VPUVanguard Utilities Index Fund ETF Shares

Grow my money22y track recordRanked #94 of 2,993 in this goal

Tracks the performance of the MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Utilities 25/50.

By Vanguard · Launched 2004

Annual Cost

0.09%

#344 of 5,853 · low cost

Fund Size

$10.8B

#262 of 5,853 · large

Return (1Y)Goal

+6.7%

Track Record

22 years

#180 of 5,853 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD

Growth of $10,000

$10,270+2.7%

Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.

What's inside

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Equity

Region

North america

Cap

Multi cap

Strategy

Index tracking

Sector

Utilities

Focus

Clean Energy

Index tracked

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

What it actually holds

By weight

Concentration

Top 10 holdings = 52.2% of fundmoderately concentrated

NextEra Energy Inc

11.9%

Constellation Energy Corp

6.4%

Southern Co/The

6.4%

Duke Energy Corp

6.3%

American Electric Power Co Inc

4.4%

Sempra

3.9%

Vistra Corp

3.6%

Dominion Energy Inc

3.3%

Xcel Energy Inc

3.0%

Entergy Corp

3.0%

Asset allocation

Stocks

99.3%

Cash

0.4%

Other

0.3%

By sector

Utilities

99.3%

Energy

0.5%

Industrials

0.2%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years

Volatility (1Y)

14.7%Moderate

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown

-36.4%Severe

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)

0.57Decent risk-adjusted returns

Sortino (3Y)

0.80Moderate downside risk

Listing

Exchange: NYSE Arca

Full fund details

Objective: Tracks the performance of the MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Utilities 25/50.
Strategy: Employs an indexing investment approach to replicate the MSCI US IMI/Utilities 25/50 Index, investing at least 80% of net assets in large, mid-size, and small U.S. utilities stocks. Covers electric, gas, and water utility companies, as well as independent power producers and renewable energy generators.
Inception date: January 26, 2004
Fund family: Vanguard