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%
#505 of 5,854 · low cost
Fund Size
$474M
#1,632 of 5,854 · large
Return (1Y)Goal
+19.4%
Track Record
8 years
#1,681 of 5,854 · established
Performance
Total-return NAV · USDGrowth of $10,000
$12,060+20.6%
Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.
What's inside
How Beacon categorizes this fundWhat it actually holds
By weightConcentration
Top 10 holdings = 16.2% of fund✓ well diversified
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
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+ yearsVolatility (1Y)
13.4%Moderate
Year-on-year price swings
Max drawdown
-37.8%Severe
Worst peak-to-trough loss
Sharpe (3Y)
0.71Decent risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.04Good 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 2026-08-03