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Vanguard Large-Cap Index Fund Admiral Shares VLCAX · NASDAQ

$179.72 +0.33% (+$0.59)

Summary

Vanguard Large-Cap 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: 424. The ten largest make up 39% of the fund.

Yearly costs
0.05%
Fund size
$76.0B
Positions
424
Dividend yield
0.95%
Running since
2004

What speaks for it

  • Costs of 0.05% a year are below the middle of comparable funds (0.40%).
  • A large fund with $76.0B under management.
  • Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 14%.
  • It has been running since 2004.

What to watch

  • 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
-0.2%
3 months
+2.9%
This year
+12%
1 year
+15%
3 years
+80%
5 years
+66%
10 years
+259%
Avg. market cap
$2.51T
P/E
26.5x
Forward P/E
24.5x
P/S
6.2x
P/B
7.9x
P/FCF
34.8x
EV/EBITDA
19.9x
Dividend yield
0.67%
ROIC
28.0%
ROE
60.3%
Gross margin
59.4%
Operating margin
35.1%
Net margin
33.2%
Payout ratio
17.7%
Net debt/EBITDA
0.5x
Beta
1.02

Weighted average of the 50 largest companies, which make up 65% 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. 1
    NV
    Nvidia NVDA 8.1%
  2. 2
    AA
    Apple AAPL 7.5%
  3. 3
    MS
    Microsoft MSFT 5.9%
  4. 4
    AM
    Amazon AMZN 3.7%
  5. 5
    GO
    Alphabet GOOGL 3.1%
  6. 6
    AV
    Broadcom AVGO 2.6%
  7. 7
    GO
    Alphabet GOOG 2.5%
  8. 8
    ME
    Meta META 2.5%
  9. 9
    MU
    Micron MU 1.9%
  10. 10
    TS
    Tesla TSLA 1.6%

Positions in the fund: 424. The ten largest make up 39% of it.

Composition as of Oct 18, 2026.

Where is it spread?

One country

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: Technology (39%). Largest country: United States (98%). Largest size group: Mega cap (67%).

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
+14%
Deepest drop
-26%
Yearly volatility
13%

Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 14%. Deepest drop in these years: 26% below the earlier high.

Does it pay dividends?

Yes, it pays out
Yield
0.95%
Payments a year
4
Last payment
$0.45

Over the last 12 months it paid $1.71 per share, which is 0.95% of today's price. The last payment was $0.45 on Sep 28, 2026.

How expensive are the companies inside?

Rather expensive
P/E of the companies inside
26.5
Average Bulios Score
73 out of 100

Weight by Bulios Fair Price

On average the companies inside trade for 26.5 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 85% of the rated weight comes out as overvalued.

Counted from its largest companies (50), which make up 65% 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
VV
VV Vanguard Morningstar Large-Cap ETF
United States 0.03% $75.1B +15% Pays out 100%
VS
VSP.TO Vanguard S&P 500 Index ETF (CAD-hedged)
Canada 0.08% $4.47B +13% Pays out 98%
XY
XYLD Global X - S&P 500 Covered Call ETF
United States 0.60% $3.41B +5.1% Pays out 97%
VO
VOO Vanguard 500 Index Fund
United States 0.03% $1.70T +15% Pays out 96%
VU
VUAA.DE Vanguard S&P 500 UCITS ETF (USD) Accumulating
Ireland 0.07% $88.7B +22% Pays out 96%
VU
VUSA.MI Vanguard S&P 500 UCITS ETF (USD) Distributing
Ireland 0.07% $88.7B +21% Pays out 96%

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