VOX · Vanguard Communication Services ETF

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$177.46
−0.4% · 1 day, price
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VOX tracks an index of Communication Services and returned −5.7% over the past year.

Equity fund · Tracks the MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Communication Services 25/50Vanguard ↗Expense ratio 0.09%Fund assets $6.0bn on Sep 30, 2026First traded Sep 29, 2004Benchmark MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Communication Services 25/50, measured by FCOM, which tracks the same indexFund page at the issuer ↗SEC filings ↗Every Vanguard fund ETFIQ coversDividend history

VOX returned −5.7% over the year to Oct 28, 2026, charges 0.09% a year and holds $6.0bn in net assets on Sep 30, 2026.

Promise check: DeliveredOver the year to Oct 28, 2026, VOX returned −5.7% against −5.9% for FCOM, which tracks the same MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Communication Services 25/50. Fees aside, VOX finished 0.28 points ahead of FCOM.

VOX risk and return scorecard

vs FCOM · Nov 2013 to Oct 2026 · 677 weekly returns · dividend-adjusted

13.0 years
VOX +175.9%, FCOM +260.9%, Nov 2013 to Oct 2026, distributions reinvested.
Return
MeasureVOXFCOMEdge
Total return+175.9%+260.9%FCOM
Annualized+8.1%+10.4%FCOM
Price return+111.3%+169.1%FCOM
Risk
MeasureVOXFCOMEdge
Volatility18.7%18.9%Tie
Max drawdown−46.3%−46.4%Tie
Upside capture93.0%100.0%FCOM (slight)
Downside capture99.4%100.0%Tie
Risk-adjusted
MeasureVOXFCOMEdge
Sharpe ratio0.410.51FCOM
Sortino ratio0.580.75FCOM
Alpha vs FCOM
MeasureVOXFCOMEdge
Alpha, a year−1.9%FCOM
Alpha t-stat−2.16
Beta to FCOM0.981.00Lower beta

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records; risk-free rate: U.S. Treasury, Daily Treasury Bill Rates, 13-week coupon equivalent Method · Data

What you earned

VOX −6.8%, FCOM −6.9%: total return over one month to Oct 28, 2026.
VOX−6.8%
FCOM−6.9%
VOX −3.8%, FCOM −3.7%: total return over three months to Oct 28, 2026.
VOX−3.8%
FCOM−3.7%
VOX −8.4%, FCOM −8.5%: total return over six months to Oct 28, 2026.
VOX−8.4%
FCOM−8.5%
VOX −7.7%, FCOM −7.9%: total return over the year to Oct 28, 2026.
VOX−7.7%
FCOM−7.9%
VOX −5.7%, FCOM −5.9%: total return over one year to Oct 28, 2026.
VOX−5.7%
FCOM−5.9%
VOX +81.8%, FCOM +81.3%: total return over three years to Oct 28, 2026.
VOX+81.8%
FCOM+81.3%
VOX +31.8%, FCOM +31.0%: total return over five years to Oct 28, 2026.
VOX+31.8%
FCOM+31.0%
VOX +124.7%, FCOM +186.2%: total return over ten years to Oct 28, 2026.
VOX+124.7%
FCOM+186.2%
VOX +489.7%: total return since launch to Oct 28, 2026.
VOX+489.7%

How concentrated, and what does it cost?

MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Communication Services 25/50
−5.7%
Total return, 1 year
0.09%
Expense ratio
113
Holdings
−10.8%
Below its high
1.0%
12-month yield, capital gains included, on its starting price
$0.3556
Last payment (paid quarterly), ex-date Sep 23, 2026
Sector mix
Cost against like funds

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Price, 1 year

$177.46−0.4%1 day, priceClose, Oct 28, 2026

Price only. Total return over the same days, distributions reinvested, was −5.7%. Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices.

Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices. Data as of Oct 28, 2026. Updated every trading night. Report a data error

Points (pts) are percentage points.

VOX returns by window: total return, cash paid and price change
WindowTotal returnBenchmark (FCOM)Gap to FCOMS&P 500 (SPY)
1M Sep 28 – Oct 28, 2026−6.8%−6.9%+0.1 pts+0.9%
3M Jul 29 – Oct 28, 2026−3.8%−3.7%−0.1 pts+6.1%
6M Apr 29 – Oct 28, 2026−8.4%−8.5%+0.1 pts+9.1%
YTD Dec 31, 2025 – Oct 28, 2026−7.7%−7.9%+0.2 pts+14.1%
1Y Oct 28, 2025 – Oct 28, 2026−5.7%−5.9%+0.2 pts+13.6%
3Y Oct 27, 2023 – Oct 28, 2026+81.8%+81.3%+0.5 pts+95.0%
5Y Oct 29, 2021 – Oct 28, 2026+31.8%+31.0%+0.8 pts+79.8%
10Y Oct 28, 2016 – Oct 28, 2026+124.7%+186.2%−61.5 pts+325.8%
Since launch Sep 29, 2004 – Oct 28, 2026+489.7%not availablenot available+934.5%
Since launch, annualised Sep 29, 2004 – Oct 28, 2026+8.4%–––

Total returns, distributions reinvested.

Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices, with distributions reinvested.

Money in and out

Monthly data · as of May 31, 2026

VOX’s fund, all share classes together: in the month to May 31, 2026, net $263m came in, by its SEC filing.

Computed by ETFIQ from the monthly sales and redemptions VOX files with the SEC on Form N-PORT.

How this is computed

ETFIQ reads no daily data for this fund, so its flows are monthly, and the latest month filed is May 2026. The filing covers all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone: Vanguard sells its ETF as one share class of a fund that also has mutual fund shares. Every day and month ETFIQ holds for VOX, back to Sep 2019, is in its flows file. Flows across every fund · How these flows are computed · Compare VOX with other funds in the flows tool

Month by month, money in and money outJun 2023 to May 2026

VOX, all share classes of its fund, money in and money out each month from Jun 2023 to May 2026: two bars a month, money in above the line and money out below. Every bar is from VOX’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6). Of the 36 months listed, money came in on net in 22 and went out in 14.

Every bar is from VOX’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6). Of the 36 months listed, money came in on net in 22 and went out in 14.

MonthInOutNet
May 2026 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$452m−$188m+$263m
Apr 2026 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$99.5m−$94.7m+$4.8m
Mar 2026 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$66.5m−$225m−$158m
Feb 2026 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$55.4m−$159m−$104m
Jan 2026 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$79.0m−$208m−$129m
Dec 2025 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$156m−$78.2m+$78.2m
Nov 2025 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$783m−$556m+$227m
Oct 2025 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$108m−$150m−$42.3m
Sep 2025 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$158m−$117m+$41.0m
Aug 2025 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$412m−$400m+$11.6m
Jul 2025 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$110m−$183m−$72.8m
Jun 2025 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$347m−$133m+$214m
May 2025 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$216m−$25.1m+$191m
Apr 2025 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$140m−$256m−$116m
Mar 2025 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$92.7m−$296m−$203m
Feb 2025 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$336m−$84.9m+$251m
Jan 2025 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$141m−$13.1m+$128m
Dec 2024 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$65.9m−$14.8m+$51.2m
Nov 2024 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$20.6m−$7.7m+$12.8m
Oct 2024 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$9.6m−$68.0m−$58.4m
Sep 2024 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$31.3m−$130m−$98.7m
Aug 2024 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$121m−$60.2m+$61.2m
Jul 2024 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$14.8m−$131m−$116m
Jun 2024 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$12.5m−$342m−$330m
May 2024 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$194m−$49.9m+$144m
Apr 2024 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$208m−$131m+$76.8m
Mar 2024 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$24.3m−$295m−$270m
Feb 2024 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$372m−$78.1m+$294m
Jan 2024 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$137m−$75.8m+$61.5m
Dec 2023 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$25.2m−$49.0m−$23.9m
Nov 2023 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$99.0m−$36.1m+$62.9m
Oct 2023 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$107m−$263m−$156m
Sep 2023 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$78.4m−$55.4m+$23.0m
Aug 2023 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$135m−$42.3m+$92.6m
Jul 2023 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$313m−$56.6m+$256m
Jun 2023 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$35.6m−$22.2m+$13.4m

Most recent first.

How this is computed

N-PORT months: money in is sales plus reinvestments; money out is redemptions.

N-PORT months are the filed sales plus reinvestments less redemptions. Later months add up the daily data; the Source column names any missing day.

Source: ETFIQ, from the fund’s SEC N-PORT filings. Data as of May 31, 2026. Updated when the fund files its next report.

VOX key stats

52-week high, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026 (ETFIQ)$200.36 on Jan 29, 2026
52-week low, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026 (ETFIQ)$172.79 on Mar 27, 2026
Close on Oct 28, 2026, within that range (ETFIQ)$177.46, 17% of the way from the low to the high
Beta to its benchmark, 1 year (ETFIQ)1.01, against FCOM
R-squared, the same days (ETFIQ)1.00
Beta and R-squared measured over251 daily total returns, Oct 29, 2025 to Oct 28, 2026
Holdings113
Top ten weight71.1%
P/E ratio (Vanguard, Sep 30, 2026)17.6
Range, beta and R-squared computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices. P/E as Vanguard states it, under its terms.

Trading

as of Oct 27, 2026
Trading · VOXas of Oct 27, 2026
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Not scored2 of 6 measured · Oct 27, 2026
0 · Hard to tradeIQ Liquidity Score100 · Trades like a giant
Cost for your order · one way, half its 30-day median spread
$1,000$0.180.018%
$10,000$1.800.018%
Premium or discount to NAV, Oct 27 close+0.03%
−0.1%95% of days within ±0.05% · the 1% band is off this scale+0.1%
How to tradeLimit: midpoint + 4¢ to buy, midpoint − 4¢ to sell.At the Oct 27 close of $178.26, that’s $178.30 to buy and $178.22 to sell.
Full trading page: components, premium history, dealers →

VOX top ten by weight, 71.1% of the fund, of its 113 equity positions, from the holdings filed for Sep 30, 2026. An index fund holds what the index holds, so this is the index. Source: the fund’s SEC filing.

Source: Vanguard’s month-end holdings file. Data as of Sep 30, 2026. Updated monthly.

About VOX

What it tracksMSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Communication Services 25/50
Fund typeEquity fund
Category (ETFIQ)Stocks · Communications
Expense ratio (497 XBRL, Jun 30, 2026)0.09%
Price$177.46
First tradedSep 29, 2004
Net assets (the issuer’s own number for this ETF, month end, as of Sep 30, 2026)$6.0bnReport
Benchmark (ETFIQ, from its filings)MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Communication Services 25/50, measured by FCOM, which tracks the same index
Benchmark named inits prospectus, 497, Jun 30, 2026
VOX, 1 year to Oct 28, 2026−5.7%
FCOM, the same days−5.9%
Against its benchmark, 1 year (ETFIQ)+0.2 pts
Below its high (ETFIQ)−10.8%
Holdings113
Top ten weight71.1%
Holdings as of (the issuer’s month-end file)Sep 30, 2026
Already in the S&P 500, by weight (ETFIQ)84.3%
Active share vs the S&P 500 (ETFIQ)90.3%
Already in the Nasdaq-100, by weight (ETFIQ)64.8%
IQ Investment Committee on VOX

12 seats on VOX, as of Oct 28, 2026: 1 Supports, 1 Mixed, 8 Challenges, 2 Not enough data.

In the tradition ofJohn BogleBogle-style Low CostChallenges
In the tradition ofBenjamin GrahamGraham-style Margin of SafetyChallenges
In the tradition ofWarren Buffett & Charlie MungerBuffett & Munger-style QualityNot enough data
In the tradition ofPeter LynchLynch-style Growth at a Reasonable PriceSupports
In the tradition ofJohn TempletonTempleton-style Global ContrarianNot enough data
In the tradition ofRay DalioDalio-style All-WeatherChallenges
In the tradition ofHoward MarksMarks-style Cycles & RiskChallenges
In the tradition ofStanley DruckenmillerDruckenmiller-style Macro & LiquidityChallenges
In the tradition ofDavid SwensenSwensen-style DiversificationChallenges
In the tradition ofCathie WoodWood-style Disruptive InnovationChallenges
In the tradition ofJesse LivermoreLivermore-style Trend FollowingMixed
Uses ETFIQ’s measuresThe ETFIQ SkepticETFIQ’s own seatChallenges
Put VOX to the committee →See all seats →No investor named is affiliated with or endorses ETFIQ. Not investment advice.

Questions people ask about VOX

How has VOX performed?
Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, VOX returned −5.7% with distributions reinvested, against −5.9% for its benchmark, the MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Communication Services 25/50. Over three years the number is +81.8%.
What does VOX cost?
The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year.
What does VOX hold?
113 positions as published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, with the top ten at 71.1% of the fund. 84% of its weight is in stocks the S&P 500 also holds.
How far is VOX below its high?
10.8% below its high of Jan 29, 2026, measured on the reinvested series to Oct 28, 2026.
Sources and dates
Prices, VOX, Benchmark (FCOM) and S&P 500 (SPY)Tiingo end-of-day · Oct 28, 2026
Net assets, $6.0bnThe issuer’s own number for this ETF, month end · Sep 30, 2026

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