VFQYVanguard U.S. Quality Factor ETF Shares
Seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing in stocks with strong fundamentals.
By Vanguard · Launched 2018
Annual Cost
0.13%
#539 of 6,040 · low cost
Fund Size
$511M
#1,647 of 6,040 · large
Return (1Y)
+16.1%
Track Record
8 years
#1,695 of 6,040 · established
Performance
Total-return NAV · USDGrowth of $10,000
$11,498+15.0%
Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.
What's inside
How Beacon categorizes this fundHoldings
By weightConcentration
Top 10 holdings = 16.2% of funddiversified
Lam Research Corp
1.9%
KLA Corp
1.8%
PepsiCo Inc
1.7%
Gilead Sciences Inc
1.7%
Merck & Co Inc
1.6%
Walmart Inc
1.6%
Apple Inc
1.5%
Fortinet Inc
1.5%
Adobe Inc
1.5%
Costco Wholesale Corp
1.4%
Asset allocation
Stocks
99.7%
Cash
0.3%
By sector
Technology
24.1%
Financial Services
20.1%
Industrials
17.8%
Consumer Cyclical
13.1%
Healthcare
9.8%
Consumer Defensive
6.6%
Basic Materials
3.4%
Communication
3.1%
Other
2.0%
Risk profile
Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ yearsVolatility (1Y)
13.1%Moderate
Year-on-year price swings
Max drawdown
-37.8%Severe
Worst peak-to-trough loss
Sharpe (3Y)
0.76Decent risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.12Good downside protection
Listing
- Exchange
- Cboe BZX
Full fund details
- Objective
- Seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing in stocks with strong fundamentals.
- Strategy
- Employs an active management approach, investing primarily in U.S. common stocks with strong fundamentals. Targets large-, mid-, and small-cap companies to achieve higher returns relative to the broad U.S. equity market.
- Inception date
- February 13, 2018
- Fund family
- Vanguard
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Data updated on 2026-09-18