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VUGVanguard Growth Index Fund ETF Shares

Beacon PickGrow my money22y track recordRanked #3 of 2,960 in this goal

Tracks the performance of a benchmark index measuring large-cap growth stocks.

By Vanguard · Launched 2004

Annual Cost

0.03%

#190 of 5,562 · low cost

Fund Size

$393.8B

#8 of 5,562 · large

Return (1Y)Goal

+24.7%

Track Record

22 years

#185 of 5,562 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD
Growth of $10,000
$12,296+23.0%

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

Classification

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Equity

Cap

Large

Strategy

Index tracking

Factor

Growth

Index tracked

CRSP US Large Cap Growth Index

What it actually holds

By weight

Concentration

Top 10 holdings = 64.3% of fundconcentrated

NVIDIA Corp
12.7%
Apple Inc
11.9%
Microsoft Corp
10.6%
Alphabet Inc
5.4%
Amazon.com Inc
4.6%
Alphabet Inc
4.3%
Meta Platforms Inc
4.3%
Broadcom Inc
4.0%
Tesla Inc
3.8%
Eli Lilly & Co
2.7%

Asset allocation

Stocks
99.9%
Cash
0.1%
Other
0.0%

By sector

Technology
53.1%
Communication
17.6%
Consumer Cyclical
12.3%
Healthcare
4.6%
Industrials
4.6%
Financial Services
4.3%
Consumer Defensive
1.5%
Real Estate
1.0%
Other
1.0%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years
Volatility (1Y)
16.7%Moderate

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown
-35.6%Severe

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)
1.02Strong risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.49Good downside protection

Where to buy

Listing

Exchange
NYSE Arca

Full fund details

Objective
Tracks the performance of a benchmark index measuring large-cap growth stocks.
Strategy
Employs an indexing approach to track the CRSP US Large Cap Growth Index, investing substantially all assets in the index's stocks, holding each in proportion to its weighting in the index.
Inception date
January 26, 2004
Fund family
Vanguard

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Data updated on 2026-06-19