VanguardUtilitiesVPU · NYSE Arca
Vanguard Utilities ETF (VPU)
- Price
- $183.19
- —11 Sept 2026
- Assets
- $10.1B
- Total net assets
- Expense ratio
- 0.09%
- Category 0.97%
- Yield
- 2.83%
- Trailing distributions
- 3Y CAGR
- 13.5%-1.8%
- Category 15.3%
- 5Y CAGR
- 7.5%-1.3%
- Category 8.8%
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Vanguard Utilities ETF
Calendar-year returns
Fund only: no comparison series covers this fund's history.
Risk statistics
Five years of daily closes. Risk-free rate 4% a year.
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Holdings
The 10 largest positions make up 52.2% of the fund.
Top holdings
| Ticker | Holding | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| NEE | NextEra Energy Inc | 11.78% |
| SO | Southern Co | 6.92% |
| DUK | Duke Energy Corp | 6.34% |
| CEG | Constellation Energy Corp | 5.26% |
| AEP | American Electric Power Co Inc | 4.52% |
| D | Dominion Energy Inc | 3.95% |
| SRE | Sempra | 3.76% |
| VST | Vistra Corp | 3.26% |
| ETR | Entergy Corp | 3.20% |
| XEL | Xcel Energy Inc | 3.17% |
Portfolio valuation
Weighted averages of what the fund holds.
- P/E
- 20.1
- P/B
- 2.2
- P/S
- 2.8
- P/CF
- 9.5
Sector allocation
Share of the equity the fund holds.
- Utilities99.3%
- Energy0.5%
- Industrials0.2%
Asset mix
- Stocks99.3%
- Cash0.4%
- Other0.3%
ETF details
- Issuer
- Vanguard
- Category
- Equity · Utilities
- Ticker
- VPU
- Exchange
- NYSE Arca
- Inception
- 26 Jan 2004 (22.6 years)
- Structure
- Exchange Traded Fund
- Expense ratio
- 0.09% (category 0.97%)
- Holdings turnover
- 6% (category 47%)
- Distribution yield
- 2.83%
- Beta, 3 years
- 0.44
- Total net assets
- $10.1B
Prices and returns as of 11 Sept 2026; total return with distributions reinvested, before brokerage and taxes. Not investment advice.
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