Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF
$112.15−1.45 (−1.28%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.10%
- Fund size
- $2.0B
- 1Y return
- +20.6%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 1.72%
- Holdings
- 461
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $113.58
- 52W range
The ETF.net VIOV Grade
Score 67 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 90Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.FScore 20Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.CScore 41Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.AScore 78Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 77Category rank
Our read on VIOV
BVanguard's small-cap value corner: the value slice of the S&P Small-Cap 600, held in full, for 0.10% a year. Same narrow job, same low price, since 2010.
The ETF seeks to track the S&P Small-Cap 600 Value Index using passive full replication and remains fully invested.
Why people hold it
- 0.10% a year, roughly half the median fee among US value ETFs. On a small-cap portfolio, that gap compounds quietly in your favor.
- Full replication, not sampling: it owns about 500 stocks and stays fully invested, and it has tracked its index very tightly.
- Live since 2010 and now a billion-dollar-plus fund, with Vanguard's index plumbing behind it. No exotic wrapper, just a 1940 Act ETF.
- One pure job, clearly stated: US small-cap value, advertised as such in the prospectus. Nothing hidden in the engine room.fund-docs.vanguard.com
Worth knowing
- Thinly traded next to the giants of the value aisle. Spreads can run wider, which matters more on big or hurried orders than on small ones.
- Small-cap value is the choppy end of the value shelf. Expect deeper swings than large-cap value funds like VTV or SCHV.
- Income arrives quarterly, not monthly, and this is a total-market-value sleeve rather than a yield product.
VIOV Holdings
- Stocks
- 461
- 9%
- PAYC
Sectors
- Financials20.5%
- Consumer Discr.14.8%
- Industrials12.7%
- Technology12.7%
- Real Estate8.1%
- Energy7.1%
- Health Care6.8%
- Materials6.0%
- Cons. Staples5.3%
- Communication3.9%
- Utilities2.0%
Geography
- United States97.95%
- Bermuda0.52%
- Singapore0.45%
- Ireland0.38%
- Switzerland0.36%
- Puerto Rico0.13%
- Cayman Islands0.11%
- Israel0.09%
VIOV Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
VIOV$12,061
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 | VIOV |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +17.2% |
| 1 month | −4.4% |
| 3 months | −0.6% |
| 1 year | +20.6% |
| 3 years | +16.1% |
| 5 years | +7.9% |
| 10 years | +9.6% |
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 | VIOV |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +17.2% | |
| 2025 | +6.6% | |
| 2024 | +7.4% | |
| 2023 | +15.3% | |
| 2022 | −11.4% | |
| 2021 | +30.6% | |
| 2020 | +2.8% |
VIOV in the news
VIOV Dividends
- 1.72%
- $1.96
- $0.47 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 2026 | Pays Sep 25, 2026 | $0.45 |
| Jun 24, 2026 | Jun 26, 2026 | $0.47 |
| Mar 24, 2026 | Mar 26, 2026 | $0.42 |
| Dec 22, 2025 | Dec 24, 2025 | $0.54 |
| Sep 24, 2025 | Sep 26, 2025 | $0.53 |
| Jun 26, 2025 | Jun 30, 2025 | $0.30 |
| Mar 25, 2025 | Mar 27, 2025 | $0.28 |
| Dec 23, 2024 | Dec 26, 2024 | $0.48 |
| Sep 27, 2024 | Oct 1, 2024 | $0.51 |
| Jun 28, 2024 | Jul 2, 2024 | $0.47 |
| Mar 22, 2024 | Mar 27, 2024 | $0.20 |
| Dec 20, 2023 | Dec 26, 2023 | $0.96 |
VIOV Risk
- 19.6%
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.
- 0.56
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.
- −28.4%
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.
- 1.01
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
VIOV Cost
0.10%
VIOV0.10%
- The middle half of US Value Index funds
- Median 0.20%
8 of the 41 US Value Index funds charge less.