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USO Crude Oil ETF (USO)

Crude Oil · Benchmark: Index Benchmark · Domiciled in US

AUM
$82.5B
Expense ratio
45.00%
Inception
2001-07-15
VMCI-Composite
67/100
5y CAGR
6.2%

VMCI-Composite holdings score

ValueMarkers builds the VMCI-Composite by taking the underlying VMCI score for each of the ETF's top-10 holdings and weighting it by the holding's share of the fund. The number summarizes the fundamentals of the largest positions on the five-pillar framework — Value, Quality, Integrity, Growth, Risk.

USO Crude Oil ETF — analysis

USO Crude Oil ETF runs $82.5B against Index Benchmark, with 45 bps of annual cost. The USO ticker is the listing on the primary US exchange; the strategy has been live since 2001 in the crude oil category.

Composite quality on USO's top-10 sleeve: VMCI of 67/100. The number aggregates Value, Quality, Integrity, Growth, and Risk pillars across the funds' largest positions. The cohort comparison reads above-average composite quality.

USO performance ledger: 5y CAGR 6.2% (benchmark: 6.0%), 3y 4.1%, 1y -34.6%, YTD 19.2%. The 5y delta to index is 0.2 pp annualized.

Distribution metrics on USO: 4.70% TTM yield, 4.2% 5y dividend CAGR. The two numbers together set the carry-and-growth math that income allocators run on this kind of fund.

On portfolio structure, USO carries a 31% top-10 weight and a Technology-led sector mix (34%). The fund's largest single position is AAPL at 3.63%.

Funds that sit closest to USO on the crude oil shelf: SPY, VOO, VTI. Allocators usually choose between them on cost (45 bps on this fund), distribution profile, and underlying methodology rather than headline category.

Top 25 holdings

#TickerWeightVMCI
1AAPL3.63%87
2MSFT3.44%65
3NVDA3.59%84
4AMZN3.44%41
5GOOGL3.29%77
6META3.15%78
7BRK-B2.81%49
8TSLA2.76%57
9V2.47%79
10JPM2.28%48
11UNH2.42%54
12XOM2.28%41
13JNJ2.13%83
14PG1.79%52
15MA1.74%75
16HD1.45%83
17MRK1.41%67
18AVGO1.31%40
19PEP1.02%76
20COST0.82%68
21KO0.97%67
22WMT0.82%55
23BAC0.48%85
24CVX0.24%78
25ADBE0.24%47

Performance & income

YTD
19.2%
1y total return
-34.6%
3y CAGR
4.1%
5y CAGR vs benchmark
6.2% / 6.0%
Dividend yield
4.70%
5y distribution CAGR
4.2%

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