VWNDX Vanguard Windsor Fund Investor Shares

Also available at a lower cost as an Admiral™ Shares mutual fund.

Management style

Active

Asset class

Domestic Stock - General

Category

Large Value

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 4

Less

More

End of Risk Scale.

Expense ratio

0.36%

as of 02/28/2025

as of 02/28/2025

Investment minimum

$3,000

as of 04/02/2025

NAV price

$21.11

as of 04/02/2025

Overview

Key facts

CUSIP

922018106

Management style

Active

Asset class

Domestic Stock - General

Category

Large Value

Inception date

10/23/1958

Fund Number

0022

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 4

Less

More

End of Risk Scale.
Price

Minimum Investment

$3,000

NAV Price

$21.11

as of 04/02/2025

NAV change

increased$0.18 (0.86%)

as of 04/02/2025

Expense Ratio

0.36%

as of 02/28/2025

Performance

YTD returns

0.72%

as of 04/02/2025

Product summary

Since its 1958 inception, this aggressive large-capitalization value fund has held fast to its distinctive strategy. Throughout its history, the fund has sought to be ahead of the market, investing in stocks that are temporarily out of favor, but that the fund’s advisors believe will eventually become profitable investments. This approach can lead to greater short-term volatility because it may take time for the market to recognize a stock’s value. Investors in this fund should have a long-term time horizon and a tolerance for stock market volatility.

Fund management

Wellington Management Company LLP

Pzena Investment Management, LLC

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

10/23/1958

VWNDX

-3.10%-0.14%-0.14%3.48%6.25%18.52%9.36%11.23%

Benchmark

-2.78%2.14%2.14%7.18%6.64%16.15%8.79%

as of 03/31/2025

Year1st Qtr2nd Qtr3rd Qtr4th QtrYear-end

Benchmark

2025-0.14%
20246.00%-1.83%7.41%-1.72%9.85% 14.37%
20232.91%3.28%-2.57%10.98%14.92% 11.46%
20221.90%-10.73%-6.27%13.71%-3.05% -7.54%
202112.65%6.16%-0.99%8.09%27.98% 25.16%
2020-28.13%17.69%3.23%23.04%7.44% 2.80%
201911.78%3.49%1.87%10.63%30.38% 26.54%
2018-0.51%0.09%3.50%-15.06%-12.46% -8.27%
20175.80%2.80%3.79%5.51%19.10% 13.66%
2016-2.04%1.44%6.20%6.59%12.49% 17.34%
20151.54%1.10%-9.94%4.56%-3.32% -3.83%

as of 12/31/2024

Year

Capital return by NAV

Income return by NAV

Total return by NAV

Benchmark

20247.65% 2.20%9.85%14.37%
202312.83% 2.09%14.92%11.46%
2022-4.56% 1.51%-3.05%-7.54%
202126.09% 1.90%27.98%25.16%
20205.32% 2.13%7.44%2.80%
201927.93% 2.45%30.38%26.54%
2018-14.19% 1.74%-12.46%-8.27%
201717.22% 1.88%19.10%13.66%
201610.27% 2.21%12.49%17.34%
2015-4.92% 1.60%-3.32%-3.83%
201410.36% 1.46%11.82%13.45%
201334.70% 1.38%36.08%32.53%
201218.25% 2.53%20.78%17.51%
2011-5.48% 1.48%-4.00%0.39%
201013.43% 1.39%14.82%15.51%

as of 03/31/2025

1-yr3-yr5-yr10-yr

Since inception

10/23/1958

VWNDX3.48% 19.94%133.83% 144.69% 117347.20%

Benchmark

7.18%21.28%111.39%132.30%

Expense ratio

VWNDX

0.36%

Average expense ratio of similar funds2

0.88%

Historical volatility measures
as of 02/28/2025
BenchmarkR-Squared3Beta3
Russell 1000 Value Index10.971.02
Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index0.820.91
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 04/02/2025

NAV

$21.11

NAV change

increased$0.18 (0.86%)

52-week High

$24.94

as of 11/29/2024

52-week Low

$20.45

as of 03/13/2025

52-week Difference

$4.49 (21.96%)

30 day SEC yield

1.92%

 

B SEC yield footnote code

 

as of 02/28/2025

Historical prices
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NameDateNAV
VWNDX 04/02/2025
$21.11

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Portfolio composition

Characteristics

as of 02/28/2025

FundamentalVWNDX
Benchmark
Number of stocks 129 870
Median market cap $51.6 B $94.4 B
Earnings growth rate 8.6% 10.5%
Short-term reserves 1.8%
P/E ratio 18.4x 20.3x
P/B ratio 2.2x 2.7x
Turnover rate (Fiscal Year-end 10/31/2024) 42.6%
Return on equity 12.3% 14.3%
Foreign holdings 11.3%
Fund total net assets as of 02/28/2025 $24.2 B
Share class total net assets $5.0 B
Stylebox

Equity

Market Captialization Large Investment Style Value

Weighted exposures

as of 02/28/2025

5.10%CommunicationServices
Sectors4VWNDX Benchmark Benchmark+/- Weight Communication Services5.10%4.40%0.70%Consumer Discretionary6.30%6.20%0.10%Consumer Staples7.20%7.90%-0.70%Energy7.40%6.70%0.70%Financials22.90%23.10%-0.20%Health Care17.60%14.20%3.40%Industrials10.60%14.70%-4.10%Information Technology10.10%9.30%0.80%Materials5.80%4.20%1.60%Real Estate3.90%4.70%-0.80%Utilities3.10%4.60%-1.50%

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 12/31/2024

Ticker Holdings Shares Market value
WFC Wells Fargo & Co. 9,700,882 $681,389,952
MS Morgan Stanley 3,479,057 $437,387,046
TSN Tyson Foods Inc. Class A 6,976,906 $400,753,481
PFE Pfizer Inc. 15,100,258 $400,609,845
MET MetLife Inc. 4,717,381 $386,259,156
BMY Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 6,734,695 $380,914,349
DAL Delta Air Lines Inc. 6,050,445 $366,051,923
RJF Raymond James Financial Inc. 2,301,260 $357,454,716
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc. 3,710,235 $329,023,640
XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. 3,013,182 $324,127,988
Name

of issuer

Title of issuer Coupon/Yield Category of investment Cusip/Other id Effective maturity date Final maturity date Principal amount Amortized cost
949746101
617446448
902494103
717081103
59156R108
110122108
247361702
754730109
83088M102
30231G102
Ticker Description Shares
WFC
MS
TSN
PFE
MET
BMY
DAL
RJF
SWKS
XOM
Ticker Holdings Shares Market value
WFC Wells Fargo & Co. 9,700,882 $681,389,952
MS Morgan Stanley 3,479,057 $437,387,046
TSN Tyson Foods Inc. Class A 6,976,906 $400,753,481
PFE Pfizer Inc. 15,100,258 $400,609,845
MET MetLife Inc. 4,717,381 $386,259,156
BMY Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 6,734,695 $380,914,349
DAL Delta Air Lines Inc. 6,050,445 $366,051,923
RJF Raymond James Financial Inc. 2,301,260 $357,454,716
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc. 3,710,235 $329,023,640
XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. 3,013,182 $324,127,988
Name

of issuer

Title of issuer Coupon/Yield Category of investment Cusip/Other id Effective maturity date Final maturity date Principal amount Amortized cost
949746101
617446448
902494103
717081103
59156R108
110122108
247361702
754730109
83088M102
30231G102
Ticker Description Shares
WFC
MS
TSN
PFE
MET
BMY
DAL
RJF
SWKS
XOM
Ticker Holdings Shares Market value
WFC Wells Fargo & Co. 9,700,882 $681,389,952
MS Morgan Stanley 3,479,057 $437,387,046
TSN Tyson Foods Inc. Class A 6,976,906 $400,753,481
PFE Pfizer Inc. 15,100,258 $400,609,845
MET MetLife Inc. 4,717,381 $386,259,156
BMY Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 6,734,695 $380,914,349
DAL Delta Air Lines Inc. 6,050,445 $366,051,923
RJF Raymond James Financial Inc. 2,301,260 $357,454,716
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc. 3,710,235 $329,023,640
XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. 3,013,182 $324,127,988
Name

of issuer

Title of issuer Coupon/Yield Category of investment Cusip/Other id Effective maturity date Final maturity date Principal amount Amortized cost
949746101
617446448
902494103
717081103
59156R108
110122108
247361702
754730109
83088M102
30231G102
Ticker Description Shares
WFC
MS
TSN
PFE
MET
BMY
DAL
RJF
SWKS
XOM

Distributions

Realized/Unrealized gains

as of 02/28/2025

Realized gain

$0.89

% of NAV

increased4.12%

Unrealized gains of NAV

$3.18

% of NAV

increased14.71%

Fiscal year end

10/31/2025

Distribution schedule

Semi-Annually

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Dividend income and capital gains
Type$/Share Payable date Record date Reinvest date Reinvest price
Dividend$0.22510012/19/202412/17/202412/18/2024$20.80
ST Cap Gain$0.21067512/19/202412/17/202412/18/2024$20.80
LT Cap Gain$1.94750612/19/202412/17/202412/18/2024$20.80
Dividend$0.23330006/24/202406/20/202406/21/2024$22.17
Dividend$0.24480012/20/202312/18/202312/19/2023$21.37
ST Cap Gain$0.51173512/20/202312/18/202312/19/2023$21.37
LT Cap Gain$0.85045312/20/202312/18/202312/19/2023$21.37

Fund management

Vanguard Windsor™ Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation and income by investing in mid- and large-capitalization value stocks, using a multimanager structure that provides diversification and mitigates risk. The fund’s two investment advisors employ intensive fundamental research and strict valuation disciplines to construct portfolios of undervalued and out-of-favor stocks. The combination of two distinctly different approaches to valuation, stock selection, and portfolio construction enhances diversification while maintaining the fund’s value character. In addition, Vanguard may invest the fund’s cash flows in equity index futures and/or exchange-traded funds to manage liquidity needs while ensuring that the fund remains fully invested.

 

Wellington Management Company LLP
Wellington Management buys shares of high-quality companies currently out of favor with investors. The contrarian nature of the investment process is augmented by intense fundamental analysis by the management team, supported by Wellington’s deep industry research capabilities. Wellington’s bottom-up approach typically produces significant sector and security concentrations relative to the benchmark. The subportfolio’s ten largest holdings typically represent about 40% of Wellington’s portion of the fund.


Founded in 1928, Wellington Management Company LLP, Boston, Massachusetts, is among the nation’s oldest and most respected institutional investment managers. The firm has advised Vanguard Windsor Fund since 1958.

Investment Manager Biography

David W. Palmer
CFA, Senior Managing Director Portfolio manager.
Advised the fund since 2018. Worked in investment management since 1993. B.A., Stanford University. M.B.A., The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Pzena Investment Management, LLC
Pzena seeks to buy good businesses at low prices, focusing exclusively on companies that are underperforming their historically demonstrated earnings power. Pzena’s research team conducts intensive fundamental research, buying companies only when the problems are judged to be temporary, management has a viable strategy to generate earnings recovery, and there is meaningful defensive characteristics in case earnings do not recover.


Founded in 1995, Pzena Investment Management, New York, New York, is a global investment management firm that employs a classic value investment approach. The firm has advised Vanguard Windsor Fund since 2012.
Richard S. Pzena
Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Co-Chief Investment Officer Portfolio manager.
Advised the fund since 2012. Worked in investment management since 1984. B.S. and M.B.A., The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Benjamin S. Silver
CFA, CPA Portfolio manager.
Advised the fund since 2015. Worked in investment management since 1988. B.S., Yeshiva University.
John J. Flynn
Principal, Portfolio manager.
Advised the fund since 2017. Worked in investment management since 2000. B.A., Yale University. M.B.A., Harvard Business School.

Performance & fees

1
Measures the performance of those Russell 1000 companies with lower price/book ratios and lower predicted and historical growth rates.
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.

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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.
  • Investment style risk: The chance that returns from mid- and large-capitalization value stocks will trail returns from the overall stock market. Historically, mid-cap stocks have been more volatile in price than the large-cap stocks that dominate the overall market, and they often perform quite differently. Mid-cap stocks tend to have greater volatility than large-cap stocks because, among other things, medium-size companies are more sensitive to changing economic conditions.
  • Manager risk: The chance that poor security selection will cause the fund to underperform relevant benchmarks or other funds with a similar investment objective.