VFHVanguard Financials Index Fund ETF Shares
Tracks the performance of the MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Financials 25/50.
By Vanguard · Launched 2004
Annual Cost
0.09%
#349 of 6,040 · low cost
Fund Size
$14.8B
#206 of 6,040 · large
Return (1Y)
+6.0%
Track Record
22 years
#185 of 6,040 · established
Performance
Total-return NAV · USDGrowth of $10,000
$10,134+1.3%
Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.
What's inside
How Beacon categorizes this fundAsset class
EquityRegion
North americaCap
Multi cap
Strategy
Index tracking
Sector
FinancialsIndex tracked
MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Financials 25/50
Holdings
By weightConcentration
Top 10 holdings = 45.1% of fundmoderately concentrated
JPMorgan Chase & Co
9.3%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc
8.4%
Mastercard Inc
5.3%
Visa Inc
4.2%
Bank of America Corp
4.0%
Wells Fargo & Co
3.1%
Vanguard Cmt Funds-Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund
3.1%
Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The
3.0%
Morgan Stanley
2.4%
Citigroup Inc
2.3%
Asset allocation
Stocks
94.2%
Other
2.9%
Cash
2.8%
By sector
Financial Services
96.9%
Technology
2.1%
Real Estate
0.7%
Industrials
0.2%
Healthcare
0.1%
Risk profile
Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ yearsVolatility (1Y)
14.9%Moderate
Year-on-year price swings
Max drawdown
-44.4%Severe
Worst peak-to-trough loss
Sharpe (3Y)
0.92Decent risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.32Good downside protection
Listing
- Exchange
- NYSE Arca
Full fund details
- Objective
- Tracks the performance of the MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Financials 25/50.
- Strategy
- Invests primarily in large, mid-size, and small U.S. companies in the financials sector using an indexing investment approach to replicate the Target Index. The Fund holds stocks in approximately the same proportion as their weighting in the Target Index.
- Inception date
- January 26, 2004
- Fund family
- Vanguard
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Data updated on 2026-09-18