# VPU (Vanguard Utilities ETF) Vanguard · Stock ETFs · Utilities · data as of Oct 28, 2026 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: Delivered. Over 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. https://etfiq.com/promise-index/stocks/ VPU tracks an index of Utilities and returned −3.3% over the past year. ## Key facts - VPU, total return, 1 year: −3.3%, as of Oct 28, 2026. - VPU, expense ratio: 0.09%, as of Jun 30, 2026. - VPU, holdings: 70, as of Sep 30, 2026. - VPU, below its high: −8.9%, as of Oct 28, 2026. - VPU, 12-month yield, capital gains included, on its starting price: 2.7%, as of Oct 28, 2026. - VPU, last payment (paid quarterly), ex-date Sep 23, 2026: $1.258, as of Sep 23, 2026. - VPU, net assets: $7.7bn (the issuer’s own number for this ETF, month end, as of Sep 30, 2026). ## VPU over each window to Oct 28, 2026 | Window | Total return | Benchmark (FUTY) | Gap to FUTY | S&P 500 (SPY) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 month | +7.9% | +7.9% | 0.0 pts | +0.9% | | 3 months | −4.3% | −4.4% | +0.1 pts | +6.1% | | 6 months | −5.7% | −5.7% | 0.0 pts | +9.1% | | Year to date | +1.4% | +1.4% | 0.0 pts | +14.1% | | 1 year | −3.3% | −3.3% | 0.0 pts | +13.6% | | 3 years | +58.7% | +58.9% | −0.2 pts | +95.0% | | 5 years | +46.3% | +46.6% | −0.3 pts | +79.8% | | 10 years | +136.7% | +137.5% | −0.8 pts | +325.8% | | Since launch | +674.5% | not available | not available | +931.2% | | Since launch, annualised | +9.4% | – | – | – | ## VPU key stats - 52-week high, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026: $205.87 on Feb 27, 2026 (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices) - 52-week low, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026: $170.29 on Sep 28, 2026 (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices) - Close on Oct 28, 2026, within that range: $183.81, 38% of the way from the low to the high (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices) - Beta to its benchmark, 1 year: 1.00, against FUTY (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: 70 - Top ten weight: 52.3% - P/E ratio: 17.7 (Vanguard, Sep 30, 2026) ## VPU trading - Not scored. - $1,000: about $0.18, 0.018%, one way. - $10,000: about $1.75, 0.018%, one way. - Premium to NAV at the Oct 27 close: −0.04%; 95% of days within ±0.04%. - Limit: midpoint + 4¢ to buy, midpoint − 4¢ to sell. At the Oct 27 close of $185.30, that’s $185.34 to buy and $185.26 to sell. - The full trading page: https://etfiq.com/funds/vpu/trading/ ## Every published field | Field | Value | Source | | --- | --- | --- | | What it tracks | MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Utilities 25/50 | ETFIQ | | Fund type | Equity fund | ETFIQ | | Category | Stocks · Utilities | ETFIQ | | Expense ratio | 0.09% | 497 XBRL, Jun 30, 2026 | | Price | $183.81 | ETFIQ | | First traded | Jan 30, 2004 | ETFIQ | | Net assets | $7.7bn | the issuer’s own number for this ETF, month end, as of Sep 30, 2026 | | Benchmark | MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Utilities 25/50, measured by FUTY, which tracks the same index | ETFIQ, from its filings | | Benchmark named in | its prospectus, 497, Jun 30, 2026 | ETFIQ | | VPU, 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 | −3.3% | ETFIQ | | FUTY, the same days | −3.3% | ETFIQ | | Against its benchmark, 1 year | 0.0 pts | ETFIQ | | Below its high | −8.9% | ETFIQ | | Holdings | 70 | ETFIQ | | Top ten weight | 52.3% | ETFIQ | | Holdings as of | Sep 30, 2026 | the issuer’s month-end file | | Already in the S&P 500, by weight | 89.7% | ETFIQ | | Active share vs the S&P 500 | 97.8% | ETFIQ | | Already in the Nasdaq-100, by weight | 16.4% | ETFIQ | ## Money in and out, to May 31, 2026 Monthly data only. May 2026: +$19.8m, 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: . Method: https://etfiq.com/methodology/flows ## Questions ### 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. ## Cite this page ETFIQ, VPU, stock fund, data as of Oct 28, 2026. https://etfiq.com/funds/vpu Free to use with attribution for data ETFIQ computes; issuer data stays under its owner's terms. The underlying files are at . HTML: https://etfiq.com/funds/vpu · JSON: https://etfiq.com/funds/vpu.json