VOXVanguard Communication Services Index Fund ETF Shares

Grow my money21y track recordRanked #100 of 2,960 in this goal

Seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures communication services stocks.

By Vanguard · Launched 2004

Annual Cost

0.09%

#474 of 5,562 · low cost

Fund Size

$6.3B

#388 of 5,562 · large

Return (1Y)Goal

+13.3%

Track Record

21 years

#207 of 5,562 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD

Growth of $10,000

$11,201+12.0%

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

Index tracking

Sector

Communication services

Index tracked

MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Communication Services 25/50

What it actually holds

By weight

Concentration

Top 10 holdings = 71.3% of fundconcentrated

Meta Platforms Inc

23.1%

Alphabet Inc

14.6%

Alphabet Inc

9.9%

Netflix Inc

4.1%

AT&T Inc

4.0%

Walt Disney Co/The

3.9%

Verizon Communications Inc

3.8%

T-Mobile US Inc

2.7%

Warner Bros Discovery Inc

2.6%

Comcast Corp

2.6%

Asset allocation

Stocks

98.9%

Cash

0.8%

Other

0.3%

By sector

Communication

98.0%

Technology

1.7%

Consumer Cyclical

0.2%

Real Estate

0.1%

Industrials

0.0%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years

Volatility (1Y)

15.7%Moderate

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown

-46.8%Severe

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)

1.01Strong risk-adjusted returns

Sortino (3Y)

1.48Good downside protection

Where to buy

Listing

Exchange: NYSE Arca

Full fund details

Objective: Seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures communication services stocks.
Strategy: Invests primarily in stocks of large, mid-size, and small U.S. companies in the communication services sector, using full replication to track the MSCI US IMI/Communication Services 25/50 Index. Holds each stock in approximately the same proportion as its weighting in the index.
Inception date: September 23, 2004
Fund family: Vanguard