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Vanguard Energy Index Fund Admiral Shares VENAX · NASDAQ

$92.68 -1.52% (-$1.43)

Summary

Vanguard Energy Index Fund Admiral Shares 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: 114. The ten largest make up 67% of the fund.

Yearly costs
0.09%
Fund size
$12.7B
Positions
114
Dividend yield
2.20%
Running since
2004

What speaks for it

  • Costs of 0.09% a year are below the middle of comparable funds (0.40%).
  • A large fund with $12.7B under management.
  • Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 6.9%.
  • It has been running since 2004.

What to watch

  • The ten largest positions make up 67% of the fund, so its result rests on a few names.
  • 100% of the fund is in one sector (Energy).
  • 98% 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
+5.3%
3 months
+17%
This year
+51%
1 year
+57%
3 years
+48%
5 years
+132%
10 years
+94%
Avg. market cap
$295.4B
P/E
18.5x
Forward P/E
12.6x
P/S
1.7x
P/B
2.7x
P/FCF
14.8x
EV/EBITDA
9.0x
Dividend yield
2.26%
ROIC
9.8%
ROE
19.6%
Gross margin
33.8%
Operating margin
18.4%
Net margin
12.3%
Payout ratio
41.9%
Net debt/EBITDA
1.1x
Beta
-0.01

Weighted average of the 50 largest companies, which make up 94% of the fund. Banks and insurers are left out of the gross margin, the ROIC and the EBITDA figures.

What is inside?

Concentrated
  1. 1
    XO
    Exxon Mobil XOM 23%
  2. 2
    CV
    Chevron CVX 14%
  3. 3
    CO
    ConocoPhillips COP 5.9%
  4. 4
    MP
    Marathon Petroleum Corporation MPC 4.5%
  5. 5
    VL
    Valero Energy Corporation VLO 4.5%
  6. 6
    PS
    Phillips 66 PSX 3.9%
  7. 7
    WM
    The Williams Companies, Inc. WMB 3.2%
  8. 8
    EO
    EOG Resources EOG 2.8%
  9. 9
    SL
    Schlumberger Limited SLB 2.8%
  10. 10
    KM
    Kinder Morgan KMI 2.2%

Positions in the fund: 114. The ten largest make up 67% of it.

Composition as of Oct 18, 2026.

Where is it spread?

One sector dominates

By sector

By country

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.

Largest sector: Energy (100%). Largest country: United States (98%). Largest size group: Large cap (53%).

What does it cost me?

Cheap
A year from $10,000
$9.00
Over 20 years
$451

From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $9.00 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 $451.

How has it done?

Growing over the long run
A year on average, 10 years
+6.9%
Deepest drop
-27%
Yearly volatility
22%

Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 6.9%. Deepest drop in these years: 27% below the earlier high.

Does it pay dividends?

Yes, it pays out
Yield
2.20%
Payments a year
4
Last payment
$0.53

Over the last 12 months it paid $2.04 per share, which is 2.20% of today's price. The last payment was $0.53 on Sep 23, 2026.

How expensive are the companies inside?

Usual valuation
P/E of the companies inside
18.5
Average Bulios Score
65 out of 100

Weight by Bulios Fair Price

On average the companies inside trade for 18.5 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 78% of the rated weight comes out as overvalued.

Counted from its largest companies (50), which make up 94% 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
VD
VDE Vanguard Energy Index Fund
United States 0.09% $13.0B +57% Pays out 99%
FE
FENY Fidelity MSCI Energy Index ETF
United States 0.08% $2.09B +57% Pays out 94%
IY
IYE iShares U.S. Energy ETF
United States 0.37% $1.81B +57% Pays out 91%
GX
GXPE Global X Funds - Global X PureCap MSCI Energy ETF
United States 0.25% $1.60M +58% - 85%
XL
XLE Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund
United States 0.08% $44.6B +59% Pays out 83%
QD
QDVF.DE iShares S&P 500 Energy Sector UCITS ETF
Ireland 0.15% $1.10B +67% Reinvests 83%

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