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Vanguard Russell 2000 Growth ETF
$256.21−2.07 (−0.80%)
- 0.06%
- $1.7B
- +12.3%
- 0.68%
- 0M sh
- $258.17
- low $218.84high $289.14
The ETF.net VTWG Grade
B
Score 66 out of 100
- 14 of 35
Score 66 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.A79 out of 100Rank 5 of 35Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A91 out of 100Rank 23 of 32Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.F24 out of 100Rank 34 of 35Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.D27 out of 100Rank 30 of 35Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.A84 out of 100Rank 1 of 35Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.A72 out of 100Rank 11 of 35
Our read on VTWG
BVanguard's Russell 2000 Growth tracker holds the index in full, roughly 1,100 small-cap names, for six basis points. Most of the top-rated growth ETFs crowd into mega-caps. This one stays where the small companies are.
The fund seeks to track the Russell 2000 Growth Index, which represents small-capitalization U.S. growth stocks. It uses passive full replication.
Why people hold it
- At 0.06% a year, it costs about a third of the typical fund in its growth-ETF peer group, where the median sits near 0.18%.
- Full replication, not sampling: roughly 1,100 stocks held at index weights, so the portfolio is the benchmark rather than a proxy for it.investor.vanguard.com
- Small-cap growth exposure spread across about 1,100 companies, so no single name drives the fund the way it can in mega-cap growth products (VUG, SCHG, SPYG).
- Running since 2010 as the ETF share class of a Vanguard index fund, with a plain passive mandate and quarterly distributions.investor.vanguard.com
Worth knowing
- Small caps move harder than mega-caps. The prospectus flags stock market, investment style and small-cap risk as the main things that can bite.fund-docs.vanguard.com
- It trades lightly next to the category's giants, so wider bid-ask spreads are part of the package.
- Vanguard's own VBK covers similar small-cap growth ground on a different index at 0.05%, so the two overlap with different rulebooks.
VTWG Holdings
- Stocks
- 1,136
- 7%
- SLBBH1142
Sectors
- Health Care30.3%
- Technology20.7%
- Industrials14.5%
- Consumer Discretionary8.5%
- Financials8.4%
- Energy5.4%
- Materials5.0%
- Real Estate2.4%
- Consumer Staples2.3%
- Communication2.1%
- Utilities0.5%
Geography
- United States100.00%
VTWG Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
VTWG$11,229
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 | VTWG |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +9.9% |
| 1 month | −3.6% |
| 3 months | −8.0% |
| 1 year | +12.3% |
| 3 years | +18.5% |
| 5 years | +4.4% |
| 10 years | +10.1% |
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 | VTWG |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +9.9% | |
| 2025 | +13.1% | |
| 2024 | +15.1% | |
| 2023 | +18.9% | |
| 2022 | −26.5% | |
| 2021 | +2.9% | |
| 2020 | +34.7% |
VTWG in the news
VTWG Dividends
- 0.68%
- $1.75
- $0.34 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
VTWG Risk
- 21.3%
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.
- 0.66
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.
- −40.5%
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.
- 1.43
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
VTWG Cost
0.06%
VTWG0.06%
- The middle half of US Growth Index funds
- Median 0.18%
7 of the 35 US Growth Index funds charge less.
Other funds in US Growth Index
- BVOOGVanguard S&P 500 Growth ETFExpense ratio 0.07%1 year return +22.8%
- BIWFiShares Russell 1000 Growth ETFExpense ratio 0.18%1 year return +11.1%
- BGGUSGoldman Sachs MarketBeta Russell 1000 Growth Equity ETFExpense ratio 0.12%1 year return +11.6%
- BIWPiShares Russell Mid-Cap Growth ETFExpense ratio 0.23%1 year return +1.3%
- BSFYSoFi Select 500 ETFExpense ratio 0.19%1 year return +23.5%