USO Crude Oil ETF (USO)
Crude Oil · Benchmark: Index Benchmark · Domiciled in US
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
| # | Ticker | Weight | VMCI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AAPL | 3.63% | 87 |
| 2 | MSFT | 3.44% | 65 |
| 3 | NVDA | 3.59% | 84 |
| 4 | AMZN | 3.44% | 41 |
| 5 | GOOGL | 3.29% | 77 |
| 6 | META | 3.15% | 78 |
| 7 | BRK-B | 2.81% | 49 |
| 8 | TSLA | 2.76% | 57 |
| 9 | V | 2.47% | 79 |
| 10 | JPM | 2.28% | 48 |
| 11 | UNH | 2.42% | 54 |
| 12 | XOM | 2.28% | 41 |
| 13 | JNJ | 2.13% | 83 |
| 14 | PG | 1.79% | 52 |
| 15 | MA | 1.74% | 75 |
| 16 | HD | 1.45% | 83 |
| 17 | MRK | 1.41% | 67 |
| 18 | AVGO | 1.31% | 40 |
| 19 | PEP | 1.02% | 76 |
| 20 | COST | 0.82% | 68 |
| 21 | KO | 0.97% | 67 |
| 22 | WMT | 0.82% | 55 |
| 23 | BAC | 0.48% | 85 |
| 24 | CVX | 0.24% | 78 |
| 25 | ADBE | 0.24% | 47 |
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