VUGVanguard Growth Index Fund ETF Shares
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 · USDGrowth of $10,000
$12,296+23.0%
Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.
Classification
How Beacon categorizes this fundAsset class
EquityRegion
North americaCap
Large
Strategy
Index tracking
Factor
Growth
Index tracked
CRSP US Large Cap Growth Index
What it actually holds
By weightConcentration
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+ yearsVolatility (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