{
 "ticker": "VIG",
 "name": "Vanguard Div Appreciation ETF",
 "issuer": "Vanguard",
 "desk": "core",
 "url": "https://etfiq.com/funds/vig",
 "html": "https://etfiq.com/funds/vig",
 "markdown": "https://etfiq.com/funds/vig.md",
 "as_of": "2026-10-28",
 "verdict": "VIG tracks an index of Dividend growth and returned +13.9% over the past year.",
 "lead": "VIG paid $0.9295 a share, ex-date Sep 28, 2026, and 1.7% of its price in cash over the year to Oct 28, 2026.",
 "category": {
  "id": "stocks",
  "name": "Stocks",
  "label": "Stock ETFs",
  "url": "https://etfiq.com/stocks/",
  "group": {
   "id": "us-stocks",
   "name": "U.S. stocks"
  },
  "segment": {
   "id": "us-large-blend",
   "name": "U.S. large-cap blend",
   "url": "https://etfiq.com/stocks/us-large-blend/"
  },
  "status": "classified",
  "as_of": "2026-10-29",
  "method": "https://etfiq.com/methodology/categories"
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 "promise": {
  "badge": null,
  "label": "Not measured",
  "category": "stocks",
  "sentence": "no other ETF tracks the index it names, so its tracking cannot be measured",
  "figure": null,
  "unit": null,
  "from": null,
  "to": null,
  "url": "https://etfiq.com/promise-index/stocks/"
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  {
   "key": "total_return_1_year",
   "label": "Total return, 1 year",
   "value": "+13.9%",
   "source": "computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices",
   "as_of": "2026-10-28",
   "sentence": "VIG, total return, 1 year: +13.9%, as of Oct 28, 2026.",
   "cite": {
    "value": "+13.9%",
    "as_of": "2026-10-28",
    "source": "computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices",
    "url": "https://etfiq.com/funds/vig#fact-total-return-1-year",
    "text": "VIG, total return, 1 year: +13.9%, as of Oct 28, 2026."
   }
  },
  {
   "key": "expense_ratio",
   "label": "Expense ratio",
   "value": "0.04%",
   "source": "485BPOS XBRL, May 28, 2026",
   "as_of": "2026-05-28",
   "sentence": "VIG, expense ratio: 0.04%, as of May 28, 2026.",
   "cite": {
    "value": "0.04%",
    "as_of": "2026-05-28",
    "source": "485BPOS XBRL, May 28, 2026",
    "url": "https://etfiq.com/funds/vig#fact-expense-ratio",
    "text": "VIG, expense ratio: 0.04%, as of May 28, 2026."
   }
  },
  {
   "key": "holdings",
   "label": "Holdings",
   "value": "335",
   "source": "the issuer\u2019s holdings file",
   "as_of": "2026-09-30",
   "sentence": "VIG, holdings: 335, as of Sep 30, 2026.",
   "cite": {
    "value": "335",
    "as_of": "2026-09-30",
    "source": "the issuer\u2019s holdings file",
    "url": "https://etfiq.com/funds/vig#fact-holdings",
    "text": "VIG, holdings: 335, as of Sep 30, 2026."
   }
  },
  {
   "key": "below_its_high",
   "label": "Below its high",
   "value": "0.0%",
   "source": "ETFIQ",
   "as_of": "2026-10-28",
   "sentence": "VIG, below its high: 0.0%, as of Oct 28, 2026.",
   "cite": {
    "value": "0.0%",
    "as_of": "2026-10-28",
    "source": "ETFIQ",
    "url": "https://etfiq.com/funds/vig#fact-below-its-high",
    "text": "VIG, below its high: 0.0%, as of Oct 28, 2026."
   }
  },
  {
   "key": "12_month_yield_capital_gains_included_on_its_starting_price",
   "label": "12-month yield, capital gains included, on its starting price",
   "value": "1.7%",
   "source": "computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and distributions",
   "as_of": "2026-10-28",
   "sentence": "VIG, 12-month yield, capital gains included, on its starting price: 1.7%, as of Oct 28, 2026.",
   "cite": {
    "value": "1.7%",
    "as_of": "2026-10-28",
    "source": "computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and distributions",
    "url": "https://etfiq.com/funds/vig#fact-12-month-yield-capital-gains-included-on-its-starting-price",
    "text": "VIG, 12-month yield, capital gains included, on its starting price: 1.7%, as of Oct 28, 2026."
   }
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  {
   "key": "last_payment",
   "label": "Last payment (paid quarterly), ex-date Sep 28, 2026",
   "value": "$0.9295",
   "source": "Tiingo end-of-day distributions",
   "as_of": "2026-09-28",
   "sentence": "VIG, last payment (paid quarterly), ex-date Sep 28, 2026: $0.9295, as of Sep 28, 2026.",
   "cite": {
    "value": "$0.9295",
    "as_of": "2026-09-28",
    "source": "Tiingo end-of-day distributions",
    "url": "https://etfiq.com/funds/vig#fact-last-payment",
    "text": "VIG, last payment (paid quarterly), ex-date Sep 28, 2026: $0.9295, as of Sep 28, 2026."
   }
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  {
   "key": "net_assets",
   "label": "Net assets",
   "value": "$109.1bn",
   "source": "the issuer\u2019s own number for this ETF, month end, as of Sep 30, 2026",
   "as_of": "2026-09-30",
   "sentence": "VIG, net assets: $109.1bn (the issuer\u2019s own number for this ETF, month end, as of Sep 30, 2026).",
   "cite": {
    "value": "$109.1bn",
    "as_of": "2026-09-30",
    "source": "the issuer\u2019s own number for this ETF, month end, as of Sep 30, 2026",
    "url": "https://etfiq.com/funds/vig#fact-net-assets",
    "text": "VIG, net assets: $109.1bn (the issuer\u2019s own number for this ETF, month end, as of Sep 30, 2026)."
   }
  }
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 "fields": [
  {
   "key": "what_it_tracks",
   "label": "What it tracks",
   "value": "S&P U.S. Dividend Growers Index",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "fund_type",
   "label": "Fund type",
   "value": "Equity fund",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "category",
   "label": "Category",
   "value": "Stocks \u00b7 U.S. large-cap blend",
   "source": "ETFIQ"
  },
  {
   "key": "expense_ratio",
   "label": "Expense ratio",
   "value": "0.04%",
   "source": "485BPOS XBRL, May 28, 2026"
  },
  {
   "key": "price",
   "label": "Price",
   "value": "$245.96",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "first_traded",
   "label": "First traded",
   "value": "Apr 27, 2006",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "net_assets",
   "label": "Net assets",
   "value": "$109.1bn",
   "source": "the issuer\u2019s own number for this ETF, month end, as of Sep 30, 2026"
  },
  {
   "key": "benchmark",
   "label": "Benchmark",
   "value": "Its own holdings, as of Sep 30, 2026; no other fund tracks the S&P U.S. Dividend Growers Index, the index its prospectus names",
   "source": "ETFIQ, from its filings"
  },
  {
   "key": "below_its_high",
   "label": "Below its high",
   "value": "0.0%",
   "source": "ETFIQ"
  },
  {
   "key": "holdings",
   "label": "Holdings",
   "value": "335",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "top_ten_weight",
   "label": "Top ten weight",
   "value": "34.5%",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "holdings_as_of",
   "label": "Holdings as of",
   "value": "Sep 30, 2026",
   "source": "the issuer\u2019s month-end file"
  },
  {
   "key": "already_in_the_s_p_500_by_weight",
   "label": "Already in the S&P 500, by weight",
   "value": "92.6%",
   "source": "ETFIQ"
  },
  {
   "key": "active_share_vs_the_s_p_500",
   "label": "Active share vs the S&P 500",
   "value": "59.8%",
   "source": "ETFIQ"
  },
  {
   "key": "already_in_the_nasdaq_100_by_weight",
   "label": "Already in the Nasdaq-100, by weight",
   "value": "31.4%",
   "source": "ETFIQ"
  }
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 "periods": [
  {
   "window": "1 month",
   "Total return": "+4.4%",
   "S&P 500 (SPY)": "+0.9%"
  },
  {
   "window": "3 months",
   "Total return": "+3.5%",
   "S&P 500 (SPY)": "+6.1%"
  },
  {
   "window": "6 months",
   "Total return": "+9.9%",
   "S&P 500 (SPY)": "+9.1%"
  },
  {
   "window": "Year to date",
   "Total return": "+13.3%",
   "S&P 500 (SPY)": "+14.1%"
  },
  {
   "window": "1 year",
   "Total return": "+13.9%",
   "S&P 500 (SPY)": "+13.6%"
  },
  {
   "window": "3 years",
   "Total return": "+72.6%",
   "S&P 500 (SPY)": "+95.0%"
  },
  {
   "window": "5 years",
   "Total return": "+64.1%",
   "S&P 500 (SPY)": "+79.8%"
  },
  {
   "window": "10 years",
   "Total return": "+261.4%",
   "S&P 500 (SPY)": "+325.8%"
  },
  {
   "window": "Since launch",
   "Total return": "+636.9%",
   "S&P 500 (SPY)": "+757.7%"
  },
  {
   "window": "Since launch, annualised",
   "Total return": "+10.2%",
   "S&P 500 (SPY)": "\u2013"
  }
 ],
 "questions": [
  {
   "q": "How has VIG performed?",
   "a": "Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, VIG returned +13.9% with distributions reinvested. Over three years the number is +72.6%."
  },
  {
   "q": "What does VIG cost?",
   "a": "The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year."
  },
  {
   "q": "What does VIG hold?",
   "a": "335 positions as published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, with the top ten at 34.5% of the fund. 93% of its weight is in stocks the S&P 500 also holds."
  },
  {
   "q": "How far is VIG below its high?",
   "a": "0.0% below its high of Oct 28, 2026, measured on the reinvested series to Oct 28, 2026."
  },
  {
   "q": "What dividend does VIG pay?",
   "a": "VIG pays quarterly. The last distribution was $0.9295 a share, which went ex on Sep 28, 2026."
  },
  {
   "q": "What is the dividend yield of VIG?",
   "a": "Over the 12 months to Oct 28, 2026, VIG paid cash distributions equal to 1.7% of its price at the start of the period. Its latest payment was $0.9295 a share, ex-date Sep 28, 2026."
  }
 ],
 "key_stats": [
  {
   "key": "high52",
   "label": "52-week high, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026",
   "value": "$246.61 on Aug 13, 2026",
   "as_of": "2026-08-13",
   "source": "computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices",
   "number": 246.61,
   "window": {
    "from": "2025-10-29",
    "to": "2026-10-28"
   }
  },
  {
   "key": "low52",
   "label": "52-week low, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026",
   "value": "$210.70 on Mar 30, 2026",
   "as_of": "2026-03-30",
   "source": "computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices",
   "number": 210.7,
   "window": {
    "from": "2025-10-29",
    "to": "2026-10-28"
   }
  },
  {
   "key": "inrange",
   "label": "Close on Oct 28, 2026, within that range",
   "value": "$245.96, 98% of the way from the low to the high",
   "as_of": "2026-10-28",
   "source": "computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices",
   "number": 245.96
  },
  {
   "key": "holdings",
   "label": "Holdings",
   "value": "335",
   "as_of": "2026-10-28",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "top10",
   "label": "Top ten weight",
   "value": "34.5%",
   "as_of": "2026-10-28",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "pe",
   "label": "P/E ratio",
   "value": "24.4",
   "as_of": "2026-09-30",
   "source": "Vanguard, Sep 30, 2026",
   "number": 24.4,
   "url": "https://investor.vanguard.com/investment-products/etfs/profile/vig"
  }
 ],
 "trading": {
  "as_of": "2026-10-27",
  "score": null,
  "tier": null,
  "status": "not-scored",
  "lines": [
   "Not scored.",
   "$1,000: about $0.04, 0.004%, one way.",
   "$10,000: about $0.40, 0.004%, one way.",
   "Premium to NAV at the Oct 27 close: 0.00%; 95% of days within \u00b10.02%.",
   "Limit: midpoint + 1\u00a2 to buy, midpoint \u2212 1\u00a2 to sell. At the Oct 27 close of $244.85, that\u2019s $244.86 to buy and $244.84 to sell."
  ],
  "page": "https://etfiq.com/funds/vig/trading/"
 },
 "flows": {
  "as_of": "2026-07-31",
  "coverage": "monthly",
  "computed_by": "ETFIQ, from the change in shares outstanding times the previous day\u2019s NAV",
  "method": "https://etfiq.com/methodology/flows",
  "data": "https://etfiq.com/data/flows/funds/vig.json",
  "windows": [],
  "latest_month": {
   "month": "2026-07",
   "net_flow_usd": 119217081,
   "net_flow": "+$119m",
   "source": "SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone"
  }
 },
 "generated": "2026-10-29",
 "license": "https://etfiq.com/license/",
 "license_text": "Data ETFIQ computes is free to use with attribution: ETFIQ (etfiq.com). Issuer data stays under its owner's terms.",
 "citation": "ETFIQ, VIG, stock fund, data as of Oct 28, 2026. https://etfiq.com/funds/vig"
}