Vanguard U.S. Minimum Volatility ETF (VFMV)
Description
The VFMV ETF contains 122 constituents. It is focused on blend holdings in the North America region.
Price $92.25 as of 2022-10-20Cost/Risk/Yield
| Dividend yield | 1.91% |
| Expense ratio | 0.13% |
| Average spread | 0.108% |
| 1Y roundtrip cost | 0.238% |
Historic prices
Total Returns (including dividends)
Monthly returns heatmap
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | -4.6% | -2.0% | 4.2% | -4.5% | 2.0% | -3.9% | 4.4% | -3.2% | -7.9% | 3.5% | -12.1% | ||
| 2021 | 0.1% | 0.6% | 3.9% | 2.3% | 1.3% | 1.7% | 3.0% | 1.7% | -4.6% | 4.3% | -1.6% | 6.7% | 19.5% |
| 2020 | 0.8% | -8.4% | -15.1% | 7.9% | 3.8% | -0.8% | 3.4% | 4.1% | -2.7% | -2.4% | 8.1% | 3.7% | 2.4% |
| 2019 | 7.6% | 3.6% | 0.6% | 2.6% | -2.2% | 4.9% | 2.6% | 0.0% | 1.1% | 1.2% | 0.9% | 1.7% | 24.7% |
| 2018 | 2.3% | 1.6% | 1.9% | 2.0% | 1.9% | 2.9% | -0.0% | -5.1% | 1.0% | -8.2% | 0.2% | ||
| 3.9% | -6.3% | -4.1% | 9.9% | 6.8% | 3.9% | 15.3% | 5.5% | -14.2% | 1.5% | 8.4% | 4.0% |
Historical Dividends
Monthly dividend heatmap
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.42 | 0.42 | 0.47 | 1.31 | |||||||||
| 2021 | 0.12 | 0.16 | 0.66 | 0.45 | 1.39 | ||||||||
| 2020 | 0.31 | 0.52 | 0.35 | 0.73 | 1.91 | ||||||||
| 2019 | 0.41 | 0.55 | 0.43 | 0.84 | 2.23 | ||||||||
| 2018 | 0.53 | 0.35 | 0.82 | 1.70 | |||||||||
| 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.27 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.17 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.26 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.84 |
Sectors and Top Holdings
| Security | % Assets |
|---|---|
| Microsoft Corporation | 1.83% |
| Republic Services, Inc. | 1.77% |
| Oracle Corporation | 1.77% |
| Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. | 1.72% |
| Alphabet Inc. Class A | 1.71% |
| Tyler Technologies, Inc. | 1.70% |
| Adobe Inc. | 1.68% |
| Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. | 1.67% |
| Eli Lilly and Company | 1.67% |
| Williams Companies, Inc. | 1.67% |
| Verizon Communications Inc. | 1.66% |
| T-Mobile US, Inc. | 1.60% |
| Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. | 1.59% |
| AT&T Inc. | 1.59% |
| Costco Wholesale Corporation | 1.58% |
| Top 15 Weights | 25.21% |
Compare with similar ETFs
| VFMV | GSUS | JULZ | SIXA | SPD | USXF | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Product name | Vanguard U.S. Minimum Volatility ETF | Goldman Sachs MarketBeta U.S. Equity ETF | TrueShares Structured Outcome (July) ETF | 6 Meridian Mega Cap Equity ETF | Simplify US Equity PLUS Downside Convexity ETF | iShares ESG Advanced MSCI USA ETF |
| Issuer | Vanguard | Goldman Sachs | TrueShares | Meridian | Simplify | iShares |
| Price | $92.245 | $49.79 | $30.845 | $30.952 | $24.69 | $28.16 |
| Expense Ratio | 0.13% |  0.07% |  0.79% | 0.86% | 0.29% | 0.1% |
| Average Spread | 0.108% | 0.100% | 0.519% | 0.162% | 0.203% | 0.249% |
| AUM | $43,149,700 | $344,950,000 | $13,825,800 | $159,032,000 | $272,313,000 | $357,421,000 |
| Shares | 467,773 | 6,928,094 | 448,236 | 5,138,028 | 11,029,276 | 12,692,505 |
| Average Daily Volume | 5,323 | 147,823 | 633 | 5,380 | 140,773 | 92,750 |
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| Inception Date | 2018-02-13 | 2020-05-12 | 2020-06-30 | 2020-05-11 | 2020-09-03 | 2020-06-16 |
| Index Tracked | No Underlying Index | Solactive GBS United States Large & Mid Cap Index | No Underlying Index | No Underlying Index | No Underlying Index | MSCI USA Choice ESG Screened Index |
| Category | All Cap Equities | Large Cap Growth Equities | n/a | Large Cap Blend Equities | Large Cap Blend Equities | Large Cap Growth Equities |
| Asset Class | Equity | Equity | Volatility | Equity | Equity | Equity |
| Asset Class Size | Large/Mid Caps | Large Caps | Large Caps | Large Caps | Large Caps | |
| Value or Growth | 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. | U.S. | U.S. |
| Annual Dividend Rate | $1.761 | $0.545 | $0 | $0.712 | $0.303 | $0.415 |
| Annual Dividend Yield | 0.019% | 0.011% | 0.000% | 0.023% | 0.012% | 0.015% |
| Number of Holdings | 122 | 515 | 0 | 48 | 498 | 335 |
| YTD Return | -12.26% | -23.78% | -12.27% | -13.46% | -25.22% | -27.91% |
| Beta | 0.68 | 0.98 | 0.65 | 0.76 | 0.76 | 1.04 |
| Upside Beta | 0.49 | 0.44 | 0.35 | 0.45 | 0.29 | 0.42 |
| Downside Beta | 0.41 | -0.16 | 0.01 | -0.03 | -0.32 | -0.34 |
| Volatility 1Y | 15.43% | 23.08% | 15.09% | 16.86% | 15.79% | 24.73% |
| Sharpe Ratio 3Y | 0.15 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Treynor Ratio 3Y | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |