Summary
Vanguard Balanced Index Fund is a mutual fund run by Vanguard. It does not trade on an exchange: you buy it from the fund company at a price set once a day. Positions inside: 15,974. The ten largest make up 22% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.07%
- Fund size
- $62.5B
- Positions
- 15,974
- Dividend yield
- 5.31%
- Running since
- 2000
What speaks for it
- Costs of 0.07% a year are below the middle of comparable funds (0.24%).
- Widely spread: the ten largest positions make up only 22% of the fund.
- A large fund with $62.5B under management.
- Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 5.9%.
- It has been running since 2000.
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
- -0.5%
- 3 months
- +1.2%
- This year
- +4.7%
- 1 year
- +2.5%
- 3 years
- +33%
- 5 years
- +11%
- 10 years
- +77%
- Avg. market cap
- $2.51T
- P/E
- 26.3x
- Forward P/E
- 23.5x
- P/S
- 6.3x
- P/B
- 7.9x
- P/FCF
- 34.6x
- EV/EBITDA
- 19.7x
- Dividend yield
- 0.67%
- ROIC
- 28.1%
- ROE
- 60.5%
- Gross margin
- 59.5%
- Operating margin
- 35.2%
- Net margin
- 33.3%
- Payout ratio
- 17.6%
- Net debt/EBITDA
- 0.5x
- Beta
- 0.95
Weighted average of the 50 largest companies, which make up 35% 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 NVNvidia NVDA 4.4%
- 2 AAApple AAPL 4.1%
- 3 MSMicrosoft MSFT 3.2%
- 4 AMAmazon AMZN 2.1%
- 5 GOAlphabet GOOGL 1.7%
- 6 AVBroadcom AVGO 1.4%
- 7 GOAlphabet GOOG 1.4%
- 8 MEMeta META 1.4%
- 9 MUMicron MU 1.0%
- 10 TSTesla TSLA 0.8%
Positions in the fund: 15,974. The ten largest make up 22% of it.
Composition as of Oct 18, 2026.
Where is it spread?
Spread outBy sector
- Technology 24%
- Financials 7.2%
- Healthcare 6.2%
- Communication services 5.7%
- Industrials 5.3%
- Other 52%
By country
- United States 61%
- Ireland 0.7%
- United Kingdom 0.3%
- Singapore 0.2%
- Other countries 38%
By company size
- Mega cap 64%
- Large cap 36%
- Mid cap 0.1%
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 57% of the fund.
Largest sector: Technology (24%). Largest country: United States (61%). Largest size group: Mega cap (64%).
What does it cost me?
Cheap- A year from $10,000
- $7.00
- Over 20 years
- $352
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $7.00 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 $352.
How has it done?
Growing over the long run- A year on average, 10 years
- +5.9%
- Deepest drop
- -24%
- Yearly volatility
- 9.4%
Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 5.9%. Deepest drop in these years: 24% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 5.31%
- Payments a year
- 4
- Last payment
- $0.30
Over the last 12 months it paid $2.89 per share, which is 5.31% of today's price. The last payment was $0.30 on Sep 28, 2026.
How expensive are the companies inside?
Rather expensive- P/E of the companies inside
- 26.3
- Average Bulios Score
- 73 out of 100
Weight by Bulios Fair Price
- Undervalued 7.1%
- Fairly valued 3.3%
- Overvalued 90%
On average the companies inside trade for 26.3 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 90% of the rated weight comes out as overvalued.
Counted from its largest companies (50), which make up 35% 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
VT VTI Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund | United States | 0.03% | $2.30T | +13% | Pays out | 57% |
VU VUS.TO Vanguard U.S. Total Market Index ETF (CAD-hedged) | Canada | 0.15% | $998.3M | +11% | Pays out | 57% |
VU VUN.TO Vanguard U.S. Total Market Index ETF | Canada | 0.16% | $14.4B | +13% | Pays out | 57% |
SC SCHB Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF | United States | 0.03% | $44.4B | +13% | Pays out | 57% |
IW IWB iShares Russell 1000 ETF | United States | 0.15% | $48.6B | +13% | Pays out | 57% |
VG VGS.AX Vanguard MSCI Index International Shares ETF | Australia | 0.18% | $9.60B | +5.3% | Pays out | 56% |
