Vanguard U.S. Value Factor ETF
$154.66−1.54 (−0.98%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.13%
- Fund size
- $957M
- 1Y return
- +24.4%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 1.78%
- Holdings
- 637
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $156.03
- 52W range
The ETF.net VFVA Grade
Score 47 of 100 sits in the C 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 71Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.FScore 18Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.DScore 36Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.DScore 36Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.AScore 80Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.CScore 53Category rank
Our read on VFVA
CMost value ETFs slice the cheap half off a large-cap index. VFVA scores the whole US market, large caps down to small, for stocks trading low against their fundamentals, then holds roughly 600 of them for 0.13% a year.
Seeks long-term capital appreciation by primarily investing in U.S. common stocks selected for relatively low valuations compared with fundamentals.
Why people hold it
- The value screen runs across the full US market (its reference is the Russell 3000), so cheap small and mid caps sit beside the usual large-cap bargains.
- 0.13% a year, below the 0.18% median for US value factor funds.
- Roughly 600 holdings, so no single name carries the thesis. Distributions land quarterly.
Worth knowing
- It hunts cheap valuations rather than mirroring a value index, and the small and mid caps in the mix can swing harder than a large-cap-only value fund.
- Cheap for a factor fund, not the cheapest thing on the value shelf: VTV charges 0.03% and SCHV 0.04% for plain large-cap value.
- Trades lightly next to the giant value ETFs, so the spread is worth a look and limit orders earn their keep.
VFVA Holdings
- Stocks
- 637
- 8%
- CVS
Sectors
- Financials26.4%
- Health Care16.0%
- Consumer Discr.13.7%
- Technology12.8%
- Energy8.5%
- Cons. Staples6.9%
- Industrials6.8%
- Communication5.7%
- Materials2.7%
- Real Estate0.4%
Geography
- United States92.83%
- Ireland2.36%
- Bermuda2.26%
- Switzerland0.81%
- Netherlands0.27%
- United Kingdom0.23%
- Australia0.19%
- Israel0.17%
- 0.88%
VFVA 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 | VFVA |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +18.8% |
| 1 month | −3.7% |
| 3 months | +8.4% |
| 1 year | +24.4% |
| 3 years | +18.8% |
| 5 years | +12.5% |
| 10 years | — |
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 | VFVA |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +18.8% | |
| 2025 | +14.8% | |
| 2024 | +7.7% | |
| 2023 | +17.4% | |
| 2022 | −3.9% | |
| 2021 | +36.9% | |
| 2020 | +2.3% |
VFVA in the news
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VFVA Dividends
- 1.78%
- $2.79
- $0.71 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 2026 | Pays Sep 25, 2026 | $0.68 |
| Jun 24, 2026 | Jun 26, 2026 | $0.71 |
| Mar 24, 2026 | Mar 26, 2026 | $0.69 |
| Dec 23, 2025 | Dec 26, 2025 | $0.78 |
| Sep 24, 2025 | Sep 26, 2025 | $0.62 |
| Jun 20, 2025 | Jun 24, 2025 | $0.75 |
| Mar 25, 2025 | Mar 27, 2025 | $0.70 |
| Dec 23, 2024 | Dec 26, 2024 | $0.75 |
| Sep 26, 2024 | Sep 30, 2024 | $0.68 |
| Jun 27, 2024 | Jul 1, 2024 | $0.79 |
| Mar 21, 2024 | Mar 26, 2024 | $0.63 |
| Dec 19, 2023 | Dec 22, 2023 | $0.75 |
VFVA Risk
- 16.1%
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.
- 0.87
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.
- −24.1%
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.
- 0.94
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
VFVA Cost
- The middle half of US Value Index funds
- Median 0.20%
11 of the 41 US Value Index funds charge less.