Vanguard Materials ETF (VAW)
Description
The investment seeks to track the performance of the MSCI US Investable Market Materials 25/50 Index. The VAW ETF contains 116 constituents. It is focused on blend holdings in the North America region.
Price $153.59 as of 2022-10-20Cost/Risk/Yield
| Dividend yield | 2.11% |
| Expense ratio | 0.1% |
| Average spread | 0.052% |
| 1Y roundtrip cost | 0.152% |
Historic prices
Total Returns (including dividends)
Monthly returns heatmap
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | -7.0% | 0.6% | 5.7% | -4.1% | 1.1% | -14.3% | 7.1% | -3.2% | -10.2% | 3.5% | -20.8% | ||
| 2021 | -2.4% | 4.5% | 8.4% | 5.0% | 5.4% | -5.2% | 1.5% | 1.9% | -7.0% | 7.3% | -0.8% | 7.3% | 25.9% |
| 2020 | -6.5% | -9.0% | -15.2% | 15.3% | 7.2% | 1.9% | 6.9% | 4.5% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 12.7% | 3.7% | 22.2% |
| 2019 | 7.5% | 3.5% | 0.3% | 3.1% | -9.3% | 11.9% | -0.5% | -3.8% | 3.5% | 0.4% | 3.2% | 3.0% | 22.9% |
| 2018 | 3.6% | -5.2% | -3.7% | 0.5% | 2.4% | -0.3% | 3.0% | -0.9% | -1.9% | -10.8% | 3.5% | -7.9% | -17.8% |
| 2017 | 4.7% | 1.1% | 0.4% | 1.1% | -0.7% | 2.3% | 1.5% | 0.7% | 4.0% | 3.7% | 0.9% | 2.1% | 21.6% |
| 2016 | -10.0% | 6.5% | 9.2% | 5.4% | -0.3% | -0.3% | 5.5% | 0.1% | -0.7% | -2.5% | 8.4% | -0.0% | 21.3% |
| 2015 | -2.7% | 7.8% | -3.6% | 2.3% | 0.5% | -3.6% | -5.2% | -5.5% | -7.9% | 12.9% | 0.8% | -4.6% | -8.8% |
| 2014 | -4.3% | 6.7% | 0.8% | 0.2% | 2.6% | 2.3% | -2.5% | 4.2% | -2.9% | -1.6% | 1.1% | -2.0% | 4.5% |
| 2013 | 3.9% | -1.4% | 2.8% | -0.2% | 2.3% | -4.5% | 5.8% | -0.6% | 4.6% | 4.3% | 1.3% | 4.6% | 23.0% |
| 2012 | 11.9% | -0.1% | 0.6% | -0.9% | -8.6% | 4.4% | -0.6% | 3.3% | 3.8% | -1.5% | 1.4% | 3.6% | 17.3% |
| 2011 | 0.2% | 2.9% | 2.5% | 2.6% | -2.8% | -1.2% | -2.5% | -7.6% | -16.9% | 17.9% | 0.5% | -2.3% | -6.5% |
| -1.2% | 17.8% | 8.3% | 30.3% | -0.2% | -6.5% | 20.0% | -6.9% | -31.2% | 34.1% | 33.0% | 7.3% |
Historical Dividends
Monthly dividend heatmap
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.64 | 0.98 | 0.79 | 2.42 | |||||||||
| 2021 | 0.56 | 0.66 | 0.80 | 0.83 | 2.84 | ||||||||
| 2020 | 0.54 | 0.67 | 0.59 | 0.82 | 2.63 | ||||||||
| 2019 | 0.57 | 0.70 | 0.64 | 0.69 | 2.60 | ||||||||
| 2018 | 0.37 | 0.66 | 0.59 | 0.63 | 2.25 | ||||||||
| 2017 | 0.50 | 0.55 | 0.61 | 0.57 | 2.23 | ||||||||
| 2016 | 0.38 | 0.43 | 0.52 | 0.55 | 1.88 | ||||||||
| 2015 | 1.57 | 0.60 | 2.17 | ||||||||||
| 2013 | 1.90 | 1.90 | |||||||||||
| 2012 | 1.57 | 1.57 | |||||||||||
| 2011 | 1.58 | 1.58 | |||||||||||
| 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.56 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.66 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.74 |
Sectors and Top Holdings
| Security | % Assets |
|---|---|
| Top 0 Weights | 0.00% |
Compare with similar ETFs
| VAW | FLV | FMAT | JHMA | VT | XLB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Product name | Vanguard Materials ETF | American Century Focused Large Cap Value ETF | FIDELITY MSCI MATERIALS INDEX ETF | John Hancock Multifactor Materials ETF | Vanguard Total World Stock ETF | Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund |
| Issuer | Vanguard | American Century | Fidelity | John Hancock | Vanguard | SPDR |
| Price | $153.59 | $55.29 | $39.6239 | $39.25 | $80.29 | $69.9 |
| Expense Ratio | 0.1% |  0.42% |  0.08% | 0.4% | 0.08% | 0.12% |
| Average Spread | 0.052% | 0.163% | 0.076% | 0.204% | 0.012% | 0.014% |
| AUM | $3,141,910,000 | $219,939,000 | $404,302,000 | $15,956,600 | $18,809,800,000 | $6,257,410,000 |
| Shares | 20,456,498 | 3,977,918 | 10,203,488 | 406,538 | 234,273,647 | 89,519,456 |
| Average Daily Volume | 134,820 | 5,494 | 53,496 | 977 | 2,584,503 | 6,966,010 |
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| Inception Date | 2004-01-26 | 2020-03-31 | 2013-10-21 | 2016-03-28 | 2008-06-24 | 1998-12-16 |
| Index Tracked | MSCI US Investable Market Materials 25/50 Index | No Underlying Index | MSCI US Investable Market Materials 25/50 Index | John Hancock Dimensional Materials Index | FTSE Global All Cap Net TR US RIC | S&P Materials Select Sector Index |
| Category | Materials | Global Equities | Materials | Materials | Large Cap Growth Equities | Materials |
| Asset Class | Equity | Equity | Equity | Equity | Equity | Equity |
| Asset Class Size | Large/Mid Caps | Large/Mid Caps | Large/Mid Caps | Large/Mid Caps | Large Caps | |
| Value or Growth | Blend | Value | Blend | Blend | Blend | Blend |
| Region | North America | North America | North America | North America | North America | North America |
| Countries | U.S. | U.S. | U.S. | U.S. | Broad | U.S. |
| Annual Dividend Rate | $3.244 | $2.265 | $0.587 | $0.828 | $2.043 | $1.69 |
| Annual Dividend Yield | 0.021% | 0.041% | 0.015% | 0.021% | 0.025% | 0.024% |
| Number of Holdings | 116 | 47 | 117 | 46 | 8725 | 28 |
| YTD Return | -20.83% | -8.67% | -20.58% | -19.79% | -24.18% | -21.59% |
| Beta | 1.22 | 0.81 | 1.12 | 1.11 | 1.03 | 1.19 |
| Upside Beta | 0.36 | 0.63 | 0.40 | 0.76 | 0.11 | 0.41 |
| Downside Beta | 0.15 | 0.04 | -0.23 | 0.04 | -0.21 | 0.22 |
| Volatility 1Y | 24.36% | 16.35% | 24.25% | 25.04% | 21.32% | 23.54% |
| Sharpe Ratio 3Y | 0.52 | 0.00 | 0.53 | 0.44 | 0.19 | 0.53 |
| Treynor Ratio 3Y | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 |