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VBKVanguard Morningstar Small-Cap Growth ETF

Grow my money22y track recordRanked #73 of 2,992 in this goal

Tracks the performance of the CRSP US Small Cap Growth Index.

By Vanguard · Launched 2004

Annual Cost

0.05%

#131 of 5,854 · low cost

Fund Size

$47.0B

#73 of 5,854 · large

Return (1Y)Goal

+19.6%

Track Record

22 years

#180 of 5,854 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD
Growth of $10,000
$11,764+17.6%

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

What's inside

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Equity

Cap

Small

Strategy

Index tracking

Factor

Growth

Index tracked

CRSP US Small Cap Growth Index

What it actually holds

By weight

Concentration

Top 10 holdings = 9.6% of fundwell diversified

Vanguard Cmt Funds-Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund
1.9%
TechnipFMC PLC
0.9%
Ciena Corp
0.9%
Casey's General Stores Inc
0.9%
Natera Inc
0.9%
FTAI Aviation Ltd
0.8%
Curtiss-Wright Corp
0.8%
Lumentum Holdings Inc
0.8%
Comfort Systems USA Inc
0.8%
Coherent Corp
0.7%

Asset allocation

Stocks
97.1%
Cash
2.8%
Other
0.1%

By sector

Technology
27.1%
Industrials
23.4%
Healthcare
17.9%
Consumer Cyclical
8.8%
Financial Services
5.7%
Real Estate
3.7%
Communication
3.6%
Energy
3.4%
Other
6.3%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years
Volatility (1Y)
20.4%High

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown
-38.7%Severe

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)
0.53Decent risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
0.77Moderate downside risk

Listing

Exchange
NYSE Arca

Full fund details

Objective
Tracks the performance of the CRSP US Small Cap Growth Index.
Strategy
Employs an indexing investment approach to replicate the CRSP US Small Cap Growth Index by investing at least 80% of net assets in small-cap growth stocks. Holds each stock in approximately the same proportion as its weighting in the Target Index.
Inception date
January 26, 2004
Fund family
Vanguard

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Data updated on 2026-08-03