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Vanguard U.S. Quality Factor ETF

$178.22+0.76% today
14517952-WK

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
171.9162.0152.1178.22DAILY NET FLOWAug 25Dec 19Apr 21Aug 21

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

The desk’s read

Flows are quiet — the past month netted out near zero, while the price has returned +15.7% so far this year. At 0.13% a year it is not the cheapest way in — IVV runs the same ground at 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
7Kavg daily volume, 30 days
367holdings · US-domiciled
2018listed February 12, 2018 · beta 0.80
The book at a glance
SNDK-0.3%SPOT+0.1%INTU+1.4%GILD+1.9%FTNT+1.8%WDC-2.0%ADBE+1.1%AAPL-0.6%NEM+3.1%MMM+0.5%ROST+4.4%CTAS+0.1%LRCX+1.1%LLY+0.9%SCCO+8.7%COST+1.5%TT+0.5%KLAC-1.0%TXN-0.5%CMI-0.9%VLO+2.2%TRV-0.2%VRT-1.0%AXP+1.5%TJX-0.1%NFLX-0.7%WMT-0.1%KO+0.7%JNJ+1.1%PG+1.2%QCOM+0.0%JPM+0.0%SPGI-0.2%MANH+1.6%ABNB+1.2%BBY+0.2%NTAP-0.3%TGTILMNSTT

CELL SIZE IS PORTFOLIO WEIGHT · COLOR IS TODAY’S MOVE · TOP 40 POSITIONS

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1SNDKSandisk Corporation 1.83%$1596.08-0.3%
2SPOTSPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY SA1.56%$533.72+0.1%
3INTUINTUIT1.53%$367.00+1.4%
4GILDGILEAD SCIENCES1.51%$146.12+1.9%
5FTNTFORTINET1.46%$153.51+1.8%
6WDCWESTERN DIGITAL1.49%$459.44-2.0%
7ADBEADOBE1.43%$275.30+1.1%
8AAPLAPPLE1.44%$309.35-0.6%
9NEMNEWMONT1.38%$131.58+3.1%
10MMM3M1.39%$178.96+0.5%
11ROSTROSS STORES1.21%$239.04+4.4%
12CTASCINTAS1.25%$203.79+0.1%
13LRCXLAM RESEARCH1.22%$314.00+1.1%
14LLYELI LILLY1.16%$1255.40+0.9%
15SCCOSOUTHERN COPPER1.07%$216.00+8.7%

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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-0.2%
1 month+4.8%
3 months+9.4%
6 months+13.0%
YTD+15.7%
1 year+18.3%
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
11%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
13%realized volatility, 1 year
-9.4%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-0.6%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 1.8% of the book; the top ten carry 15%. Spread across 250+ names, it behaves like roughly 127 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
calls today
puts today
put/call ratio
4Kshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
NVDA NVIDIA$348M$395M
SNDK Sandisk Corporation $357M$331M
AAPL APPLE$127M$146M
LLY ELI LILLY$65M$59M
JNJ JOHNSON & JOHNSON$59M$51M

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
IUSG iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF0.04%$33.8B+$668M-9bp on fee · 91× the assets · +$668M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSV iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF0.04%$28.1B+$103M-9bp on fee · 76× the assets · +$103M in over the monthHead-to-head
ILCG iShares Morningstar Growth ETF0.04%$3.3B+$7M-9bp on fee · 9× the assets · +$7M in over the monthHead-to-head
VUG Vanguard Growth Index Fund0.04%$135.5B-9bp on fee · 366× the assetsHead-to-head
VTV Vanguard Value Index Fund0.04%$125.5B-9bp on fee · 339× the assetsHead-to-head
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