Vanguard Extended Market ETF
$232.54−0.98 (−0.42%)
- 0.05%
- $95.4B
- +15.2%
- 1.04%
- 0.4M sh
- $233.41
- low $195.90high $250.75
The ETF.net VXF Grade
A
Score 78 out of 100
- 6 of 43
Score 78 of 100 falls in the A 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.A92 out of 100Rank 4 of 43Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A99 out of 100Rank 7 of 31Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.D27 out of 100Rank 37 of 43Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.B61 out of 100Rank 12 of 43Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.A85 out of 100Rank 3 of 41Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.A95 out of 100Rank 1 of 43
Our read on VXF
AEverything the S&P 500 leaves out. VXF tracks the S&P Completion Index, roughly 3,400 US mid- and small-cap names, and a company promoted into the 500 gets dropped from here. The classic completion half of a large-cap core.
The fund seeks to track the investment performance of the S&P Completion Index, an unmanaged benchmark representing U.S. mid- and small-capitalization stocks.
Why people hold it
- Costs 0.05% a year, against a 0.45% median for its index-fund peer group. Vanguard has run it since 2001.
- One ticker for the US market outside the S&P 500, about 3,400 stocks. Zero overlap by construction: index rules remove a company from the Completion Index as soon as the S&P 500 adds it.spglobal.com
- Index-tracking discipline sits among the strongest in its peer group, and it is a multi-billion-dollar fund with steady daily volume. Distributions land quarterly.
Worth knowing
- Mid- and small-cap stocks swing harder than blue chips, and this index reaches well down the size scale. A bumpier ride than an S&P 500 fund.
- It owns none of the S&P 500 by design, so on its own it is a slice of the US market rather than the whole thing.spglobal.com
- A few funds in the same peer group run cheaper still (SCHK at 0.03%, SPYV at 0.04%), though they track different slices of the market.
VXF Holdings
- Stocks
- 3,318
- 9%
- SLCMT1142
Sectors
- Technology20.5%
- Industrials17.1%
- Health Care15.1%
- Financials14.9%
- Consumer Discretionary8.8%
- Real Estate5.8%
- Energy5.4%
- Materials5.2%
- Consumer Staples2.8%
- Communication2.6%
- Utilities1.8%
Geography
- United States100.00%
VXF Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
VXF$11,524
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 | VXF |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +12.5% |
| 1 month | −1.5% |
| 3 months | −3.1% |
| 1 year | +15.2% |
| 3 years | +19.7% |
| 5 years | +6.0% |
| 10 years | +11.5% |
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 | VXF |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +12.5% | |
| 2025 | +11.4% | |
| 2024 | +16.9% | |
| 2023 | +25.5% | |
| 2022 | −26.5% | |
| 2021 | +12.3% | |
| 2020 | +32.4% |
VXF in the news
VXF Dividends
- 1.04%
- $2.43
- $0.56 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
VXF Risk
- 18.2%
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.
- 0.79
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.
- −36.4%
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.
- 1.15
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
VXF Cost
0.05%
VXF0.05%
- The middle half of Other Major Indexes funds
- Median 0.29%
3 of the 42 Other Major Indexes funds charge less.
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- AVOTETCW Transform 500 ETFExpense ratio 0.05%1 year return +20.5%
- AVOOVVanguard S&P 500 Value ETFExpense ratio 0.07%1 year return +17.6%
- AIVEiShares S&P 500 Value ETFExpense ratio 0.18%1 year return +17.4%
- ADIAState Street SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF TrustExpense ratio 0.16%1 year return +15.5%
- AFINAFidelity MSCI North American Subset Index ETFExpense ratio 0.09%1 year return —