Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap Growth ETF
$297.34−1.16 (−0.39%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.05%
- Fund size
- $34.1B
- 1Y return
- +2.1%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 0.61%
- Holdings
- 133
- Volume · 30D
- 0.2M sh
- NAV per share
- $298.62
- 52W range
The ETF.net VOT 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 79Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 97Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.DScore 38Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.CScore 42Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.AScore 72Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 79Category rank
Our read on VOT
AMid-caps are the market's forgotten middle: too big for small-cap funds, too small for the S&P 500. VOT buys the growth half of that gap for five basis points, a fraction of what the typical factor fund charges.
The ETF is designed to follow the CRSP US Mid Cap Growth Index, a passive benchmark for U.S. mid-capitalization growth companies.
Why people hold it
- 0.05% a year, against a 0.32% median for its peer group. Roughly one-sixth the going rate for a factor fund.
- Live since 2006 and now a multi-tens-of-billions fund, it stands among the strongest overall packages in its peer group.
- Its ETF shares are one class of Vanguard's underlying mid-cap growth index fund, so ETF and mutual fund holders sit on the same portfolio.sec.gov
- Rules-based, not manager-picked: roughly 130 U.S. mid-cap growth names chosen by index, with no stock-picking discretion.investor.vanguard.com
Worth knowing
- Mid-cap growth is a bumpier ride. On measured volatility this sits among the more turbulent funds in its cohort.
- Roughly 130 stocks, so the largest names carry real weight. This is one slice of the market, not the whole thing.
- It pays quarterly, but a growth mandate is not an income mandate.
VOT Holdings
- Stocks
- 133
- 20%
- VRT
Sectors
- Technology33.5%
- Industrials24.7%
- Consumer Discr.11.1%
- Health Care8.8%
- Financials6.9%
- Real Estate4.3%
- Communication3.3%
- Utilities3.1%
- Energy2.1%
- Materials1.5%
- Cons. Staples0.8%
Geography
- United States97.59%
- Canada1.09%
- Switzerland1.05%
- Ireland0.26%
VOT 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 | VOT |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +7.3% |
| 1 month | −2.3% |
| 3 months | −2.5% |
| 1 year | +2.1% |
| 3 years | +16.3% |
| 5 years | +4.7% |
| 10 years | +11.7% |
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 | VOT |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +7.3% | |
| 2025 | +10.7% | |
| 2024 | +16.4% | |
| 2023 | +23.1% | |
| 2022 | −28.9% | |
| 2021 | +20.5% | |
| 2020 | +34.5% |
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VOT Dividends
- 0.61%
- $1.82
- $0.40 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | $0.40 |
| Mar 27, 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 | $0.51 |
| Dec 22, 2025 | Dec 24, 2025 | $0.48 |
| Sep 29, 2025 | Oct 1, 2025 | $0.43 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | Jul 2, 2025 | $0.43 |
| Mar 27, 2025 | Mar 31, 2025 | $0.45 |
| Dec 23, 2024 | Dec 26, 2024 | $0.51 |
| Sep 26, 2024 | Sep 30, 2024 | $0.40 |
| Jun 27, 2024 | Jul 1, 2024 | $0.39 |
| Mar 21, 2024 | Mar 26, 2024 | $0.41 |
| Dec 21, 2023 | Dec 27, 2023 | $0.56 |
| Sep 21, 2023 | Sep 26, 2023 | $0.31 |
VOT Risk
- 17.4%
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.
- 0.60
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.
- −37.2%
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.
- 1.16
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
VOT Cost
- The middle half of US Growth Index funds
- Median 0.18%
4 of the 35 US Growth Index funds charge less.