Vanguard Telecommunication Services ETF (VOX)
Description
The investment seeks to track the performance of the MSCI US Investable Market Communication Services 25/50 Index. The VOX ETF contains 102 constituents. It is focused on blend holdings in the North America region.
Price $85.53 as of 2022-10-20Cost/Risk/Yield
| Dividend yield | 1.16% |
| Expense ratio | 0.1% |
| Average spread | 0.082% |
| 1Y roundtrip cost | 0.182% |
Historic prices
Total Returns (including dividends)
Monthly returns heatmap
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | -6.1% | -5.8% | 0.3% | -15.0% | 1.2% | -8.8% | 3.7% | -3.5% | -12.3% | 3.8% | -42.4% | ||
| 2021 | -0.2% | 7.1% | 1.4% | 6.7% | -0.1% | 4.0% | 0.6% | 3.6% | -5.8% | 0.7% | -6.4% | 2.5% | 14.0% |
| 2020 | 0.6% | -5.6% | -14.4% | 14.4% | 6.9% | 0.1% | 7.4% | 8.1% | -5.4% | 0.8% | 12.3% | 4.5% | 29.6% |
| 2019 | 10.6% | 0.4% | 1.8% | 6.1% | -5.7% | 3.9% | 3.4% | -2.8% | -0.3% | 3.0% | 3.2% | 2.2% | 25.9% |
| 2018 | 1.1% | -5.7% | -2.9% | 1.4% | -2.6% | 3.8% | -0.6% | 2.8% | 0.5% | -6.2% | -0.7% | -8.3% | -17.4% |
| 2017 | 0.4% | -2.8% | -2.1% | 2.2% | -3.1% | -1.5% | 2.1% | -0.2% | -0.5% | -3.1% | 2.5% | 0.6% | -5.4% |
| 2016 | 1.2% | 4.0% | 5.6% | -0.2% | -0.2% | 7.2% | 2.7% | -5.9% | 0.2% | -3.6% | 3.3% | 7.4% | 21.6% |
| 2015 | -1.9% | 6.6% | -2.4% | 3.7% | -1.8% | -1.2% | -0.6% | -3.1% | -3.1% | 8.8% | -1.0% | -0.4% | 3.5% |
| 2014 | -2.8% | -0.6% | 5.3% | -0.8% | 3.9% | 0.3% | 1.2% | -0.7% | -1.3% | 2.1% | 0.9% | -5.8% | 1.7% |
| 2013 | 3.2% | -0.8% | 3.5% | 8.3% | -3.7% | 2.1% | 4.2% | -4.6% | 3.0% | 7.1% | -1.7% | 2.3% | 22.8% |
| 2012 | -1.0% | 4.6% | 1.0% | -0.4% | -0.9% | 5.7% | 4.5% | -0.0% | 6.0% | -4.3% | -0.8% | 1.7% | 16.0% |
| 2011 | -1.6% | 2.4% | 3.7% | 2.1% | 3.7% | -1.8% | -5.7% | -3.1% | -6.9% | 4.2% | 0.1% | 1.5% | -1.4% |
| 3.4% | 3.6% | 0.8% | 28.4% | -2.4% | 13.7% | 23.0% | -9.4% | -26.0% | 13.3% | 11.6% | 8.4% |
Historical Dividends
Monthly dividend heatmap
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.16 | 0.18 | 0.19 | 0.53 | |||||||||
| 2021 | 0.20 | 0.23 | 0.36 | 0.46 | 1.26 | ||||||||
| 2020 | 0.19 | 0.24 | 0.24 | 0.22 | 0.88 | ||||||||
| 2019 | 0.15 | 0.17 | 0.24 | 0.28 | 0.84 | ||||||||
| 2018 | 0.78 | 0.77 | 0.26 | 0.25 | 2.05 | ||||||||
| 2017 | 0.81 | 0.75 | 0.84 | 1.09 | 3.49 | ||||||||
| 2016 | 0.50 | 0.59 | 0.81 | 0.77 | 2.68 | ||||||||
| 2015 | 2.34 | 0.64 | 2.98 | ||||||||||
| 2013 | 3.24 | 3.24 | |||||||||||
| 2012 | 2.47 | 2.47 | |||||||||||
| 2011 | 2.01 | 2.01 | |||||||||||
| 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.78 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.94 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.28 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.44 |
Sectors and Top Holdings
| Security | % Assets |
|---|---|
| Facebook, Inc. Class A | 17.12% |
| Alphabet Inc. Class A | 11.49% |
| Alphabet Inc. Class C | 11.05% |
| Walt Disney Company | 5.39% |
| Netflix, Inc. | 4.43% |
| Comcast Corporation Class A | 4.36% |
| AT&T Inc. | 4.22% |
| Verizon Communications Inc. | 4.21% |
| Charter Communications, Inc. Class A | 2.69% |
| T-Mobile US, Inc. | 1.98% |
| Snap, Inc. Class A | 1.74% |
| Activision Blizzard, Inc. | 1.55% |
| Twitter, Inc. | 1.30% |
| Electronic Arts Inc. | 1.11% |
| Roku, Inc. Class A | 1.08% |
| Top 15 Weights | 73.72% |
Compare with similar ETFs
| VOX | ESGV | FCTR | JUST | PEXL | XLC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Product name | Vanguard Telecommunication Services ETF | Vanguard ESG U.S. Stock ETF | First Trust Lunt U.S. Factor Rotation ETF | Goldman Sachs JUST U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF | Pacer US Export Leaders ETF | Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund |
| Issuer | Vanguard | Vanguard | First Trust | Goldman Sachs | Pacer | SPDR |
| Price | $85.53 | $65.11 | $27.78 | $52.8441 | $33.29 | $49.83 |
| Expense Ratio | 0.1% |  0.12% | 0.65% | 0.2% | 0.6% | 0.12% |
| Average Spread | 0.082% | 0.046% | 0.216% | 0.170% | 0.270% | 0.020% |
| AUM | $2,786,740,000 | $4,386,250,000 | $576,181,000 | $219,846,000 | $1,625,350 | $9,317,030,000 |
| Shares | 32,582,051 | 67,366,836 | 20,740,844 | 4,160,277 | 48,824 | 186,976,339 |
| Average Daily Volume | 331,613 | 409,113 | 77,077 | 7,053 | 2,567 | 6,991,027 |
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| Inception Date | 2004-09-23 | 2018-09-18 | 2018-07-25 | 2018-06-07 | 2018-07-23 | 2018-06-18 |
| Index Tracked | MSCI US Investable Market Communication Services 25/50 Index | FTSE US All Cap Choice Index | Lunt Capital Large Cap Factor Rotation Index | JUST U.S. Large Cap Diversified Index | Pacer US Export Leaders Index | Communication Services Select Sector Index |
| Category | Large Cap Growth Equities | Large Cap Growth Equities | Large Cap Growth Equities | Large Cap Growth Equities | All Cap Equities | Large Cap Growth Equities |
| Asset Class | Equity | Equity | Equity | Equity | Equity | Equity |
| Asset Class Size | Large Caps | Large Caps | Large Caps | Large Caps | Large/Mid Caps | Large Caps |
| Value or Growth | Blend | Growth | Growth | Blend | Growth | 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 | $0.994 | $0.879 | $0.315 | $0.806 | $0.145 | $0.57 |
| Annual Dividend Yield | 0.012% | 0.014% | 0.011% | 0.015% | 0.004% | 0.011% |
| Number of Holdings | 102 | 1545 | 175 | 441 | 100 | 22 |
| YTD Return | -36.55% | -25.26% | -20.96% | -21.81% | -28.39% | -35.40% |
| Beta | 0.96 | 1.02 | 1.05 | 0.97 | 1.16 | 1.02 |
| Upside Beta | 0.20 | 0.53 | 0.63 | 0.56 | 0.71 | 0.49 |
| Downside Beta | 0.16 | 0.59 | 0.60 | 0.55 | 0.70 | 0.40 |
| Volatility 1Y | 28.22% | 24.92% | 24.21% | 22.55% | 28.07% | 28.34% |
| Sharpe Ratio 3Y | -0.12 | 0.56 | 0.57 | 0.56 | 0.49 | -0.08 |
| Treynor Ratio 3Y | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 |