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VBVanguardINDEX

Vanguard Small Cap Index Fund

$288.57+0.47% vs prior close
24130952-WK

Price through Oct 26, 2026 · Flows through Oct 31, 2024. Figures use the latest available records, not a live quote. Fund details retrieved Oct 26, 2026. Holdings snapshot retrieved Oct 26, 2026.

The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the CRSP US Small Cap Index, a broadly diversified index of stocks of small U.S. companies. The advisor attempts to replicate the target index by investing all, or substantially all, of its assets in the stocks that make up the index, holding each stock in approximately the same proportion as its weighting in the index.

VB price

Source: Market tape, daily closes; price return, distributions not reinvested
Table
DateVB close
Sep 28, 2026$286.54
Sep 29, 2026$286.08
Sep 30, 2026$284.49
Oct 1, 2026$286.56
Oct 2, 2026$288.99
Oct 5, 2026$290.95
Oct 6, 2026$291.07
Oct 7, 2026$286.98
Oct 8, 2026$287.63
Oct 9, 2026$289.48
Oct 12, 2026$288.16
Oct 13, 2026$288.16
Oct 14, 2026$283.82
Oct 15, 2026$287.97
Oct 16, 2026$284.32
Oct 19, 2026$284.42
Oct 20, 2026$288.04
Oct 21, 2026$289.30
Oct 22, 2026$288.67
Oct 23, 2026$287.22
Oct 26, 2026$288.57

The desk’s read

Recent fund-flow records are unavailable, while the price has returned +11.9% so far this year. At 0.050% a year it is not the cheapest way in — VTV has a reported fee of 0.04%.

COMPOSED FROM THE FUND’S OWN DAILY RECORDS · UPDATED WITH EACH REFRESH

$58.9Bassets under management
0.050%expense ratio · $5 per $10,000 a year
—net flow, trailing month
551Kavg daily volume, 30 days
1417holdings · US-domiciled
2004listed January 26, 2004 · beta 1.02
The book at a glance
NTRA+0.2%P+6.5%ILMN+0.6%TWLO+0.7%RVMD-1.7%OKTA+3.3%MRNA-0.6%WSM-1.0%EME+2.8%ATO-0.5%JBL+0.6%FTI+0.7%FFIV+1.4%CASY+0.7%CRDO+2.6%UTHR+0.9%ATI+4.9%SW+0.9%TPR+0.5%GH+2.5%USFD+0.4%OMC-3.4%EXE+0.8%THC+0.2%RS+1.5%ENTG+4.2%PTC+0.2%VTRS+1.6%NVT+3.0%NI+0.4%ROKU-0.9%PR+1.1%CDW-1.1%RBRK+3.6%XPO-0.5%OVV+0.4%RGLD+2.9%NRG+1.4%BBY-1.9%INCY-2.1%

CELL SIZE IS PORTFOLIO WEIGHT · COLOR IS THE CHANGE IN THE LATEST AVAILABLE SNAPSHOT · TOP 40 POSITIONS

Holdings
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1NTRANATERA0.72%$404.90+0.2%
2PEverpure0.52%$131.33+6.5%
3ILMNILLUMINA0.52%$271.04+0.6%
4TWLOTWILIO0.57%$263.65+0.7%
5RVMDREVOLUTION MEDICINES0.53%$183.90-1.7%
6OKTAOKTA0.44%$220.01+3.3%
7MRNAMODERNA0.44%$198.85-0.6%
8WSMWILLIAMS SONOMA0.34%$249.96-1.0%
9EMEEMCOR GROUP0.42%$665.93+2.8%
10ATOATMOS ENERGY0.33%$171.29-0.5%
11JBLJABIL0.38%$275.68+0.6%
12FTITECHNIPFMC0.34%$70.41+0.7%
13FFIVF50.32%$461.60+1.4%
14CASYCASEYS GENERAL STORES0.28%$703.93+0.7%
15CRDOCREDO TECHNOLOGY GROUP HOLDING0.42%$151.15+2.6%

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Sector weights

  • Finance22.07%
  • Industrials19.36%
  • Consumer Discretionary18.14%
  • Information Technology15.84%
  • Technology15.4%
  • Consumer Cyclical13.96%
  • Financial Services13.76%
  • Financials12.87%
  • Healthcare10.96%
  • Technology Services10.57%
Source: Portfolio composition, latest disclosure
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ItemValue (%)
Finance22.07%
Industrials19.36%
Consumer Discretionary18.14%
Information Technology15.84%
Technology15.4%
Consumer Cyclical13.96%
Financial Services13.76%
Financials12.87%
Healthcare10.96%
Technology Services10.57%

Country weights

  • United States98.79%
  • Bermuda0.93%
  • Ireland0.26%
  • Canada0.25%
  • United Kingdom0.23%
  • Other0.16%
  • Cayman Islands0.14%
  • India0.11%
Source: Portfolio composition, latest disclosure
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ItemValue (%)
United States98.79%
Bermuda0.93%
Ireland0.26%
Canada0.25%
United Kingdom0.23%
Other0.16%
Cayman Islands0.14%
India0.11%
Performance
1 week+0.2%
1 month-0.4%
3 months-2.3%
6 months+1.8%
YTD+11.9%
1 year—
3 years—

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week—
1 month—
3 months—
YTD—
1 year—

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows

  • Inflow / above zero
  • Outflow / below zero
$0Jul+$471.6MSep+$319.5MOct$0Jul+$471.6MSep+$319.5MOct$0Jul+$471.6MSep+$319.5MOct
Source: Daily creation/redemption records, trailing twelve months
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LabelValue ($)
Jul$0
Sep$471.6M
Oct$319.5M
The risk read
13%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
16%realized volatility, 1 year
-9.3%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-6.7%latest close versus that peak

The top holding is 0.7% of the book; the top ten carry 5%. Spread across 250+ names, it behaves like roughly 212 equally-weighted positions.

VOLATILITY & DRAWDOWN FROM THE DAILY TAPE · CONCENTRATION FROM THE LATEST DISCLOSED BOOK

Options tape
14calls · latest snapshot
3puts · latest snapshot
0.21put/call ratio
356Kshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
MRNA MODERNA$52M$70M
CRDO CREDO TECHNOLOGY GROUP HOLDING$14M$15M
SOFI SOFI TECHNOLOGIES$11M$11M
CRCL Circle Internet Group$9M$10M
BURL BURLINGTON STORES$13M$801,348

TODAY’S OPTIONS PREMIUM IN THE FUND’S UNDERLYING NAMES

The case against VB

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat VB on at least one dimension that matters — the fee, the asset base, or where the money is going.

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
SPDW SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF0.03%$40.7B+$609M-2bp on fee · +$609M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPMD State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 400 Mid Cap ETF0.03%$18.4B+$199M-2bp on fee · +$199M in over the monthHead-to-head
IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF0.05%$123.5B+$2.3B2× the assets · +$2.3B in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.4B+$497M-1bp on fee · +$497M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.7B+$51M-1bp on fee · +$51M in over the monthHead-to-head
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