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About Vanguard Financials ETF
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Inception date
Jan 26, 2004
Structure
Open-Ended Fund
Replication method
Physical
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 is passively managed to hold US financials stocks across all market caps. The fund uses a market-cap selection and weighting scheme with a portfolio that captures the broader financials market. In September 2016, the fund sold off all its REITs (except for mortgage REITs), a substantial part of the portfolio. It did so to comply with a change in GICS methodology, the sector framework supporting its underlying index. It increased its allocation to remaining financial industries in accordance with the revamped underlying index. To ensure diversification, the index applies investment limits on regulated investment companies of no more than 25% of value to a single issuer, and the sum of the weights of all issuers with more than 5% not exceeding 50% of total assets. The index is rebalanced on a quarterly basis.
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Returns
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What's in the fund
Exposure type
Finance
Stocks96.96%
Finance88.71%
Commercial Services6.46%
Technology Services1.71%
Health Services0.03%
Electronic Technology0.02%
Miscellaneous0.01%
Consumer Services0.01%
Bonds, Cash & Other3.04%
Cash3.04%
Stock breakdown by region
North America97.15%
Europe2.85%
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
VFH invests in stocks. The fund's major sectors are Finance, with 88.71% stocks, and Commercial Services, with 6.46% of the basket. The assets are mostly located in the North America region.
VFH top holdings are Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B and JPMorgan Chase & Co., occupying 9.17% and 8.90% of the portfolio correspondingly.
VFH last dividends amounted to 0.51 USD. The quarter before, the issuer paid 0.66 USD in dividends, which shows a 28.65% decrease.
VFH assets under management is 12.05 B USD. It's risen 3.94% over the last month.
VFH fund flows account for 762.25 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, VFH pays dividends to its holders with the dividend yield of 1.77%. The last dividend (Mar 27, 2025) amounted to 0.51 USD. The dividends are paid quarterly.
VFH 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.
VFH expense ratio is 0.09% meaning you'd have to pay 0.09% of your investment to help manage the fund.
VFH follows the MSCI US IMI 25/50 Financials. ETFs usually track some benchmark seeking to replicate its performance and guide asset selection and objectives.
VFH invests in stocks.
VFH price has risen by 4.21% over the last month, and its yearly performance shows a 22.29% increase. See more dynamics on VFH price chart.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have risen by 2.86% over the last month, showed a 3.41% increase in three-month performance and has increased by 24.69% in a year.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have risen by 2.86% over the last month, showed a 3.41% increase in three-month performance and has increased by 24.69% in a year.
VFH trades at a premium (0.02%) meaning the ETF is trading at a higher price than the calculated NAV.