Vanguard Industrials ETF
$322.96−0.70 (−0.22%)
- 0.09%
- $8.6B
- +13.0%
- 0.95%
- 0.1M sh
- $323.57
- low $282.03high $362.21
The ETF.net VIS Grade
B
Score 64 out of 100
- 3 of 10
Score 64 of 100 falls in the B band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.
Cost
The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.A72 out of 100Rank 3 of 10Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.B59 out of 100Rank 3 of 10Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.C53 out of 100Rank 5 of 10Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.B63 out of 100Rank 5 of 10Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.A83 out of 100Rank 1 of 10
Our read on VIS
BIndustrials, the whole aisle: jet engines and railroads down to small-cap machinery shops, roughly 400 names for 0.09% a year. Vanguard has run it as a straight index fund since 2004.
The fund seeks to track the MSCI US Investable Market Industrials 25/50 Index and invests in multicapitalization equities focused on the industrials sector.
Why people hold it
- 0.09% a year against a 0.38% median for broad industrials funds. Index-fund pricing for index-fund work.
- About 400 holdings spanning large, mid and small US industrials, so defense primes and railroads sit next to smaller machinery and services names.advisors.vanguard.com
- Pure index mandate: it follows the MSCI US Investable Market Industrials 25/50 Index and has tracked it very tightly, with no manager stock-picking layered on.
- One of the strongest implementations in the broad US industrials group, a multi-billion-dollar fund trading since 2004 and paying quarterly.
Worth knowing
- One sector, one cycle. Industrials ride capital spending and freight demand, so this tends to move as a block rather than smooth anything out.
- The small- and mid-cap tail is part of the design, and it adds bumpiness a large-cap-only sector fund would not carry.advisors.vanguard.com
- Not the price floor in the group: XLI and FIDU both list 0.08%. One basis point, but worth knowing.
VIS Holdings
- Stocks
- 399
- 31%
- CAT
Sectors
- Industrials89.2%
- Technology6.3%
- Materials3.5%
- Consumer Discretionary0.5%
- Financials0.2%
- Energy0.2%
- Utilities0.0%
- Health Care0.0%
- Consumer Staples0.0%
Geography
- United States100.00%
VIS Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
VIS$11,302
Returns run to the Oct 12, 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 | VIS |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +9.2% |
| 1 month | −2.1% |
| 3 months | −7.4% |
| 1 year | +13.0% |
| 3 years | +19.4% |
| 5 years | +12.5% |
| 10 years | +13.2% |
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 | VIS |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +9.2% | |
| 2025 | +18.6% | |
| 2024 | +16.9% | |
| 2023 | +22.5% | |
| 2022 | −8.6% | |
| 2021 | +20.8% | |
| 2020 | +12.3% |
VIS in the news
VIS Dividends
- 0.95%
- $3.06
- $0.70 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
VIS Risk
- 17.2%
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.
- 0.86
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.
- −23.0%
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.
- 1.05
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
VIS Cost
0.09%
VIS0.09%
- The middle half of Industrials (Broad) funds
- Median 0.33%
2 of the 10 Industrials (Broad) funds charge less.
Other funds in Industrials (Broad)
- AXLIState Street Industrial Select Sector SPDR ETFExpense ratio 0.08%1 year return +14.1%
- AFIDUFidelity MSCI Industrials Index ETFExpense ratio 0.08%1 year return +12.9%
- CEXIiShares Global Industrials ETFExpense ratio 0.38%1 year return +13.0%
- CIYJiShares U.S. Industrials ETFExpense ratio 0.37%1 year return +10.9%
- CPSCIInvesco S&P SmallCap Industrials ETFExpense ratio 0.29%1 year return +13.8%