VAWVanguard Materials Index Fund ETF Shares

Grow my money22y track recordRanked #178 of 2,993 in this goal

Tracks the performance of the MSCI US IMI/Materials 25/50 Index.

By Vanguard · Launched 2004

Annual Cost

0.09%

#344 of 5,853 · low cost

Fund Size

$4.5B

#474 of 5,853 · large

Return (1Y)Goal

+14.8%

Track Record

22 years

#180 of 5,853 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD

Growth of $10,000

$11,499+15.0%

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

What's inside

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

14.5%

Newmont Corp

8.7%

Freeport-McMoRan Inc

6.0%

Sherwin-Williams Co/The

5.2%

CRH PLC

4.9%

Ecolab Inc

4.8%

Air Products and Chemicals Inc

3.6%

Corteva Inc

3.3%

Vulcan Materials Co

2.5%

Martin Marietta Materials Inc

2.5%

Asset allocation

Stocks

99.3%

Cash

0.5%

Other

0.2%

By sector

Basic Materials

89.3%

Consumer Cyclical

9.5%

Industrials

0.6%

Healthcare

0.5%

Consumer Defensive

0.0%

Energy

0.0%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years

Volatility (1Y)

18.7%Moderate

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown

-41.1%Severe

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)

0.29Below average

Sortino (3Y)

0.42Moderate downside risk

Listing

Exchange: NYSE Arca

Full fund details

Objective: Tracks the performance of the MSCI US IMI/Materials 25/50 Index.
Strategy: Employs an indexing investment approach to replicate the MSCI US IMI/Materials 25/50 Index, investing at least 80% of net assets in U.S. materials stocks across large, mid-size, and small companies. Covers companies manufacturing chemicals, construction materials, metals, and mining.
Inception date: January 26, 2004
Fund family: Vanguard