VPU · Vanguard Utilities ETF
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VPU tracks an index of Utilities and returned −3.3% over the past year.
VPU paid $1.258 a share, ex-date Sep 23, 2026, and 2.7% of its price in cash over the year to Oct 28, 2026.
Promise check: DeliveredOver the year to Oct 28, 2026, VPU returned −3.3% against −3.3% for FUTY, which tracks the same MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Utilities 25/50. Fees aside, VPU finished 0.01 points ahead of FUTY.
VPU risk and return scorecard
vs FUTY · Nov 2013 to Oct 2026 · 677 weekly returns · dividend-adjusted
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
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How concentrated, and what does it cost?
MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Utilities 25/50More on VPU
Every number below is on this page. Open what you need.Price and total return, 1 year
$183.81−0.8%1 day, priceClose, Oct 28, 2026
Total return adds every distribution, reinvested. 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.
| Window | Total return | Benchmark (FUTY) | Gap to FUTY | S&P 500 (SPY) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1M Sep 28 – Oct 28, 2026 | +7.9% | +7.9% | 0.0 pts | +0.9% |
| 3M Jul 29 – Oct 28, 2026 | −4.3% | −4.4% | +0.1 pts | +6.1% |
| 6M Apr 29 – Oct 28, 2026 | −5.7% | −5.7% | 0.0 pts | +9.1% |
| YTD Dec 31, 2025 – Oct 28, 2026 | +1.4% | +1.4% | 0.0 pts | +14.1% |
| 1Y Oct 28, 2025 – Oct 28, 2026 | −3.3% | −3.3% | 0.0 pts | +13.6% |
| 3Y Oct 27, 2023 – Oct 28, 2026 | +58.7% | +58.9% | −0.2 pts | +95.0% |
| 5Y Oct 29, 2021 – Oct 28, 2026 | +46.3% | +46.6% | −0.3 pts | +79.8% |
| 10Y Oct 28, 2016 – Oct 28, 2026 | +136.7% | +137.5% | −0.8 pts | +325.8% |
| Since launch Jan 30, 2004 – Oct 28, 2026 | +674.5% | not available | not available | +931.2% |
| Since launch, annualised Jan 30, 2004 – Oct 28, 2026 | +9.4% | – | – | – |
Total returns, distributions reinvested.
Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices, with distributions reinvested.
Money in and out
Monthly data · as of May 31, 2026VPU’s fund, all share classes together: in the month to May 31, 2026, net $19.8m came in, by its SEC filing.
Computed by ETFIQ from the monthly sales and redemptions VPU 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 VPU, back to Sep 2019, is in its flows file. Flows across every fund · How these flows are computed · Compare VPU with other funds in the flows tool
Month by month, money in and money outJun 2023 to May 2026
VPU, 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 VPU’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6). Of the 36 months listed, money came in on net in 26 and went out in 10.
Every bar is from VPU’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6). Of the 36 months listed, money came in on net in 26 and went out in 10.
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.
VPU key stats
Trading
as of Oct 27, 2026
VPU top ten by weight, 52.3% of the fund, of its 70 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.
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About VPU
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Questions people ask about VPU
- How has VPU performed?
- Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, VPU returned −3.3% with distributions reinvested, against −3.3% for its benchmark, the MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Utilities 25/50. Over three years the number is +58.7%.
- What does VPU cost?
- The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year.
- What does VPU hold?
- 70 positions as published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, with the top ten at 52.3% of the fund. 90% of its weight is in stocks the S&P 500 also holds.
- How far is VPU below its high?
- 8.9% below its high of Feb 27, 2026, measured on the reinvested series to Oct 28, 2026.
- What dividend does VPU pay?
- VPU pays quarterly. The last distribution was $1.258 a share, which went ex on Sep 23, 2026.
- What is the dividend yield of VPU?
- Over the 12 months to Oct 28, 2026, VPU paid cash distributions equal to 2.7% of its price at the start of the period. Its latest payment was $1.258 a share, ex-date Sep 23, 2026.
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