VAWVanguard Materials Index Fund ETF Shares

Grow my money22y track recordRanked #175 of 2,960 in this goal

Seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures materials stocks.

By Vanguard · Launched 2004

Annual Cost

0.09%

#474 of 5,562 · low cost

Fund Size

$4.5B

#462 of 5,562 · large

Return (1Y)Goal

+22.7%

Track Record

22 years

#185 of 5,562 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD

Growth of $10,000

$12,187+21.9%

Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.

Classification

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Equity

Region

North america

Cap

Multi cap

Strategy

Index tracking

Sector

Materials

Index tracked

MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Materials 25/50

What it actually holds

By weight

Concentration

Top 10 holdings = 56.1% of fundmoderately concentrated

Linde PLC

14.1%

Newmont Corp

7.3%

Sherwin-Williams Co/The

6.0%

CRH PLC

5.9%

Ecolab Inc

5.2%

Freeport-McMoRan Inc

4.5%

Air Products and Chemicals Inc

4.1%

Corteva Inc

3.4%

Vulcan Materials Co

2.9%

Martin Marietta Materials Inc

2.8%

Asset allocation

Stocks

99.2%

Cash

0.6%

Other

0.2%

By sector

Basic Materials

90.1%

Consumer Cyclical

8.3%

Industrials

1.1%

Healthcare

0.5%

Energy

0.0%

Consumer Defensive

0.0%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years

Volatility (1Y)

18.4%Moderate

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown

-41.1%Severe

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)

0.53Decent risk-adjusted returns

Sortino (3Y)

0.77Moderate downside risk

Where to buy

Listing

Exchange: NYSE Arca

Full fund details

Objective: Seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures materials stocks.
Strategy: Invests primarily in stocks of large, mid-size, and small U.S. companies in the materials sector, replicating the MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Materials 25/50. Holds each stock in approximately the same proportion as its weighting in the Target Index.
Inception date: January 26, 2004
Fund family: Vanguard