Vanguard Information Technology ETF
$125.62−0.79 (−0.62%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.09%
- Fund size
- $170.2B
- 1Y return
- +34.9%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 0.34%
- Holdings
- 310
- Volume · 30D
- 4.5M sh
- NAV per share
- $126.44
- 52W range
The ETF.net VGT Grade
Score 71 of 100 sits in the A 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 92Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 84Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.BScore 58Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.BScore 59Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.CScore 42Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 93Category rank
Our read on VGT
AVanguard's technology sleeve, indexed since 2004: roughly 300 US tech stocks running from megacap giants down to small caps, for 0.09% a year. Broad coverage of the sector rather than just its household names.
The fund seeks to track an index measuring the investment return of information technology stocks. It uses an indexing approach for large-, mid-, and small-capitalization U.S. technology companies and normally invests at least 80% of assets in target-index stocks.
Why people hold it
- Casts a wide net: about 300 US technology stocks across large, mid and small caps, not just the megacap names everyone already knows.vanguard.com
- Charges 0.09% a year, roughly a quarter of what the typical technology sector ETF asks.
- One of the largest and most actively traded sector funds around, and it has followed its index closely.
- Running since 2004 and among the strongest implementations in its technology peer group. Pays quarterly.
Worth knowing
- Weighted by market value, so the biggest platform companies drive most of the return. The small caps are along for the ride.
- One sector, one country: US technology only, which means bigger swings than a total market fund.
- If the last basis point matters, XLK and FTEC list at 0.08%.
VGT Holdings
- Stocks
- 310
- 63%
- NVDA
Sectors
- Technology99.3%
- Financials0.3%
- Industrials0.3%
- Consumer Discr.0.1%
- Materials0.0%
- Health Care0.0%
Geography
- United States97.64%
- Singapore0.79%
- Ireland0.76%
- Netherlands0.33%
- Cayman Islands0.27%
- Australia0.17%
- Israel0.03%
VGT Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
VGT$13,488
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 | VGT |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +34.5% |
| 1 month | +6.7% |
| 3 months | +5.0% |
| 1 year | +34.9% |
| 3 years | +35.3% |
| 5 years | +20.2% |
| 10 years | +24.8% |
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 | VGT |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +34.5% | |
| 2025 | +21.8% | |
| 2024 | +29.3% | |
| 2023 | +52.6% | |
| 2022 | −29.7% | |
| 2021 | +30.5% | |
| 2020 | +46.0% |
VGT in the news
VGT Dividends
- 0.34%
- $0.43
- $0.14 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 2026 | Pays Sep 25, 2026 | $0.15 |
| Jun 24, 2026 | Jun 26, 2026 | $0.14 |
| Mar 24, 2026 | Mar 26, 2026 | $0.09 |
| Dec 17, 2025 | Dec 19, 2025 | $0.09 |
| Sep 24, 2025 | Sep 26, 2025 | $0.11 |
| Jun 26, 2025 | Jun 30, 2025 | $0.09 |
| Mar 25, 2025 | Mar 27, 2025 | $0.09 |
| Dec 18, 2024 | Dec 20, 2024 | $0.10 |
| Sep 27, 2024 | Oct 1, 2024 | $0.11 |
| Jun 28, 2024 | Jul 2, 2024 | $0.10 |
| Mar 22, 2024 | Mar 27, 2024 | $0.16 |
| Dec 19, 2023 | Dec 22, 2023 | $0.10 |
VGT Risk
- 22.3%
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.
- 1.10
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.
- −35.1%
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.
- 1.35
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
VGT Cost
0.09%
VGT0.09%
- The middle half of Technology (Broad) funds
- Median 0.45%
2 of the 23 Technology (Broad) funds charge less.