{
 "ticker": "VUG",
 "name": "Vanguard Morningstar Growth ETF",
 "issuer": "Vanguard",
 "desk": "core",
 "url": "https://etfiq.com/funds/vug",
 "html": "https://etfiq.com/funds/vug",
 "markdown": "https://etfiq.com/funds/vug.md",
 "as_of": "2026-10-28",
 "verdict": "VUG tracks an index of US growth and returned +6.6% over the past year.",
 "lead": "VUG has 137 holdings by its book of Sep 30, 2026 and returned +6.6% 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-growth",
   "name": "U.S. large-cap growth",
   "url": "https://etfiq.com/stocks/us-large-growth/"
  },
  "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": "+6.6%",
   "source": "computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices",
   "as_of": "2026-10-28",
   "sentence": "VUG, total return, 1 year: +6.6%, as of Oct 28, 2026.",
   "cite": {
    "value": "+6.6%",
    "as_of": "2026-10-28",
    "source": "computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices",
    "url": "https://etfiq.com/funds/vug#fact-total-return-1-year",
    "text": "VUG, total return, 1 year: +6.6%, as of Oct 28, 2026."
   }
  },
  {
   "key": "expense_ratio",
   "label": "Expense ratio",
   "value": "0.03%",
   "source": "485BPOS XBRL, Apr 28, 2026",
   "as_of": "2026-04-28",
   "sentence": "VUG, expense ratio: 0.03%, as of Apr 28, 2026.",
   "cite": {
    "value": "0.03%",
    "as_of": "2026-04-28",
    "source": "485BPOS XBRL, Apr 28, 2026",
    "url": "https://etfiq.com/funds/vug#fact-expense-ratio",
    "text": "VUG, expense ratio: 0.03%, as of Apr 28, 2026."
   }
  },
  {
   "key": "holdings",
   "label": "Holdings",
   "value": "137",
   "source": "the issuer\u2019s holdings file",
   "as_of": "2026-09-30",
   "sentence": "VUG, holdings: 137, as of Sep 30, 2026.",
   "cite": {
    "value": "137",
    "as_of": "2026-09-30",
    "source": "the issuer\u2019s holdings file",
    "url": "https://etfiq.com/funds/vug#fact-holdings",
    "text": "VUG, holdings: 137, as of Sep 30, 2026."
   }
  },
  {
   "key": "below_its_high",
   "label": "Below its high",
   "value": "\u22124.1%",
   "source": "ETFIQ",
   "as_of": "2026-10-28",
   "sentence": "VUG, below its high: \u22124.1%, as of Oct 28, 2026.",
   "cite": {
    "value": "\u22124.1%",
    "as_of": "2026-10-28",
    "source": "ETFIQ",
    "url": "https://etfiq.com/funds/vug#fact-below-its-high",
    "text": "VUG, below its high: \u22124.1%, as of Oct 28, 2026."
   }
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  {
   "key": "12_month_yield_capital_gains_included_on_its_starting_price",
   "label": "12-month yield, capital gains included, on its starting price",
   "value": "0.4%",
   "source": "computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and distributions",
   "as_of": "2026-10-28",
   "sentence": "VUG, 12-month yield, capital gains included, on its starting price: 0.4%, as of Oct 28, 2026.",
   "cite": {
    "value": "0.4%",
    "as_of": "2026-10-28",
    "source": "computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and distributions",
    "url": "https://etfiq.com/funds/vug#fact-12-month-yield-capital-gains-included-on-its-starting-price",
    "text": "VUG, 12-month yield, capital gains included, on its starting price: 0.4%, as of Oct 28, 2026."
   }
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  {
   "key": "last_payment",
   "label": "Last payment (paid quarterly), ex-date Sep 28, 2026",
   "value": "$0.091",
   "source": "Tiingo end-of-day distributions",
   "as_of": "2026-09-28",
   "sentence": "VUG, last payment (paid quarterly), ex-date Sep 28, 2026: $0.091, as of Sep 28, 2026.",
   "cite": {
    "value": "$0.091",
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    "source": "Tiingo end-of-day distributions",
    "url": "https://etfiq.com/funds/vug#fact-last-payment",
    "text": "VUG, last payment (paid quarterly), ex-date Sep 28, 2026: $0.091, as of Sep 28, 2026."
   }
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  {
   "key": "net_assets",
   "label": "Net assets",
   "value": "$232.9bn",
   "source": "the issuer\u2019s own number for this ETF, month end, as of Sep 30, 2026",
   "as_of": "2026-09-30",
   "sentence": "VUG, net assets: $232.9bn (the issuer\u2019s own number for this ETF, month end, as of Sep 30, 2026).",
   "cite": {
    "value": "$232.9bn",
    "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/vug#fact-net-assets",
    "text": "VUG, net assets: $232.9bn (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": "Morningstar US Large Cap Growth 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 growth",
   "source": "ETFIQ"
  },
  {
   "key": "expense_ratio",
   "label": "Expense ratio",
   "value": "0.03%",
   "source": "485BPOS XBRL, Apr 28, 2026"
  },
  {
   "key": "price",
   "label": "Price",
   "value": "$88.81",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "first_traded",
   "label": "First traded",
   "value": "Jan 30, 2004",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "net_assets",
   "label": "Net assets",
   "value": "$232.9bn",
   "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 Morningstar US Large Cap Growth Index, the index its prospectus names",
   "source": "ETFIQ, from its filings"
  },
  {
   "key": "vug_sep_30_2026_to_oct_28_2026",
   "label": "VUG, Sep 30, 2026 to Oct 28, 2026",
   "value": "\u22121.44%",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "its_book_of_sep_30_2026_the_same_days",
   "label": "Its book of Sep 30, 2026, the same days",
   "value": "\u22121.59%",
   "source": "ETFIQ, measured on 99% of the book by weight"
  },
  {
   "key": "against_its_own_holdings",
   "label": "Against its own holdings",
   "value": "+0.15 pts",
   "source": "ETFIQ"
  },
  {
   "key": "below_its_high",
   "label": "Below its high",
   "value": "\u22124.1%",
   "source": "ETFIQ"
  },
  {
   "key": "holdings",
   "label": "Holdings",
   "value": "137",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "top_ten_weight",
   "label": "Top ten weight",
   "value": "63.1%",
   "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": "97.3%",
   "source": "ETFIQ"
  },
  {
   "key": "active_share_vs_the_s_p_500",
   "label": "Active share vs the S&P 500",
   "value": "42.6%",
   "source": "ETFIQ"
  },
  {
   "key": "already_in_the_nasdaq_100_by_weight",
   "label": "Already in the Nasdaq-100, by weight",
   "value": "78.8%",
   "source": "ETFIQ"
  }
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 "periods": [
  {
   "window": "1 month",
   "Total return": "\u22121.4%",
   "S&P 500 (SPY)": "+0.9%"
  },
  {
   "window": "3 months",
   "Total return": "+8.3%",
   "S&P 500 (SPY)": "+6.1%"
  },
  {
   "window": "6 months",
   "Total return": "+7.6%",
   "S&P 500 (SPY)": "+9.1%"
  },
  {
   "window": "Year to date",
   "Total return": "+9.6%",
   "S&P 500 (SPY)": "+14.1%"
  },
  {
   "window": "1 year",
   "Total return": "+6.6%",
   "S&P 500 (SPY)": "+13.6%"
  },
  {
   "window": "3 years",
   "Total return": "+106.0%",
   "S&P 500 (SPY)": "+95.0%"
  },
  {
   "window": "5 years",
   "Total return": "+74.3%",
   "S&P 500 (SPY)": "+79.8%"
  },
  {
   "window": "10 years",
   "Total return": "+426.9%",
   "S&P 500 (SPY)": "+325.8%"
  },
  {
   "window": "Since launch",
   "Total return": "+1,257.5%",
   "S&P 500 (SPY)": "+931.2%"
  },
  {
   "window": "Since launch, annualised",
   "Total return": "+12.1%",
   "S&P 500 (SPY)": "\u2013"
  }
 ],
 "questions": [
  {
   "q": "How has VUG performed?",
   "a": "Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, VUG returned +6.6% with distributions reinvested. Over three years the number is +106.0%."
  },
  {
   "q": "What does VUG cost?",
   "a": "The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year."
  },
  {
   "q": "What does VUG hold?",
   "a": "137 positions as published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, with the top ten at 63.1% of the fund. 97% of its weight is in stocks the S&P 500 also holds."
  },
  {
   "q": "How far is VUG below its high?",
   "a": "4.1% below its high of Oct 6, 2026, measured on the reinvested series to Oct 28, 2026."
  },
  {
   "q": "What is the expense ratio of VUG?",
   "a": "VUG's expense ratio is 0.03% a year, read from 485BPOS XBRL, Apr 28, 2026."
  },
  {
   "q": "What dividend does VUG pay?",
   "a": "VUG pays quarterly. The last distribution was $0.091 a share, which went ex on Sep 28, 2026."
  }
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 "key_stats": [
  {
   "key": "high52",
   "label": "52-week high, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026",
   "value": "$92.64 on Oct 6, 2026",
   "as_of": "2026-10-06",
   "source": "computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices",
   "number": 92.64,
   "window": {
    "from": "2025-10-29",
    "to": "2026-10-28"
   }
  },
  {
   "key": "low52",
   "label": "52-week low, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026",
   "value": "$70.00 on Mar 30, 2026",
   "as_of": "2026-03-30",
   "source": "computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices",
   "number": 70.0017,
   "window": {
    "from": "2025-10-29",
    "to": "2026-10-28"
   }
  },
  {
   "key": "inrange",
   "label": "Close on Oct 28, 2026, within that range",
   "value": "$88.81, 83% of the way from the low to the high",
   "as_of": "2026-10-28",
   "source": "computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices",
   "number": 88.81
  },
  {
   "key": "holdings",
   "label": "Holdings",
   "value": "137",
   "as_of": "2026-10-28",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "top10",
   "label": "Top ten weight",
   "value": "63.1%",
   "as_of": "2026-10-28",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "pe",
   "label": "P/E ratio",
   "value": "32.1",
   "as_of": "2026-09-30",
   "source": "Vanguard, Sep 30, 2026",
   "number": 32.1,
   "url": "https://investor.vanguard.com/investment-products/etfs/profile/vug"
  }
 ],
 "trading": {
  "as_of": "2026-10-27",
  "score": null,
  "tier": null,
  "status": "not-scored",
  "lines": [
   "Not scored.",
   "$1,000: at least $0.06, 0.006%, one way, half a one-cent tick.",
   "$10,000: at least $0.57, 0.006%, one way, half a one-cent tick.",
   "Premium to NAV at the Oct 27 close: +0.01%; 95% of days within \u00b10.11%.",
   "Limit: midpoint + 1\u00a2 to buy, midpoint \u2212 1\u00a2 to sell. At the Oct 27 close of $88.45, that\u2019s $88.46 to buy and $88.44 to sell."
  ],
  "page": "https://etfiq.com/funds/vug/trading/"
 },
 "flows": {
  "as_of": "2026-06-30",
  "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/vug.json",
  "windows": [],
  "latest_month": {
   "month": "2026-06",
   "net_flow_usd": -112843585,
   "net_flow": "\u2212$113m",
   "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, VUG, stock fund, data as of Oct 28, 2026. https://etfiq.com/funds/vug"
}