VFVAVanguard U.S. Value Factor ETF Shares
Seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing in stocks with relatively lower share prices relative to fundamental values.
By Vanguard · Launched 2018
Annual Cost
0.13%
#505 of 5,861 · low cost
Fund Size
$845M
#1,235 of 5,861 · large
Return (1Y)Goal
+33.6%
Track Record
8 years
#1,682 of 5,861 · established
Performance
Total-return NAV · USDGrowth of $10,000
$13,521+35.2%
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 = 9.6% of fund✓ well diversified
Verizon Communications Inc
1.1%
AT&T Inc
1.0%
Comcast Corp
1.0%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co
1.0%
EOG Resources Inc
1.0%
Altria Group Inc
0.9%
Cigna Group/The
0.9%
FedEx Corp
0.9%
General Motors Co
0.9%
CVS Health Corp
0.9%
Asset allocation
Stocks
99.7%
Cash
0.3%
By sector
Financial Services
25.7%
Healthcare
14.9%
Technology
14.4%
Consumer Cyclical
13.1%
Industrials
7.6%
Energy
7.3%
Consumer Defensive
7.1%
Communication
6.2%
Other
3.6%
Risk profile
Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ yearsVolatility (1Y)
15.0%Moderate
Year-on-year price swings
Max drawdown
-48.6%Severe
Worst peak-to-trough loss
Sharpe (3Y)
0.73Decent risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.09Good downside protection
Listing
- Exchange
- Cboe BZX
Full fund details
- Objective
- Seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing in stocks with relatively lower share prices relative to fundamental values.
- Strategy
- Employs an active management approach, investing primarily in U.S. common stocks with lower share prices relative to fundamental values. Targets large-, mid-, and small-cap companies across various sectors, using a quantitative model to promote diversification and mitigate exposure to less liquid stocks.
- Inception date
- February 13, 2018
- Fund family
- Vanguard
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Data updated on 2026-08-04