Summary
Vanguard 500 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: 519. The ten largest make up 39% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.04%
- Fund size
- $1.70T
- Positions
- 519
- Dividend yield
- 1.06%
- Running since
- 2000
What speaks for it
- Costs of 0.04% a year are below the middle of comparable funds (0.40%).
- A large fund with $1.70T under management.
- Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 13%.
- It has been running since 2000.
What to watch
- 40% of the fund is in one sector (Technology).
- 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
- -5.0%
- 3 months
- -4.9%
- This year
- +7.8%
- 1 year
- +9.6%
- 3 years
- +68%
- 5 years
- +57%
- 10 years
- +244%
- Avg. market cap
- $2.36T
- P/E
- 23.3x
- Forward P/E
- 22.3x
- P/S
- 5.8x
- P/B
- 6.9x
- P/FCF
- 32.5x
- EV/EBITDA
- 17.4x
- Dividend yield
- 0.69%
- ROIC
- 29.2%
- ROE
- 58.9%
- Gross margin
- 59.7%
- Operating margin
- 35.4%
- Net margin
- 33.3%
- Payout ratio
- 16.1%
- Net debt/EBITDA
- 0.3x
- Beta
- 1.01
Weighted average of the 50 largest companies, which make up 64% of the fund. Banks and insurers are left out of the gross margin, the ROIC and the EBITDA figures.
What is inside?
Moderately concentrated- 1 NVNvidia NVDA 8.4%
- 2 AAApple AAPL 7.4%
- 3 MSMicrosoft MSFT 5.8%
- 4 AMAmazon AMZN 3.7%
- 5 GOAlphabet GOOGL 3.1%
- 6 AVBroadcom AVGO 2.5%
- 7 GOAlphabet GOOG 2.5%
- 8 MEMeta META 2.4%
- 9 MUMicron MU 1.8%
- 10 TSTesla TSLA 1.5%
Positions in the fund: 519. The ten largest make up 39% of it.
Composition as of Nov 6, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One sector dominatesBy sector
- Technology 40%
- Financials 11%
- Communication services 10.0%
- Healthcare 9.3%
- Consumer cyclical 8.8%
- Other 20%
By country
- United States 100%
By company size
- Mega cap 66%
- Large cap 34%
- Mid cap 0.2%
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: Technology (40%). Largest country: United States (100%). Largest size group: Mega cap (66%).
What does it cost me?
Cheap- A year from $10,000
- $4.00
- Over 20 years
- $201
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $4.00 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 $201.
How has it done?
Growing over the long run- A year on average, 10 years
- +13%
- Deepest drop
- -25%
- Yearly volatility
- 14%
Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 13%. Deepest drop in these years: 25% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 1.06%
- Payments a year
- 4
- Last payment
- $1.82
Over the last 12 months it paid $7.20 per share, which is 1.06% of today's price. The last payment was $1.82 on Sep 28, 2026.
How expensive are the companies inside?
Usual valuation- P/E of the companies inside
- 23.3
- Average Bulios Score
- 74 out of 100
Weight by Bulios Fair Price
- Undervalued 8.2%
- Fairly valued 2.4%
- Overvalued 89%
On average the companies inside trade for 23.3 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 89% of the rated weight comes out as overvalued.
Counted from its largest companies (50), which make up 64% 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
VO VOO Vanguard 500 Index Fund | United States | 0.03% | $1.65T | +9.6% | Pays out | 100% |
VU VUAA.DE Vanguard S&P 500 UCITS ETF (USD) Accumulating | Ireland | 0.07% | $89.9B | +17% | Pays out | 100% |
VU VUSA.MI Vanguard S&P 500 UCITS ETF (USD) Distributing | Ireland | 0.07% | $87.0B | +16% | Pays out | 100% |
VN VNGDF Vanguard S&P 500 UCITS ETF (USD) Distributing | Ireland | 0.07% | $90.0B | +11% | Pays out | 100% |
VU VUSA.DE Vanguard S&P 500 UCITS ETF (USD) Distributing | Ireland | 0.07% | $87.0B | +16% | Pays out | 100% |
VU VUAA.MI Vanguard S&P 500 UCITS ETF (USD) Accumulating | Ireland | 0.07% | $90.0B | +17% | Pays out | 100% |
