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VPUVanguard Utilities Index Fund ETF Shares

Grow my money#92 of 2944 for Grow my money

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

Vanguard · Since 2004 (22 years)

Annual Cost

0.09%

#327 out of 5,332 ETFs

Fund Size

$10.8B

#218 out of 5,332 ETFs

Dividend Yield

2.57%

Track Record

22 years

#183 out of 5,332 ETFs

Performance

1 Year

+20.9%

3 Years

+14.2%

5 Years

+10.1%

What's inside

Asset class
Strategy
index tracking
Cap
multi cap
Sector

Asset allocation

Stocks
99.3%
Cash
0.5%
Other
0.3%

Sector breakdown

Utilities
99.2%
Energy
0.6%
Industrials
0.2%

Top holdings

NextEra Energy IncNEE12.1%
Southern CoSO6.8%
Duke Energy CorpDUK6.5%
Constellation Energy CorpCEG5.5%
American Electric Power Co IncAEP4.4%
SempraSRE4.0%
Dominion Energy IncD3.4%
Vistra CorpVST3.2%
Entergy CorpETR3.2%
Xcel Energy IncXEL3.0%

Risk profile

Volatility (1Y)

14.0%

Moderate

Max drawdown

-36.4%

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)

0.69

Decent risk-adjusted returns

Sortino (3Y)

0.97

Moderate downside risk

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Data updated on 2026-05-05