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VFQYVanguardINDEX

Vanguard U.S. Quality Factor ETF

$171.60+0.77% vs prior close
14517952-WK

Price through Oct 1 · Flows through Oct 31. Figures use the latest available records, not a live quote. Fund details retrieved Oct 1. Holdings snapshot retrieved Oct 1.

The fund invests primarily in U.S. common stocks with the potential to generate higher returns relative to the broad U.S. equity market by investing in stocks with strong fundamentals as determined by the advisor. The portfolio will include a diverse mix of companies representing many different market sectors and industry groups. Under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the fund's assets will be invested in securities issued by U.S. companies.

Price & daily flows
171.9162.0152.1171.60DAILY NET FLOWOct 1Jan 30Jun 1Oct 1

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 3Y SHOWN · NET +$10M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Recent fund-flow records are unavailable, while the price has returned +11.9% so far this year. At 0.13% a year, no lower reported fee appears among the alternatives shown here.

COMPOSED FROM THE FUND’S OWN DAILY RECORDS · UPDATED WITH EACH REFRESH

$370Massets under management
0.13%expense ratio · $13 per $10,000 a year
—net flow, trailing month
8Kavg daily volume, 30 days
367holdings · US-domiciled
2018listed February 13, 2018 · beta 0.79
The book at a glance
FTNT-0.0%GILD-1.0%WDC+1.8%LRCX+3.5%MMM-0.7%CTAS+0.3%AAPL-0.8%ROST+0.3%COST+0.5%SNDK+2.7%KLAC+2.8%TT+1.5%TXN+0.4%TJX+1.0%SPOT+0.8%ADBE+0.6%LLY-0.6%TRV+1.4%SCCO-1.7%NEM-0.6%INTU+2.6%VLO+5.4%VRT+2.0%WMT+0.3%AXP-0.7%KO+0.0%PG-0.9%JNJ-2.3%ABNB-0.1%QCOM-1.1%NFLX-2.5%CMI+0.1%SPGI-1.6%MPC+6.3%META+0.1%ANET+0.4%JCI+2.1%TGT+0.0%NTAP+2.4%CAT+1.9%

CELL SIZE IS PORTFOLIO WEIGHT · COLOR IS THE CHANGE IN THE LATEST AVAILABLE SNAPSHOT · TOP 40 POSITIONS

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1FTNTFORTINET1.46%$178.72-0.0%
2GILDGILEAD SCIENCES1.52%$147.50-1.0%
3WDCWESTERN DIGITAL1.29%$462.56+1.8%
4LRCXLAM RESEARCH1.25%$340.10+3.5%
5MMM3M1.35%$163.02-0.7%
6CTASCINTAS1.31%$195.60+0.3%
7AAPLAPPLE1.29%$330.32-0.8%
8ROSTROSS STORES1.28%$234.10+0.3%
9COSTCOSTCO WHOLESALE1.25%$914.94+0.5%
10SNDKSandisk Corporation 1.19%$1787.69+2.7%
11KLACKLA1.19%$200.33+2.8%
12TTTRANE TECHNOLOGIES1.19%$458.94+1.5%
13TXNTEXAS INSTRUMENTS1.18%$281.31+0.4%
14TJXTJX COMPANIES1.16%$133.59+1.0%
15SPOTSPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY SA1.16%$491.40+0.8%

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Sector weights
Technology19.85%
Industrials18.25%
Consumer Cyclical16.04%
Financial Services15.99%
Retail Trade14.09%
Finance13.27%
Technology Services11.85%
Healthcare10.98%
Consumer Defensive10.67%
Electronic Technology10.1%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States99.58%
Canada1.35%
Ireland0.73%
Bermuda0.51%
Korea (the Republic of)0.25%
Australia0.23%
Cash0.22%
United Kingdom0.16%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-0.3%
1 month-1.8%
3 months+0.8%
6 months+17.4%
YTD+11.9%
1 year+13.5%
3 years—

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week—
1 month—
3 months—
YTD—
1 year—

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

The risk read
10%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
13%realized volatility, 1 year
-9.4%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-4.3%latest close versus that peak

The top holding is 1.5% of the book; the top ten carry 13%. Spread across 250+ names, it behaves like roughly 137 equally-weighted positions.

VOLATILITY & DRAWDOWN FROM THE DAILY TAPE · CONCENTRATION FROM THE LATEST DISCLOSED BOOK

Options tape
—calls · latest snapshot
—puts · latest snapshot
—put/call ratio
7Kshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
SNDK Sandisk Corporation $400M$366M
NVDA NVIDIA$337M$354M
META META$255M$245M
AAPL APPLE$141M$176M
NFLX NETFLIX$49M$105M

TODAY’S OPTIONS PREMIUM IN THE FUND’S UNDERLYING NAMES

The case against VFQY

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat VFQY on at least one dimension that matters — the fee, the asset base, or where the money is going.

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
BBUS JPMorgan BetaBuilders U.S. Equity ETF0.02%$9.4B+$187M-11bp on fee · 25× the assets · +$187M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPYG State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth ETF0.04%$56.2B+$717M-9bp on fee · 152× the assets · +$717M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPTM State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 1500 Composite Stock Market ETF0.03%$14.1B+$235M-10bp on fee · 38× the assets · +$235M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPYV State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Value ETF0.04%$36.2B+$208M-9bp on fee · 98× the assets · +$208M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSG iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF0.04%$34.3B+$148M-9bp on fee · 93× the assets · +$148M in over the monthHead-to-head
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