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VFQYVanguardINDEX

Vanguard U.S. Quality Factor ETF

$172.97+0.06% vs prior close
14517952-WK

Price through Oct 6, 2026 · Flows through Oct 31, 2024. Figures use the latest available records, not a live quote. Fund details retrieved Oct 6, 2026. Holdings snapshot retrieved Oct 6, 2026.

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
171.9162.0152.1172.97DAILY NET FLOWOct 6Feb 4Jun 4Oct 6

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN

The desk’s read

Recent fund-flow records are unavailable, while the price has returned +12.7% so far this year. At 0.13% a year it is not the cheapest way in — IVV has a reported fee of 0.03%.

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
9Kavg daily volume, 30 days
367holdings · US-domiciled
2018listed February 13, 2018 · beta 0.78
The book at a glance
FTNT+3.9%GILD-0.3%MMM+0.3%AAPL+0.2%CTAS+0.3%LRCX-3.4%COST+1.3%TXN+0.8%TT+1.2%ROST-1.0%KLAC-4.5%TJX+1.9%WDC-6.9%SPOT+1.1%SNDK-2.6%ADBE-0.3%LLY+1.3%SCCO-0.5%TRV-0.0%NEM+0.5%INTU+1.8%VLO-0.0%VRT-0.2%WMT+2.0%AXP+0.2%PG+1.7%KO-0.4%JNJ+0.7%ABNB-2.2%NFLX+1.8%QCOM+0.1%CMI+2.3%SPGI+1.3%ANET+4.1%MPC-0.3%META-0.4%JCI+1.2%NTAP+2.1%CAT+1.8%TGT+0.9%

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1FTNTFORTINET1.49%$191.27+3.9%
2GILDGILEAD SCIENCES1.44%$144.23-0.3%
3MMM3M1.28%$163.64+0.3%
4AAPLAPPLE1.29%$333.63+0.2%
5CTASCINTAS1.27%$195.96+0.3%
6LRCXLAM RESEARCH1.33%$333.89-3.4%
7COSTCOSTCO WHOLESALE1.25%$935.68+1.3%
8TXNTEXAS INSTRUMENTS1.22%$297.23+0.8%
9TTTRANE TECHNOLOGIES1.20%$476.39+1.2%
10ROSTROSS STORES1.24%$224.21-1.0%
11KLACKLA1.24%$197.46-4.5%
12TJXTJX COMPANIES1.14%$137.03+1.9%
13WDCWESTERN DIGITAL1.17%$411.04-6.9%
14SPOTSPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY SA1.10%$488.13+1.1%
15SNDKSandisk Corporation 1.17%$1660.46-2.6%

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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+1.6%
1 month-2.2%
3 months+0.9%
6 months+14.9%
YTD+12.7%
1 year+14.0%
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
9%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
13%realized volatility, 1 year
-9.4%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-3.6%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 138 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
4Kshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
NVDA NVIDIA$530M$629M
SNDK Sandisk Corporation $431M$456M
META META$283M$286M
AAPL APPLE$114M$128M
WDC WESTERN DIGITAL$67M$107M

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
IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF0.03%$896.9B+$21.7B-10bp on fee · 2423× the assets · +$21.7B in over the monthHead-to-head
BBUS JPMorgan BetaBuilders U.S. Equity ETF0.02%$9.6B+$187M-11bp on fee · 26× the assets · +$187M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPYG State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth ETF0.04%$57.9B+$717M-9bp on fee · 156× the assets · +$717M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPTM State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 1500 Composite Stock Market ETF0.03%$14.2B+$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%$36B+$208M-9bp on fee · 97× the assets · +$208M in over the monthHead-to-head
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