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About Vanguard Materials ETF
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Inception date
Jan 26, 2004
Structure
Open-Ended Fund
Dividend treatment
Distributes
Distribution tax treatment
Qualified dividends
Income tax type
Capital Gains
Max ST capital gains rate
39.60%
Max LT capital gains rate
20.00%
Primary advisor
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
Distributor
Vanguard Marketing Corp.
The fund offers broad exposure to the US basic materials segment thanks to a highly representative market cap-weighted index. The fund holds materials companies, stretching across multiple sub-industries from the broadly defined space. The underlying index uses GICS classification to include companies that manufacture chemicals, construction materials, glass, paper, forest products, and packaging products, as well as metals, minerals, and mining companies. Certain investment limits are applied for RICs to help ensure diversification. The index is rebalanced on a quarterly basis.
Classification
Returns
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What's in the fund
Exposure type
Process Industries
Non-Energy Minerals
Stocks99.52%
Process Industries65.80%
Non-Energy Minerals30.54%
Consumer Non-Durables2.45%
Energy Minerals0.39%
Electronic Technology0.14%
Producer Manufacturing0.12%
Industrial Services0.07%
Health Services0.02%
Bonds, Cash & Other0.48%
Cash0.48%
Stock breakdown by region
North America78.20%
Europe21.80%
Latin America0.00%
Asia0.00%
Africa0.00%
Middle East0.00%
Oceania0.00%
Top 10 holdings
Dividends
Dividend payout history
Assets under management (AUM)
Fund Flows
Frequently Asked Questions
VAW invests in stocks. The fund's major sectors are Process Industries, with 65.80% stocks, and Non-Energy Minerals, with 30.54% of the basket. The assets are mostly located in the North America region.
VAW top holdings are Linde plc and Sherwin-Williams Company, occupying 17.05% and 6.67% of the portfolio correspondingly.
VAW last dividends amounted to 0.83 USD. The quarter before, the issuer paid 0.86 USD in dividends, which shows a 3.17% decrease.
VAW assets under management is 2.47 B USD. It's risen 4.80% over the last month.
VAW fund flows account for −322.41 M USD (1 year). Many traders use this metric to get insight into investors' sentiment and evaluate whether it's time to buy or sell the fund.
Yes, VAW pays dividends to its holders with the dividend yield of 1.76%. The last dividend (Mar 27, 2025) amounted to 0.83 USD. The dividends are paid quarterly.
VAW shares are issued by The Vanguard Group, Inc. under the brand Vanguard. The ETF was launched on Jan 26, 2004, and its management style is Passive.
VAW expense ratio is 0.09% meaning you'd have to pay 0.09% of your investment to help manage the fund.
VAW follows the MSCI US IMI 25/50 Materials. ETFs usually track some benchmark seeking to replicate its performance and guide asset selection and objectives.
VAW invests in stocks.
VAW price has risen by 4.34% over the last month, and its yearly performance shows a −6.18% decrease. See more dynamics on VAW price chart.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, showed a −2.45% decrease in three-month performance and has decreased by −4.29% in a year.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, showed a −2.45% decrease in three-month performance and has decreased by −4.29% in a year.
VAW trades at a premium (0.05%) meaning the ETF is trading at a higher price than the calculated NAV.