Summary
Vanguard Growth 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: 141. The ten largest make up 63% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.05%
- Fund size
- $392.2B
- Positions
- 141
- Dividend yield
- 0.40%
- Running since
- 2000
What speaks for it
- Costs of 0.05% a year are below the middle of comparable funds (0.40%).
- A large fund with $392.2B under management.
- Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 16%.
- It has been running since 2000.
What to watch
- The ten largest positions make up 63% of the fund, so its result rests on a few names.
- 60% of the fund is in one sector (Technology).
- 100% of the fund is in one country (United States).
- In the last five years its price once dropped by 36% from its high.
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
- -10%
- 3 months
- -8.1%
- This year
- +1.0%
- 1 year
- +1.7%
- 3 years
- +73%
- 5 years
- +53%
- 10 years
- +348%
- Avg. market cap
- $2.63T
- P/E
- 26.5x
- Forward P/E
- 24.0x
- P/S
- 8.2x
- P/B
- 9.7x
- P/FCF
- 44.3x
- EV/EBITDA
- 19.8x
- Dividend yield
- 0.42%
- ROIC
- 29.8%
- ROE
- 65.5%
- Gross margin
- 60.3%
- Operating margin
- 36.6%
- Net margin
- 35.5%
- Payout ratio
- 11.1%
- Net debt/EBITDA
- 0.3x
- Beta
- 1.24
Weighted average of the 50 largest companies, which make up 89% of the fund. Banks and insurers are left out of the gross margin, the ROIC and the EBITDA figures.
What is inside?
Concentrated- 1 NVNvidia NVDA 13%
- 2 AAApple AAPL 12%
- 3 MSMicrosoft MSFT 9.7%
- 4 GOAlphabet GOOGL 5.2%
- 5 AVBroadcom AVGO 4.3%
- 6 AMAmazon AMZN 4.3%
- 7 MEMeta META 4.2%
- 8 GOAlphabet GOOG 4.1%
- 9 AMAMD AMD 2.7%
- 10 TSTesla TSLA 2.7%
Positions in the fund: 141. The ten largest make up 63% of it.
Composition as of Nov 6, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One sector dominatesBy sector
- Technology 60%
- Communication services 15%
- Consumer cyclical 10%
- Industrials 4.5%
- Healthcare 4.3%
- Other 6.7%
By country
- United States 100%
- Other countries 0.1%
By company size
- Mega cap 80%
- Large cap 20%
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 (60%). Largest country: United States (100%). Largest size group: Mega cap (80%).
What does it cost me?
Cheap- A year from $10,000
- $5.00
- Over 20 years
- $252
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $5.00 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 $252.
How has it done?
Growing over the long run- A year on average, 10 years
- +16%
- Deepest drop
- -36%
- Yearly volatility
- 19%
Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 16%. Deepest drop in these years: 36% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 0.40%
- Payments a year
- 4
- Last payment
- $0.27
Over the last 12 months it paid $1.01 per share, which is 0.40% of today's price. The last payment was $0.27 on Sep 28, 2026.
How expensive are the companies inside?
Rather expensive- P/E of the companies inside
- 26.5
- Average Bulios Score
- 74 out of 100
Weight by Bulios Fair Price
- Undervalued 0.8%
- Fairly valued 0.0%
- Overvalued 99%
On average the companies inside trade for 26.5 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 99% of the rated weight comes out as overvalued.
Counted from its largest companies (50), which make up 89% 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
VU VUG Vanguard Growth Index Fund | United States | 0.03% | $378.9B | +1.8% | Pays out | 100% |
MG MGK Vanguard Morningstar Mega Cap Growth ETF | United States | 0.05% | $33.3B | +2.5% | Pays out | 87% |
PR PRXG Praxis Impact Large Cap Growth ETF | United States | 0.36% | $85.1M | +3.3% | Pays out | 86% |
SC SCHG Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Growth ETF | United States | 0.04% | $59.7B | +2.4% | Pays out | 79% |
IW IWF iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF | United States | 0.18% | $114.7B | -5.2% | Pays out | 78% |
VO VONG Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF | United States | 0.06% | $44.6B | -5.2% | Pays out | 78% |
