div) 337.84
Gain from Dec 31: 14.3% including div
Gain from Jan 4: 16.1% including div
Edit: three things I can thik of that can cause people honestly trying to caluclate this to get different answers:
Exact choice of date.
Including (or not) dividends and cap gains (latter with respect to MFs rather than ETFs)
Exact selection of price to use. Choosing the closing price may or may not be the standard, don't know.
Dec 31 price (w Mar div) 342.98
Jan 4 price (w Mar div) 337.84
Gain from Dec 31: 14.3% including div
Gain from Jan 4: 16.1% including div
Edit: three things I can thik of that can cause people honestly trying to caluclate this to get different answers:
Exact choice of date.
Including (or not) dividends and cap gains (latter with respect to MFs rather than ETFs)
Exact selection of price to use. Choosing the closing price may or may not be the standard, don't know.
Last edited by desconhecido on Thu Jun 24, 2021 1:08 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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VOO did NOT go ex-dividend today. If it had, you all would have been enjoying figuring that out as well. VTI and some other ETFs went ex-dividend today.
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Re: What is VOO up YTD
Looking at the two charts, the google estimate is dated today and it looks like a quite current price. The Vanguard display says Jun 23. VOO is up somewhere around $2.25 today.
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So, it look like Vanguard is using the Dec 31 price and the Jan 23 price and is accounting for the dividend.
Google is using today's price and Jan 4 close price and is not accounting for the dividend.
The 3/26 dividend was 1.263
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So, it look like Vanguard is using the Dec 31 price and the Jan 23 price and is accounting for the dividend.
Google is using today's price and Jan 4 close price and is not accounting for the dividend.
The 3/26 dividend was 1.263
Last edited by desconhecido on Thu Jun 24, 2021 1:24 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Re: What is VOO up YTD
http://performance.morningstar.com/fund ... tion?t=VOO
It's up: 13.82% (including dividends reinvested)
It's up: 13.82% (including dividends reinvested)
Re: What is VOO up YTD
Seems like vanguard is using the 12/31 price and Google is using 01/01, which one is the correct YTD definition?
Re: What is VOO up YTD
Those should be the same, as the market is closed on 1/1.
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OP, what are you planning to do with this information? Knowing your intentions might help us give you a better answer.
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Re: What is VOO up YTD
good point. hopefully the OP doesn't think s/he can arbitrage buying it through Vanguard but selling it through Google.UpperNwGuy wrote: ↑Thu Jun 24, 2021 3:41 pm OP, what are you planning to do with this information? Knowing your intentions might help us give you a better answer.
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This made me laugh!arcticpineapplecorp. wrote: ↑Thu Jun 24, 2021 3:50 pmgood point. hopefully the OP doesn't think s/he can arbitrage buying it through Vanguard but selling it through Google.UpperNwGuy wrote: ↑Thu Jun 24, 2021 3:41 pm OP, what are you planning to do with this information? Knowing your intentions might help us give you a better answer.
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I have a 401k through Prudential which is 100% in VOO, the app told me the YTD was 13.74 while Google told me VOO was up 15.68, so I wonder if there were some shenanigans by Prudential, so I researched on the Vanguard website and they matched Prudential's numbers, then I thought it was strange that such as simple calculation should have two different answers.UpperNwGuy wrote: ↑Thu Jun 24, 2021 3:41 pm OP, what are you planning to do with this information? Knowing your intentions might help us give you a better answer.