# VOX (Vanguard Communication Services  ETF)

Vanguard · Stock ETFs · Communications · data as of Oct 28, 2026

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: Delivered. Over 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. https://etfiq.com/promise-index/stocks/

VOX tracks an index of Communication Services and returned −5.7% over the past year.

## Key facts

- VOX, total return, 1 year: −5.7%, as of Oct 28, 2026.
- VOX, expense ratio: 0.09%, as of Jun 30, 2026.
- VOX, holdings: 113, as of Sep 30, 2026.
- VOX, below its high: −10.8%, as of Oct 28, 2026.
- VOX, 12-month yield, capital gains included, on its starting price: 1.0%, as of Oct 28, 2026.
- VOX, last payment (paid quarterly), ex-date Sep 23, 2026: $0.3556, as of Sep 23, 2026.
- VOX, net assets: $6.0bn (the issuer’s own number for this ETF, month end, as of Sep 30, 2026).

## VOX over each window to Oct 28, 2026

| Window | Total return | Benchmark (FCOM) | Gap to FCOM | S&P 500 (SPY) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 month | −6.8% | −6.9% | +0.1 pts | +0.9% |
| 3 months | −3.8% | −3.7% | −0.1 pts | +6.1% |
| 6 months | −8.4% | −8.5% | +0.1 pts | +9.1% |
| Year to date | −7.7% | −7.9% | +0.2 pts | +14.1% |
| 1 year | −5.7% | −5.9% | +0.2 pts | +13.6% |
| 3 years | +81.8% | +81.3% | +0.5 pts | +95.0% |
| 5 years | +31.8% | +31.0% | +0.8 pts | +79.8% |
| 10 years | +124.7% | +186.2% | −61.5 pts | +325.8% |
| Since launch | +489.7% | not available | not available | +934.5% |
| Since launch, annualised | +8.4% | – | – | – |

## VOX key stats

- 52-week high, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026: $200.36 on Jan 29, 2026 (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- 52-week low, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026: $172.79 on Mar 27, 2026 (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- Close on Oct 28, 2026, within that range: $177.46, 17% of the way from the low to the high (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- Beta to its benchmark, 1 year: 1.01, against FCOM (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- R-squared, the same days: 1.00 (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- Beta and R-squared measured over: 251 daily total returns, Oct 29, 2025 to Oct 28, 2026 (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- Holdings: 113
- Top ten weight: 71.1%
- P/E ratio: 17.6 (Vanguard, Sep 30, 2026)

## VOX trading

- Not scored.
- $1,000: about $0.18, 0.018%, one way.
- $10,000: about $1.80, 0.018%, one way.
- Premium to NAV at the Oct 27 close: +0.03%; 95% of days within ±0.05%.
- Limit: 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.
- The full trading page: https://etfiq.com/funds/vox/trading/

## Every published field

| Field | Value | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| What it tracks | MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Communication Services 25/50 | ETFIQ |
| Fund type | Equity fund | ETFIQ |
| Category | Stocks · Communications | ETFIQ |
| Expense ratio | 0.09% | 497 XBRL, Jun 30, 2026 |
| Price | $177.46 | ETFIQ |
| First traded | Sep 29, 2004 | ETFIQ |
| Net assets | $6.0bn | the issuer’s own number for this ETF, month end, as of Sep 30, 2026 |
| Benchmark | MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Communication Services 25/50, measured by FCOM, which tracks the same index | ETFIQ, from its filings |
| Benchmark named in | its prospectus, 497, Jun 30, 2026 | ETFIQ |
| VOX, 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 | −5.7% | ETFIQ |
| FCOM, the same days | −5.9% | ETFIQ |
| Against its benchmark, 1 year | +0.2 pts | ETFIQ |
| Below its high | −10.8% | ETFIQ |
| Holdings | 113 | ETFIQ |
| Top ten weight | 71.1% | ETFIQ |
| Holdings as of | Sep 30, 2026 | the issuer’s month-end file |
| Already in the S&P 500, by weight | 84.3% | ETFIQ |
| Active share vs the S&P 500 | 90.3% | ETFIQ |
| Already in the Nasdaq-100, by weight | 64.8% | ETFIQ |

## Money in and out, to May 31, 2026

Monthly data only. May 2026: +$263m, from SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone.

Computed by ETFIQ from the change in shares outstanding times the previous day’s NAV. Every day and month: <https://etfiq.com/data/flows/funds/vox.json>. Method: https://etfiq.com/methodology/flows

## Questions

### 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.


## Cite this page

ETFIQ, VOX, stock fund, data as of Oct 28, 2026. https://etfiq.com/funds/vox
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