Vanguard Utilities ETF (VPU)
Description
The investment seeks to track the performance of the MSCI US Investable Market Utilities 25/50 Index. The VPU ETF contains 63 constituents. It is focused on value holdings in the North America region.
Price $135.65 as of 2022-10-20Cost/Risk/Yield
| Dividend yield | 3.28% |
| Expense ratio | 0.1% |
| Average spread | 0.022% |
| 1Y roundtrip cost | 0.122% |
Historic prices
Total Returns (including dividends)
Monthly returns heatmap
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | -3.4% | -1.9% | 9.8% | -4.4% | 4.5% | -5.1% | 5.7% | 0.3% | -11.2% | -4.6% | -10.2% | ||
| 2021 | -1.0% | -5.5% | 10.3% | 3.8% | -2.3% | -1.9% | 3.9% | 3.7% | -6.2% | 5.1% | -1.6% | 9.4% | 17.7% |
| 2020 | 6.1% | -10.0% | -10.1% | 3.2% | 4.3% | -4.9% | 7.2% | -2.5% | 0.6% | 4.9% | 1.4% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| 2019 | 3.7% | 3.9% | 2.8% | 0.9% | -0.9% | 3.3% | -0.2% | 4.8% | 4.1% | -0.9% | -2.0% | 3.1% | 22.7% |
| 2018 | -3.1% | -4.1% | 4.0% | 2.5% | -0.3% | 2.4% | 1.7% | 1.2% | -0.4% | 1.2% | 3.9% | -4.1% | 4.8% |
| 2017 | 1.2% | 5.0% | -0.1% | 0.7% | 4.0% | -2.4% | 2.7% | 2.9% | -2.4% | 3.9% | 2.9% | -5.9% | 12.4% |
| 2016 | 4.7% | 1.8% | 8.2% | -2.0% | 1.6% | 7.7% | -0.9% | -5.4% | 0.5% | 0.9% | -4.5% | 4.8% | 17.3% |
| 2015 | 2.2% | -5.9% | -0.7% | -0.6% | 0.4% | -6.1% | 5.5% | -3.6% | 2.7% | 1.9% | -2.1% | 2.2% | -4.2% |
| 2014 | 2.7% | 3.3% | 3.2% | 3.7% | -0.7% | 4.5% | -6.9% | 5.1% | -2.7% | 8.4% | 0.8% | 2.6% | 24.2% |
| 2013 | 5.2% | 2.3% | 5.5% | 5.6% | -8.2% | 1.0% | 4.4% | -5.3% | 1.4% | 4.0% | -2.1% | 1.2% | 15.1% |
| 2012 | -3.6% | 0.6% | 1.3% | 1.8% | 0.2% | 3.9% | 2.8% | -3.7% | 1.4% | 1.3% | -3.8% | 0.1% | 2.2% |
| 2011 | 1.4% | 1.6% | 0.8% | 3.9% | 1.5% | -0.3% | -1.1% | 1.8% | -0.4% | 4.0% | 1.1% | 3.3% | 17.7% |
| 16.1% | -8.9% | 35.1% | 19.1% | 4.1% | 2.3% | 24.7% | -0.8% | -12.5% | 30.1% | -6.0% | 17.6% |
Historical Dividends
Monthly dividend heatmap
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.01 | 1.09 | 1.28 | 3.38 | |||||||||
| 2021 | 0.96 | 1.01 | 1.19 | 1.06 | 4.22 | ||||||||
| 2020 | 0.88 | 1.26 | 0.89 | 1.33 | 4.35 | ||||||||
| 2019 | 0.94 | 0.98 | 1.09 | 1.02 | 4.04 | ||||||||
| 2018 | 0.84 | 1.02 | 0.93 | 1.02 | 3.81 | ||||||||
| 2017 | 0.93 | 0.88 | 0.96 | 0.94 | 3.71 | ||||||||
| 2016 | 0.72 | 0.83 | 0.92 | 0.94 | 3.41 | ||||||||
| 2015 | 0.82 | 0.84 | 0.88 | 0.88 | 3.41 | ||||||||
| 2014 | 0.73 | 0.74 | 0.79 | 2.27 | |||||||||
| 2013 | 0.72 | 0.78 | 0.80 | 0.82 | 3.13 | ||||||||
| 2012 | 0.71 | 0.71 | 0.78 | 0.80 | 3.00 | ||||||||
| 2011 | 0.62 | 0.66 | 0.68 | 0.69 | 2.66 | ||||||||
| 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.89 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.81 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.19 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.50 |
Sectors and Top Holdings
| Security | % Assets |
|---|---|
| Top 0 Weights | 0.00% |
Compare with similar ETFs
| VPU | FUTY | IDU | RYU | UTES | XLU | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Product name | Vanguard Utilities ETF | FIDELITY MSCI UTILITIES INDEX ETF | iShares U.S. Utilities ETF | Guggenheim S&P 500 Equal Weight Utilities ETF | Reaves Utilities ETF | Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund |
| Issuer | Vanguard | Fidelity | iShares | Invesco | Virtus | SPDR |
| Price | $135.65 | $40.41 | $77.22 | $103.05 | $41.259 | $62.16 |
| Expense Ratio | 0.1% |  0.08% |  0.43% | 0.4% | 0.49% | 0.12% |
| Average Spread | 0.022% | 0.049% | 0.039% | 0.039% | 0.170% | 0.016% |
| AUM | $4,668,410,000 | $1,063,690,000 | $769,058,000 | $241,898,000 | $34,768,800 | $11,396,500,000 |
| Shares | 34,415,107 | 26,322,447 | 9,959,311 | 2,347,387 | 842,697 | 183,341,802 |
| Average Daily Volume | 392,390 | 451,444 | 105,125 | 64,073 | 5,480 | 17,636,133 |
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| Inception Date | 2004-01-26 | 2013-10-21 | 2000-06-12 | 2006-11-01 | 2015-09-23 | 1998-12-16 |
| Index Tracked | MSCI US Investable Market Utilities 25/50 Index | MSCI US Investable Market Utilities 25/50 Index | N/A | S&P 500 Equal Weight Utilities Plus Index | No Underlying Index | S&P Utilities Select Sector Index |
| Category | Utilities Equities | Utilities Equities | Utilities Equities | Utilities Equities | Utilities Equities | Utilities Equities |
| Asset Class | Equity | Equity | Equity | Equity | Equity | Equity |
| Asset Class Size | Large/Mid Caps | Large/Mid Caps | Large/Mid Caps | Large/Mid Caps | Large/Mid Caps | Large Caps |
| Value or Growth | Value | Value | Value | Value | Blend | Value |
| 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 | $4.446 | $0.969 | $1.991 | $2.69 | $0.7 | $2.032 |
| Annual Dividend Yield | 0.033% | 0.024% | 0.026% | 0.026% | 0.017% | 0.033% |
| Number of Holdings | 63 | 67 | 47 | 28 | 21 | 28 |
| YTD Return | -11.28% | -11.51% | -11.20% | -8.06% | -12.32% | -11.28% |
| Beta | 0.91 | 0.95 | 0.93 | 0.92 | 0.89 | 0.94 |
| Upside Beta | 0.29 | 0.44 | 0.35 | 0.10 | 0.80 | 0.37 |
| Downside Beta | 0.09 | -0.29 | 0.19 | -0.14 | 0.02 | 0.19 |
| Volatility 1Y | 19.85% | 19.82% | 19.65% | 20.04% | 20.80% | 20.14% |
| Sharpe Ratio 3Y | 0.00 | 0.00 | -0.01 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.05 |
| Treynor Ratio 3Y | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |