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Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap Index Fund Investor Shares NAESX · NASDAQ

$137.96 +1.46% (+$1.98)

Summary

Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap Index Fund Investor Shares is a mutual fund. It does not trade on an exchange: you buy it from the fund company at a price set once a day. Positions inside: 1,310. The ten largest make up 5.9% of the fund.

Positions
1,310
Dividend yield
1.11%

What speaks for it

  • Widely spread: the ten largest positions make up only 5.9% of the fund.
  • Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 9.0%.

What to watch

Nothing here calls for caution.

A fund has no Bulios Score and no Fair Price of its own - both are computed from the results of a single company. This page shows what is inside the fund and what it costs instead.

Price

Performance

1 month
-1.8%
3 months
-4.0%
This year
+10%
1 year
+12%
3 years
+56%
5 years
+25%
10 years
+137%
Avg. market cap
$28.8B
P/E
27.8x
Forward P/E
21.7x
P/S
2.2x
P/B
4.7x
P/FCF
26.2x
EV/EBITDA
17.4x
Dividend yield
0.58%
ROIC
6.4%
ROE
18.4%
Gross margin
44.9%
Operating margin
-274.3%
Net margin
-47.6%
Payout ratio
16.0%
Net debt/EBITDA
1.2x
Beta
1.07

Weighted average of the 50 largest companies, which make up 16% of the fund. Banks and insurers are left out of the gross margin, the ROIC and the EBITDA figures.

What is inside?

Widely spread
  1. 1 SLCMT1142 1.3%
  2. 2
    NT
    Natera NTRA 0.7%
  3. 3
    TW
    Twilio Inc. TWLO 0.6%
  4. 4
    RV
    Revolution Medicines RVMD 0.5%
  5. 5
    IL
    Illumina ILMN 0.5%
  6. 6
    P
    Pandora Media, Inc. P 0.5%
  7. 7
    OK
    Okta OKTA 0.4%
  8. 8
    MR
    Moderna MRNA 0.4%
  9. 9
    EM
    EMCOR EME 0.4%
  10. 10
    CR
    Credo CRDO 0.4%

Positions in the fund: 1,310. The ten largest make up 5.9% of it.

Composition as of Oct 18, 2026.

Where is it spread?

By company size

By the company's market value: Mega cap from $200B, Large cap from $10B, Mid cap from $2B, Small cap from $300M, Micro cap below $300M. Counted from the companies that make up 94% of the fund.

Largest size group: Large cap (56%).

What does it cost me?

We do not know the costs of this fund.

How has it done?

Growing over the long run
A year on average, 10 years
+9.0%
Deepest drop
-29%
Yearly volatility
16%

Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 9.0%. Deepest drop in these years: 29% below the earlier high.

Does it pay dividends?

Yes, it pays out
Yield
1.11%
Payments a year
4
Last payment
$0.36

Over the last 12 months it paid $1.54 per share, which is 1.11% of today's price. The last payment was $0.36 on Sep 28, 2026.

How expensive are the companies inside?

Rather expensive
P/E of the companies inside
27.8
Average Bulios Score
57 out of 100

Weight by Bulios Fair Price

On average the companies inside trade for 27.8 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 81% of the rated weight comes out as overvalued.

Counted from its largest companies (50), which make up 16% of the fund. Each company counts by its weight. We use the metrics, the Bulios Score and the Fair Price of the companies themselves.

Can I buy it as an ETF?

A mutual fund is bought from the fund company. These ETFs hold much of the same and trade on an exchange, so an ordinary broker carries them.

Fund Domicile Size 1-year change Dividends
VB
VB Vanguard Small Cap Index Fund
United States 0.03% $175.8B +12% Pays out 94%
VX
VXF Vanguard Extended Market ETF
United States 0.05% $91.2B +8.6% Pays out 68%
JH
JHMM John Hancock Investments - Multifactor Mid Cap ETF
United States 0.41% $5.92B +13% Pays out 58%
BB
BBMC JPMorgan BetaBuilders U.S. Mid Cap Equity ETF
United States 0.07% $2.08B +17% Pays out 54%
SM
SMLF iShares U.S. Small-Cap Equity Factor ETF
United States 0.15% $4.07B +14% Pays out 48%
CV
CVMC Calvert US Mid-Cap Core Responsible Index ETF
United States 0.15% $99.2M +18% Pays out 46%

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