VPUVanguard Utilities Index Fund ETF Shares

Grow my money22y track recordRanked #95 of 2,960 in this goal

Seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of utilities stocks.

By Vanguard · Launched 2004

Annual Cost

0.09%

#474 of 5,562 · low cost

Fund Size

$10.6B

#266 of 5,562 · large

Return (1Y)Goal

+13.0%

Track Record

22 years

#185 of 5,562 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD

Growth of $10,000

$10,607+6.1%

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

Utilities

Index tracked

MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Utilities 25/50

What it actually holds

By weight

Concentration

Top 10 holdings = 53.2% of fundmoderately concentrated

NextEra Energy Inc

11.5%

Constellation Energy Corp

7.4%

Duke Energy Corp

6.2%

Southern Co/The

6.2%

American Electric Power Co Inc

4.3%

Sempra

4.0%

Vistra Corp

3.9%

Dominion Energy Inc

3.5%

Xcel Energy Inc

3.1%

Exelon Corp

3.1%

Asset allocation

Stocks

99.2%

Cash

0.4%

Other

0.4%

By sector

Utilities

99.3%

Energy

0.5%

Industrials

0.2%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years

Volatility (1Y)

14.4%Moderate

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown

-36.4%Severe

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)

0.65Decent risk-adjusted returns

Sortino (3Y)

0.91Moderate downside risk

Where to buy

Listing

Exchange: NYSE Arca

Full fund details

Objective: Seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of utilities stocks.
Strategy: Invests primarily in stocks of large-, mid-, and small-cap U.S. companies in the utilities sector, including electric, gas, and water utilities, as well as independent power producers. Attempts to replicate the MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Utilities 25/50 by holding stocks in proportion to their index weightings.
Inception date: January 26, 2004
Fund family: Vanguard