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VINAX Vanguard Industrials Index Fund Admiral Shares

Also available as an ETF (starting at the price of $1).

Management style

Index

Asset class

Domestic Stock - Sector-Specific

Category

Industrials

Risk / reward scale

Start of Risk Scale. On a scale of 1 to 5, 1 is less risk less reward, 5 is more risk more reward
The fund risk level is a 5

Less

More

End of Risk Scale.

Expense ratio

0.09%

as of 02/03/2025

as of 03/31/2025

Investment minimum

$100,000

as of 04/11/2025

NAV price

$122.05

as of 04/11/2025

Overview

Key facts

CUSIP

92204A819

Management style

Index

Asset class

Domestic Stock - Sector-Specific

Category

Industrials

Inception date

05/08/2006

Fund Number

5482

Ratings

Risk / reward scale

Start of Risk Scale. On a scale of 1 to 5, 1 is less risk less reward, 5 is more risk more reward
The fund risk level is a 5

Less

More

End of Risk Scale.
Price

Minimum Investment

$100,000

NAV Price

$122.05

as of 04/11/2025

NAV change

increased$2.04 (1.70%)

as of 04/11/2025

Expense Ratio

0.09%

as of 02/03/2025

Performance

YTD returns

-6.37%

as of 04/11/2025

Product summary

This low-cost index fund offers exposure to the industrials sector of the U.S. equity market, which includes stocks of companies that convert unfinished goods into finished durables used to manufacture other goods or provide services. The fund’s main risk is its narrow scope—it invests solely in industrials stocks. An investor should expect high volatility from the fund, which should be considered only as a small portion of an already well-diversified portfolio.

Fund management

Vanguard Equity Index Group

Performance & fees

Total returns
Month-end/Quarterly Pre-Tax Toggle

as of 03/31/2025

Recent returns

Average annual

Month-end3-Month totalYTD1-yr3-yr5-yr10-yr

Since inception

05/08/2006

VINAX

-4.41%-2.49%-2.49%2.68%9.92%19.14%10.54%8.98%

Benchmark

-4.40%-2.47%-2.47%2.75%10.01%19.24%10.62%9.10%

as of 03/31/2025

Year1st Qtr2nd Qtr3rd Qtr4th QtrYear-end

Benchmark

2025-2.49%
202411.08%-3.34%10.86%-1.73%16.97% 17.05%
20234.69%8.11%-4.79%13.57%22.39% 22.47%
2022-3.85%-15.68%-3.24%16.63%-8.51% -8.42%
202111.49%4.19%-4.07%8.34%20.72% 20.83%
2020-27.87%18.18%11.85%17.80%12.32% 12.43%
201916.76%4.59%0.72%5.82%30.16% 30.28%
2018-1.85%-2.00%9.20%-18.06%-13.93% -13.85%
20174.35%4.13%5.04%6.46%21.51% 21.60%
20164.74%1.49%4.80%8.04%20.36% 20.43%
20150.46%-2.47%-7.95%6.91%-3.58% -3.55%

as of 12/31/2024

Year

Capital return by NAV

Income return by NAV

Total return by NAV

Benchmark

202415.50% 1.46%16.97%17.05%
202320.58% 1.81%22.39%22.47%
2022-9.95% 1.44%-8.51%-8.42%
202119.32% 1.40%20.72%20.83%
202010.44% 1.87%12.32%12.43%
201927.86% 2.29%30.16%30.28%
2018-15.35% 1.42%-13.93%-13.85%
201719.41% 2.10%21.51%21.60%
201618.03% 2.33%20.36%20.43%
2015-5.49% 1.90%-3.58%-3.55%
20146.81% 1.73%8.55%8.67%
201340.39% 1.52%41.92%42.13%
201214.74% 2.39%17.13%17.17%
2011-4.12% 1.90%-2.21%-2.02%
201025.46% 1.66%27.12%27.40%

as of 03/31/2025

1-yr3-yr5-yr10-yr

Since inception

05/08/2006

VINAX2.68% 32.83%140.07% 172.28% 407.89%

Benchmark

2.75%33.13%141.09%174.46%

Expense ratio

VINAX

0.09%

Average expense ratio of similar funds2

0.68%

Historical volatility measures
as of 02/28/2025
BenchmarkR-Squared3Beta3
Spliced U.S. Investable Market Industrials 25/50 Index11.001.00
Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index0.861.10
Fund-specific fees

Purchase fee

None

Fund family redemption fee

None

The performance data shown represent past performance, which is not a guarantee of future results. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate so that investors' shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data cited.

Performance data do not reflect the deduction of the $25 annual account service fee that may be applied to certain accounts. If this fee was included, performance would be lower.

Price

Closing price

Closing price as of 04/11/2025

NAV

$122.05

NAV change

increased$2.04 (1.70%)

52-week High

$143.38

as of 11/25/2024

52-week Low

$113.10

as of 04/08/2025

52-week Difference

$30.28 (26.77%)

30 day SEC yield

1.20%

 

B SEC yield footnote code

 

as of 03/31/2025

Historical prices
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NameDateNAV
VINAX 04/11/2025
$122.05

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Portfolio composition

Characteristics

as of 02/28/2025

FundamentalVINAX
Benchmark
Number of stocks 387 387
Median market cap $56.9 B $56.9 B
Earnings growth rate 17.0% 17.1%
Short-term reserves
P/E ratio 24.6x 24.6x
P/B ratio 4.9x 4.9x
Turnover rate (Fiscal Year-end 08/31/2024) 4.0%
Return on equity 20.1% 20.1%
Foreign holdings 1.6%
Fund total net assets as of 02/28/2025 $6.0 B
Share class total net assets $383.7 M
Weighted exposures

as of 02/28/2025

20.00%Aerospace & Defense
Sectors4VINAX Benchmark Benchmark+/- Weight Aerospace & Defense20.00%19.90%0.10%Agricultural & Farm Machinery2.80%2.80%0.00%Air Freight & Logistics3.40%3.40%0.00%Building Products6.90%6.90%0.00%Cargo Ground Transportation1.90%1.90%0.00%Commercial Printing0.10%0.10%0.00%Construction & Engineering2.80%2.80%0.00%Construction Machinery & Heavy Transport6.30%6.30%0.00%Data Processing & Outsourced Services1.50%1.40%0.10%Diversified Support Services2.60%2.50%0.10%Electrical Components & Equipment7.00%7.00%0.00%Environmental & Facilities Services4.90%4.90%0.00%Heavy Electrical Equipment1.80%1.80%0.00%Human Resource & Employment Services4.30%4.40%-0.10%Industrial Conglomerates4.10%4.10%0.00%Industrial Machinery & Supplies & Compon10.60%10.60%0.00%Marine Transportation0.20%0.20%0.00%Office Services & Supplies0.30%0.30%0.00%Passenger Airlines2.10%2.10%0.00%Passenger Ground Transportation2.80%2.80%0.00%Rail Transportation4.90%4.90%0.00%Research & Consulting Services3.50%3.50%0.00%Security & Alarm Services0.20%0.20%0.00%Trading Companies & Distributors5.20%5.20%0.00%

Weighted equity exposures exclude any temporary cash investments and equity index futures. Some short-term fixed income securities are classified as cash and are excluded from the weighted bond exposures.

Holding details

as of 02/28/2025

Ticker Holdings Shares Market value
GE General Electric Co. 1,187,955 $245,882,926
RTX RTX Corp. 1,460,917 $194,287,352
CAT Caterpillar Inc. 529,938 $182,272,175
UNP Union Pacific Corp. 665,453 $164,160,601
UBER Uber Technologies Inc. 2,080,204 $158,116,306
HON Honeywell International Inc. 713,739 $151,947,896
BA Boeing Co. 821,279 $143,419,952
ADP Automatic Data Processing Inc. 447,236 $140,959,842
DE Deere & Co. 283,992 $136,540,514
ETN Eaton Corp. plc 433,792 $127,239,869
Name

of issuer

Title of issuer Coupon/Yield Category of investment Cusip/Other id Effective maturity date Final maturity date Principal amount Amortized cost
369604301
75513E101
149123101
907818108
90353T100
438516106
097023105
053015103
244199105
G29183103
Ticker Description Shares
GE
RTX
CAT
UNP
UBER
HON
BA
ADP
DE
ETN
Ticker Holdings Shares Market value
GE General Electric Co. 1,187,955 $245,882,926
RTX RTX Corp. 1,460,917 $194,287,352
CAT Caterpillar Inc. 529,938 $182,272,175
UNP Union Pacific Corp. 665,453 $164,160,601
UBER Uber Technologies Inc. 2,080,204 $158,116,306
HON Honeywell International Inc. 713,739 $151,947,896
BA Boeing Co. 821,279 $143,419,952
ADP Automatic Data Processing Inc. 447,236 $140,959,842
DE Deere & Co. 283,992 $136,540,514
ETN Eaton Corp. plc 433,792 $127,239,869
Name

of issuer

Title of issuer Coupon/Yield Category of investment Cusip/Other id Effective maturity date Final maturity date Principal amount Amortized cost
369604301
75513E101
149123101
907818108
90353T100
438516106
097023105
053015103
244199105
G29183103
Ticker Description Shares
GE
RTX
CAT
UNP
UBER
HON
BA
ADP
DE
ETN
Ticker Holdings Shares Market value
GE General Electric Co. 1,187,955 $245,882,926
RTX RTX Corp. 1,460,917 $194,287,352
CAT Caterpillar Inc. 529,938 $182,272,175
UNP Union Pacific Corp. 665,453 $164,160,601
UBER Uber Technologies Inc. 2,080,204 $158,116,306
HON Honeywell International Inc. 713,739 $151,947,896
BA Boeing Co. 821,279 $143,419,952
ADP Automatic Data Processing Inc. 447,236 $140,959,842
DE Deere & Co. 283,992 $136,540,514
ETN Eaton Corp. plc 433,792 $127,239,869
Name

of issuer

Title of issuer Coupon/Yield Category of investment Cusip/Other id Effective maturity date Final maturity date Principal amount Amortized cost
369604301
75513E101
149123101
907818108
90353T100
438516106
097023105
053015103
244199105
G29183103
Ticker Description Shares
GE
RTX
CAT
UNP
UBER
HON
BA
ADP
DE
ETN

Distributions

Realized/Unrealized gains

as of 02/28/2025

Realized gain

-$6.74

% of NAV

decreased-5.06%

Unrealized gains of NAV

$25.19

% of NAV

increased18.89%

Fiscal year end

08/31/2025

Distribution schedule

Quarterly

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Dividend income and capital gains
Type$/Share Payable date Record date Reinvest date Reinvest price
Dividend$0.39640003/26/202503/24/202503/25/2025$130.98
Dividend$0.49670012/19/202412/17/202412/18/2024$130.95
Dividend$0.38560009/30/202409/26/202409/27/2024$133.00
Dividend$0.40540007/01/202406/27/202406/28/2024$120.83
Dividend$0.31730003/25/202403/21/202403/22/2024$124.37
Dividend$0.52520012/19/202312/15/202312/18/2023$111.58

Fund management

Vanguard Industrials Index Fund seeks to track the investment performance of the MSCI US Investable Market Industrials 25/50 Index, a benchmark of large-, mid-, and small-cap U.S. stocks in the industrials sector, as classified under the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS). This GICS sector is made up of companies whose businesses are dominated by one of the following activities: the manufacture and distribution of capital goods (including aerospace and defense, construction, engineering and building products, electrical equipment, and industrial machinery); the provision of commercial services and supplies (including printing, employment, environmental, and office services); or the provision of transportation services (including airlines, couriers, marine, road and rail, and transportation infrastructure). Whenever possible, the fund attempts to fully replicate the target index, holding each stock in approximately the same proportion as its weighting in the index. However, the fund will use a sampling strategy if regulatory constraints or other considerations prevent it from replicating the index. Vanguard’s Equity Index Group uses proprietary software to implement trading decisions that accommodate cash flows and maintain close correlation with index characteristics. Vanguard’s refined indexing process, combined with low management fees and efficient trading, has provided tight tracking net of expenses.

Vanguard Equity Index Group
Launched in 1975, The Vanguard Group, Malvern, Pennsylvania, is among the world’s largest equity and fixed income managers. As chief investment officer, Gregory Davis, CFA, oversees Vanguard’s Equity Index, Investment Strategy, Quantitative Equity, and Fixed Income Groups. Rodney Comegys, Principal and global head of Vanguard's Equity Index Group, is responsible for all equity index funds. The Equity Index Group manages indexed equity portfolios covering U.S. and international markets. It has developed sophisticated portfolio construction methodologies and efficient trading strategies that seek to deliver returns that are highly correlated with target portfolio benchmarks. The group has advised Vanguard Industrials Index Fund since 2004.
Walter Nejman
Portfolio manager.
Advised the fund since 2015. Worked in investment management since 2008. B.A., Arcadia University. M.B.A., Villanova University.
Michelle Louie
CFA, Principal Portfolio manager.
Advised the fund since 2017. Worked in investment management since 2011. B.S., The American University. M.B.A., Georgia Institute of Technology.
Aaron Choi
CFA, Portfolio manager.
Advised the fund since 2025. Worked in investment management since 2015. B.S., Pennsylvania State University.
Kenny Narzikul
CFA, Portfolio manager.
Advised the fund since 2025. Worked in investment management since 2016. B.B.A., James Madison University.

Performance & fees

1
MSCI US Investable Market Industrials; Index through February 26, 2010; MSCI US Investable Market Industrials 25/50 Index thereafter.
2

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3

R-squared and beta are calculated from trailing 36-month fund returns relative to the associated benchmark.

Portfolio composition

4

Sector categories are based on the Global Industry Classification Standard (“GICS”), except for the “Other” category (if applicable), which includes securities that have not been provided a GICS classification as of the effective reporting period.

© 2023 Morningstar, Inc. All Rights Reserved. The information contained herein: (1) is proprietary to Morningstar; (2) may not be copied or distributed; and (3) is not warranted to be accurate, complete or timely. Neither Morningstar nor its content providers are responsible for any damages or losses arising from any use of this information. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

Vanguard average mutual fund expense ratio: 0.09%. Industry average mutual fund expense ratio: 0.50%. All averages are asset-weighted. Industry average excludes Vanguard. Sources: Vanguard and Morningstar, Inc., as of December 31, 2023.

Total returns: Short-term total return information is provided only as a service. Historical performance—particularly short-term performance—is no guarantee of future returns. Price, yield, and return on an actual investment will fluctuate, and you may have a gain or loss when you sell. Average annual returns include changes in price and reinvestments of dividends and capital gains. Since-inception returns for less than 1 year and year-to-date returns aren't annualized. Index performance is provided as a benchmark but isn't illustrative of any particular investment. You can't invest in an index.

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Risk: All investing is subject to risk, including the possible loss of the money you invest. Funds that concentrate on a relatively narrow market sector face the risk of higher share-price volatility. Investments in stocks or bonds issued by non-U.S. companies are subject to risks including country/regional risk and currency risk.

An investment in the fund could lose money over short or even long periods. You should expect the fund’s share price and total return to fluctuate within a wide range, like the fluctuations of the overall stock market. The fund’s performance could be hurt by:

  • Stock market risk: The chance that stock prices overall will decline. Stock markets tend to move in cycles, with periods of rising stock prices and periods of falling stock prices. The fund’s target index may, at times, become focused in stocks of a particular sector, category, or group of companies. Because the fund seeks to track its target index, the fund may underperform the overall stock market.
  • Sector risk: The chance that significant problems will affect a particular sector, or that returns from that sector will trail returns from the overall stock market. Daily fluctuations in specific market sectors are often more extreme or volatile than fluctuations in the overall market. Because the fund invests all, or substantially all, of its assets in the industrials sector, the fund’s performance largely depends—for better or for worse—on the general condition of that sector. Companies in the industrials sector could be affected by, among other things, government regulation, world events and economic conditions, insurance costs, and labor relations. Sector risk is expected to be high for the fund.
  • Investment style risk: The chance that returns from the types of stocks in which the fund invests will trail returns from the overall stock market. Small-, mid-, and large-cap stocks each tend to go through cycles of doing better—or worse—than other segments of the stock market or the stock market in general. These periods have, in the past, lasted for as long as several years. Historically, small- and mid-cap stocks have been more volatile in price than large-cap stocks. Small and mid-size companies tend to have greater stock volatility because, among other things, these companies are more sensitive to changing economic conditions.
  • Index replicating risk, which is the chance that the fund may be prevented from holding one or more securities in the same proportion as in its target index.
  • Index-related risks: The fund is subject to risks associated with index investing, which include passive management risk, tracking error risk, and index provider risk. Passive management risk is the chance that the fund's use of an indexing strategy will negatively impact the fund's performance. Because the fund seeks to track the performance of its target index regardless of how that index is performing, the fund's performance may be lower than it would be if the fund were actively managed. Tracking error risk is the chance that the fund's performance will deviate from the performance of its target index. Tracking error risk may be heightened during times of increased market volatility or under other unusual market conditions. Index provider risk is the chance that the fund will be negatively impacted by changes or errors made by the index provider. Any gains, losses, or costs associated with or resulting from an error made by the index provider will generally be borne by the fund and, as a result, the fund's shareholders.