The Vanguard Small-Cap index Fund ETF Shares (NYSE:VB) seeks to track the performance of the CRSP US Small Cap Index that measures the investment return of small-capitalization stocks. The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the CRSP US Small Cap Index, a broadly diversified index of stocks of small U.S. companies. The advisor attempts to replicate the target index by investing all, or substantially all, of its assets in the stocks that make up the index, holding each stock in approximately the same proportion as its weighting in the index.

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With over $90 billion in assets, it is the one of the most popular ETFs to capture the small cap market segment. The fund has over 1,300 holdings and an expense ratio of 0.05%.

Fund Overview

  • Net Assets 135.23 Billions
  • YTD Daily Total Return 17.49%
  • Yield 1.04%


Performance Overview

  • 17.49% YTD Daily Total Return
  • 60.15% 1-Year Daily Total Return
  • 14.95% 3-Year Daily Total Return

Top 10 Holdings (3.06% of Total Assets)

NameSymbol% Assets
NovoCure LtdNVCR0.33%
Steris PLCSTE0.33%
IDEX CorpIEX0.31%
VICI Properties Inc Ordinary SharesVICI0.31%
Bio-Techne CorpTECH0.30%
Charles River Laboratories International IncCRL0.30%
Pool CorpPOOL0.30%
Teledyne Technologies IncTDY0.30%
Avantor IncAVTR0.29%
Devon Energy CorpDVN0.29%

VB is best for long term investors who are interested in small cap ETF that invests in small cap stocks.

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