Vanguard Morningstar Mega Cap Growth ETF
$92.78−0.74 (−0.80%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.05%
- Fund size
- $33.7B
- 1Y return
- +15.7%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 0.31%
- Holdings
- 69
- Volume · 30D
- 1.4M sh
- NAV per share
- $93.54
- 52W range
The ETF.net MGK Grade
Score 69 of 100 sits in the B band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.
Cost
What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.AScore 79Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 99Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.CScore 46Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.CScore 51Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.FScore 24Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 79Category rank
Our read on MGK
BThe growth half of America's giants, roughly 70 names, for five basis points. Vanguard has run it since 2007, and it charges a quarter of what the typical mega-cap fund does.
Seeks to track a benchmark measuring the return of large-capitalization growth stocks in the United States. The fund uses passive indexing to track the CRSP US Mega Cap Growth Index.
Why people hold it
- 0.05% a year against a 0.20% median in its mega-cap peer group. Only Vanguard's own MGC matches that price.
- Tracks the CRSP US Mega Cap Growth Index about as tightly as index funds get, one of the strongest implementations in its cohort.
- The index takes the growth side of the top 70% of US market cap and moves names between size bands gradually, which keeps turnover down.crsp.orgcrsp.org
- Listed in December 2007 and now a multi-billion-dollar fund that trades actively, which usually shows up as tight spreads.
Worth knowing
- About 70 stocks, weighted by float-adjusted market cap. The handful at the top set the tone for the whole fund.crsp.org
- Growth only. Value-leaning mega caps sit outside the index; sibling MGC holds the full mega-cap slice at the same 0.05%.
- Distributions land quarterly, but a mega-cap growth mandate means income is a byproduct, not the job.
MGK Holdings
- Stocks
- 69
- 67%
- NVDA
Sectors
- Technology60.1%
- Communication15.6%
- Consumer Discr.11.0%
- Health Care4.8%
- Financials4.4%
- Industrials2.3%
- Real Estate1.2%
- Materials0.4%
- Cons. Staples0.4%
Geography
- United States99.57%
- Singapore0.43%
MGK Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
Returns run to the Sep 22, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | MGK |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +13.5% |
| 1 month | +5.1% |
| 3 months | +7.2% |
| 1 year | +15.7% |
| 3 years | +27.7% |
| 5 years | +14.5% |
| 10 years | +19.0% |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | MGK |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +13.5% | |
| 2025 | +20.7% | |
| 2024 | +32.9% | |
| 2023 | +51.7% | |
| 2022 | −33.6% | |
| 2021 | +28.6% | |
| 2020 | +41.0% |
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MGK Dividends
- 0.31%
- $0.29
- $0.08 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | $0.08 |
| Mar 27, 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 | $0.06 |
| Dec 22, 2025 | Dec 24, 2025 | $0.08 |
| Sep 29, 2025 | Oct 1, 2025 | $0.07 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | Jul 2, 2025 | $0.08 |
| Mar 27, 2025 | Mar 31, 2025 | $0.07 |
| Dec 23, 2024 | Dec 26, 2024 | $0.10 |
| Sep 26, 2024 | Sep 30, 2024 | $0.07 |
| Jun 27, 2024 | Jul 1, 2024 | $0.06 |
| Mar 21, 2024 | Mar 26, 2024 | $0.06 |
| Dec 21, 2023 | Dec 27, 2023 | $0.09 |
| Sep 21, 2023 | Sep 26, 2023 | $0.06 |
MGK Risk
- 17.9%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- 1.03
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −36.0%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 1.28
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
MGK Cost
- The middle half of US Growth Index funds
- Median 0.18%
4 of the 35 US Growth Index funds charge less.