Vanguard Growth ETF (VUG)
Description
The investment seeks to track the performance of the CRSP US Large Growth. The VUG ETF contains 280 constituents. It is focused on growth holdings in the North America region.
Price $215.11 as of 2022-10-20Cost/Risk/Yield
| Dividend yield | 0.71% |
| Expense ratio | 0.04% |
| Average spread | 0.014% |
| 1Y roundtrip cost | 0.054% |
Historic prices
Total Returns (including dividends)
Monthly returns heatmap
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | -9.4% | -4.6% | 3.8% | -12.9% | -2.7% | -8.5% | 13.0% | -5.0% | -10.4% | 0.5% | -36.1% | ||
| 2021 | -1.0% | 0.8% | 1.8% | 6.9% | -1.4% | 6.0% | 3.2% | 3.7% | -5.3% | 8.3% | 0.7% | 1.6% | 25.2% |
| 2020 | 3.1% | -6.5% | -10.6% | 15.1% | 7.1% | 4.9% | 7.6% | 10.1% | -4.7% | -3.0% | 10.4% | 4.2% | 37.6% |
| 2019 | 9.2% | 3.7% | 3.1% | 4.7% | -6.3% | 6.8% | 2.3% | -0.6% | 0.3% | 2.6% | 4.0% | 3.0% | 32.7% |
| 2018 | 6.8% | -2.9% | -2.5% | 0.3% | 4.4% | 1.2% | 2.5% | 4.7% | 0.5% | -9.1% | 0.6% | -8.4% | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 3.5% | 4.4% | 1.3% | 2.3% | 2.8% | -0.4% | 2.5% | 1.2% | 1.0% | 2.9% | 2.4% | 0.9% | 24.8% |
| 2016 | -6.0% | -0.4% | 7.2% | -0.8% | 2.5% | -0.7% | 4.8% | -0.3% | 0.6% | -2.6% | 1.2% | 1.2% | 6.7% |
| 2015 | -1.5% | 6.2% | -3.9% | 2.8% | 1.5% | -1.6% | 3.3% | -6.3% | -2.9% | 9.0% | 0.1% | -2.4% | 4.2% |
| 2014 | -3.1% | 5.6% | -1.6% | 0.0% | 3.6% | 2.4% | -1.6% | 4.6% | -1.8% | 3.0% | 3.1% | -1.0% | 13.3% |
| 2013 | 4.4% | 0.8% | 3.8% | 1.6% | 1.7% | -2.1% | 5.6% | -1.9% | 4.8% | 4.3% | 2.4% | 3.4% | 28.8% |
| 2012 | 6.3% | 4.8% | 3.5% | -0.3% | -6.3% | 2.9% | 1.2% | 3.4% | 2.1% | -3.1% | 2.0% | 0.1% | 16.5% |
| 2011 | 1.9% | 2.8% | 0.3% | 3.1% | -0.7% | -1.4% | -0.7% | -5.7% | -7.4% | 11.6% | -0.2% | -0.5% | 3.0% |
| 14.2% | 14.8% | 6.1% | 22.9% | 6.1% | 9.4% | 43.7% | 7.9% | -23.3% | 24.3% | 26.7% | 2.0% |
Historical Dividends
Monthly dividend heatmap
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.30 | 0.32 | 0.43 | 1.05 | |||||||||
| 2021 | 0.38 | 0.37 | 0.32 | 0.47 | 1.54 | ||||||||
| 2020 | 0.40 | 0.42 | 0.41 | 0.46 | 1.68 | ||||||||
| 2019 | 0.43 | 0.41 | 0.39 | 0.51 | 1.74 | ||||||||
| 2018 | 0.36 | 0.42 | 0.47 | 0.53 | 1.77 | ||||||||
| 2017 | 0.38 | 0.34 | 0.41 | 0.47 | 1.61 | ||||||||
| 2016 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.38 | 0.53 | 1.55 | ||||||||
| 2015 | 0.33 | 0.30 | 0.35 | 0.41 | 1.39 | ||||||||
| 2014 | 0.28 | 0.28 | 0.30 | 0.41 | 1.26 | ||||||||
| 2013 | 0.23 | 0.26 | 0.28 | 0.35 | 1.11 | ||||||||
| 2012 | 0.19 | 0.21 | 0.25 | 0.42 | 1.07 | ||||||||
| 2011 | 0.17 | 0.20 | 0.17 | 0.23 | 0.77 | ||||||||
| 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.77 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.84 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.14 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.78 |
Sectors and Top Holdings
| Security | % Assets |
|---|---|
| Apple Inc. | 10.48% |
| Microsoft Corporation | 9.90% |
| Amazon.com, Inc. | 6.48% |
| Facebook, Inc. Class A | 3.96% |
| Alphabet Inc. Class A | 3.79% |
| Alphabet Inc. Class C | 3.49% |
| Tesla Inc | 2.47% |
| NVIDIA Corporation | 2.31% |
| Visa Inc. Class A | 1.63% |
| Home Depot, Inc. | 1.51% |
| PayPal Holdings Inc | 1.48% |
| Walt Disney Company | 1.43% |
| Adobe Inc. | 1.38% |
| Mastercard Incorporated Class A | 1.33% |
| Netflix, Inc. | 1.07% |
| Top 15 Weights | 52.71% |
Compare with similar ETFs
| VUG | IWF | IWFL | IWY | MGK | VONG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Product name | Vanguard Growth ETF | iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF | ETRACS 2x Leveraged US Growth Factor TR ETN | iShares Russell Top 200 Growth ETF | Vanguard Mega Cap Growth ETF | Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF |
| Issuer | Vanguard | iShares | ETRACS | iShares | Vanguard | Vanguard |
| Price | $215.11 | $212.99 | $16.312 | $121.16 | $175.71 | $54.75 |
| Expense Ratio | 0.04% |  0.19% | 0.95% | 0.2% | 0.07% | 0.08% |
| Average Spread | 0.014% | 0.014% | 0.307% | 0.033% | 0.028% | 0.037% |
| AUM | $60,236,000,000 | $55,031,500,000 | $16,073,900 | $3,289,930,000 | $9,204,440,000 | $5,592,870,000 |
| Shares | 280,024,181 | 258,376,066 | 985,401 | 27,153,601 | 52,384,288 | 102,152,923 |
| Average Daily Volume | 1,506,227 | 1,962,691 | 57 | 412,134 | 399,330 | 1,528,653 |
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| Inception Date | 2004-01-26 | 2000-05-22 | 2021-02-05 | 2009-09-22 | 2007-12-17 | 2010-09-20 |
| Index Tracked | CRSP US Large Growth | Russell 1000 Growth | Russell 1000 Growth | Russell Top 200 Growth | CRSP US Mega Cap Growth Index | Russell 1000 Growth |
| Category | Large Cap Growth Equities | Large Cap Growth Equities | Leveraged Equities | Large Cap Growth Equities | Large Cap Growth 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 Caps | |
| Value or Growth | Growth | Growth | Growth | Growth | Growth | Growth |
| Region | 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 | $1.521 | $1.778 | $0 | $0.986 | $1.137 | $0.519 |
| Annual Dividend Yield | 0.007% | 0.008% | 0.000% | 0.008% | 0.006% | 0.009% |
| Number of Holdings | 280 | 489 | 108 | 111 | 492 | |
| YTD Return | -32.67% | -29.90% | -55.35% | -29.71% | -32.31% | -29.83% |
| Beta | 1.02 | 1.02 | 2.52 | 1.03 | 1.00 | 1.05 |
| Upside Beta | 0.26 | 0.30 | -0.97 | 0.10 | 0.15 | 0.11 |
| Downside Beta | 0.05 | 0.09 | -1.61 | -0.22 | -0.18 | -0.24 |
| Volatility 1Y | 30.29% | 28.87% | 60.35% | 28.60% | 30.46% | 28.71% |
| Sharpe Ratio 3Y | 0.52 | 0.62 | 0.00 | 0.75 | 0.58 | 0.64 |
| Treynor Ratio 3Y | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 |