Vanguard Small Cap Index Fund VB · AMEX
$284.30 -1.27% (-$3.67)
Summary
Vanguard Small Cap Index Fund is an ETF - a fund traded on an exchange like a stock - run by Vanguard. Positions inside: 1,310. The ten largest make up 5.9% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.03%
- Fund size
- $175.8B
- Positions
- 1,310
- Dividend yield
- 1.28%
- Running since
- 2004
What speaks for it
- Costs of 0.03% a year are below the middle of comparable funds (0.44%).
- Widely spread: the ten largest positions make up only 5.9% of the fund.
- A large fund with $175.8B under management.
- Easy to buy and sell: about $145.6M changes hands a day.
- Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 9.0%.
- It has been running since 2004.
What to watch
- 100% of the fund is in one country (United States).
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 SLCMT1142 1.3%
- 2 NTNatera NTRA 0.7%
- 3 TWTwilio Inc. TWLO 0.6%
- 4 RVRevolution Medicines RVMD 0.5%
- 5 ILIllumina ILMN 0.5%
- 6 PPandora Media, Inc. P 0.5%
- 7 OKOkta OKTA 0.4%
- 8 MRModerna MRNA 0.4%
- 9 EMEMCOR EME 0.4%
- 10 CRCredo 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?
One countryBy sector
- Technology 18%
- Industrials 18%
- Healthcare 14%
- Financials 13%
- Consumer cyclical 11%
- Other 27%
By country
- United States 100%
- Other countries 0.3%
By company size
- Large cap 56%
- Mid cap 44%
- Small cap 0.4%
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 sector: Technology (18%). Largest country: United States (100%). Largest size group: Large cap (56%).
What does it cost me?
Cheap- A year from $10,000
- $3.00
- Over 20 years
- $151
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $3.00 a year. You do not pay it separately - it is taken out of the fund's value. Over 20 years at 5% yearly growth that adds up to about $151.
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
- 1.28%
- Payments a year
- 4
- Last payment
- $0.85
Over the last 12 months it paid $3.65 per share, which is 1.28% of today's price. The last payment was $0.85 on Sep 28, 2026.
Is it easy to buy and sell?
Very easy- Traded a day
- $145.6M
- Shares a day
- 512K
On an average day about $145.6M of the fund changes hands.
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
- Undervalued 14%
- Fairly valued 4.8%
- Overvalued 81%
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.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
NA NAESX Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap Index Fund Investor Shares· mutual fund | - | - | $131.3B | +12% | Pays out | 94% |
VS VSCIX Vanguard Small-Cap Index Fund Institutional Shares· mutual fund | United States | 0.03% | $173.5B | +12% | Pays out | 94% |
VS VSMAX Vanguard Small-Cap Index Fund Admiral Shares· mutual fund | United States | 0.05% | $173.5B | +12% | Pays out | 94% |
VI VIEIX Vanguard Extended Market Index Fund Institutional Shares· mutual fund | United States | 0.04% | $89.5B | +8.6% | Pays out | 68% |
VE VEXAX Vanguard Extended Market Index Fund Admiral Shares· mutual fund | United States | 0.05% | $89.5B | +8.6% | Pays out | 68% |
VE VEMPX Vanguard Extended Market Index Fund Institutional Plus Shares· mutual fund | United States | 0.04% | $89.5B | +8.6% | Pays out | 68% |