VFQYVanguard U.S. Quality Factor ETF Shares

Grow my money8y track recordRanked #721 of 2,960 in this goal

Seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation by investing in stocks with strong fundamentals.

By Vanguard · Launched 2018

Annual Cost

0.13%

#636 of 5,562 · low cost

Fund Size

$463M

#1,625 of 5,562 · large

Return (1Y)Goal

+19.4%

Track Record

8 years

#1,713 of 5,562 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD

Growth of $10,000

$12,076+20.8%

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

Active selection

Factor

Quality

What it actually holds

By weight

Concentration

Top 10 holdings = 16.3% of fund✓ well diversified

Adobe Inc

1.7%

Merck & Co Inc

1.7%

Apple Inc

1.7%

Lam Research Corp

1.7%

PepsiCo Inc

1.6%

Autodesk Inc

1.6%

Fortinet Inc

1.6%

Gilead Sciences Inc

1.6%

Zoetis Inc

1.6%

KLA Corp

1.5%

Asset allocation

Stocks

99.7%

Cash

0.3%

By sector

Technology

25.8%

Financial Services

18.9%

Industrials

16.8%

Consumer Cyclical

13.3%

Consumer Defensive

9.2%

Healthcare

8.9%

Communication

2.8%

Basic Materials

2.2%

Other

2.2%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years

Volatility (1Y)

13.6%Moderate

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown

-37.4%Severe

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)

0.76Decent risk-adjusted returns

Sortino (3Y)

1.13Good downside protection

Where to buy

Listing

Exchange: Cboe BZX

Full fund details

Objective: Seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation by investing in stocks with strong fundamentals.
Strategy: Invests primarily in U.S. common stocks with strong fundamentals to generate higher returns relative to the broad U.S. equity market. Uses a quantitative model to evaluate securities across large-, mid-, and small-cap stocks, promoting diversification and mitigating exposure to less liquid stocks.
Inception date: February 13, 2018
Fund family: Vanguard