Vanguard Strategic Equity Fund VSEQX NASDAQ · Financials · United States
$44.60 +0.00% +$0.00
Summary
Vanguard Strategic Equity 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: 625. The ten largest make up 7.1% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.17%
- Fund size
- $12.1B
- Positions
- 625
- Dividend yield
- 9.38%
- Running since
- 1995
What speaks for it
- Costs of 0.17% a year are below the middle of comparable funds (0.40%).
- Widely spread: the ten largest positions make up only 7.1% of the fund.
- A large fund with $12.1B under management.
- It has been running since 1995.
What to watch
- 100% of the fund is in one country (United States).
- In the last five years its price once dropped by 39% 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
- +0.3%
- 3 months
- -4.4%
- This year
- +19%
- 1 year
- +11%
- 3 years
- +36%
- 5 years
- -7.1%
- 10 years
- +41%
- Avg. market cap
- $24.0B
- P/E
- 15.2x
- Forward P/E
- 13.6x
- P/S
- 1.4x
- P/B
- 2.5x
- P/FCF
- 15.0x
- EV/EBITDA
- 10.9x
- Dividend yield
- 1.52%
- ROIC
- 11.1%
- ROE
- 22.9%
- Gross margin
- 42.8%
- Operating margin
- 15.7%
- Net margin
- 13.1%
- Payout ratio
- 23.0%
- Net debt/EBITDA
- 1.4x
- Beta
- 1.08
Weighted average of the 50 largest companies, which make up 28% 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 STState Street Corporation STT 1.0%
- 2 JBJabil JBL 0.7%
- 3 DIHF Sinclair Corporation DINO 0.7%
- 4 ADArcher-Daniels-Midland Company ADM 0.7%
- 5 EIEdison International EIX 0.7%
- 6 GRGarmin GRMN 0.7%
- 7 EMEMCOR EME 0.7%
- 8 AMAffiliated Managers Group, Inc. AMG 0.6%
- 9 TETeradyne TER 0.6%
- 10 HPHewlett Packard HPE 0.6%
Positions in the fund: 625. The ten largest make up 7.1% of it.
Composition as of Nov 6, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One countryBy sector
- Technology 20%
- Industrials 17%
- Financials 16%
- Healthcare 12%
- Consumer cyclical 9.6%
- Other 26%
By country
- United States 100%
By company size
- Large cap 50%
- Mid cap 42%
- Small cap 7.6%
- Micro 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 (20%). Largest country: United States (100%). Largest size group: Large cap (50%).
What does it cost me?
Cheap- A year from $10,000
- $17.00
- Over 20 years
- $846
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $17.00 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 $846.
How has it done?
Growing slowly- A year on average, 10 years
- +3.5%
- Deepest drop
- -39%
- Yearly volatility
- 19%
Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 3.5%. Deepest drop in these years: 39% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 9.38%
- Payments a year
- 1
- Last payment
- $4.18
Over the last 12 months it paid $4.18 per share, which is 9.38% of today's price. The last payment was $4.18 on Dec 17, 2025.
How expensive are the companies inside?
Usual valuation- P/E of the companies inside
- 15.2
- Average Bulios Score
- 66 out of 100
Weight by Bulios Fair Price
- Undervalued 44%
- Fairly valued 29%
- Overvalued 27%
On average the companies inside trade for 15.2 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 44% of the rated weight comes out as undervalued.
Counted from its largest companies (50), which make up 28% 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
JH JHMM John Hancock Investments - Multifactor Mid Cap ETF | United States | 0.41% | $6.19B | +16% | Pays out | 36% |
SM SMLF iShares U.S. Small-Cap Equity Factor ETF | United States | 0.15% | $4.25B | +18% | Pays out | 34% |
ON ONEO State Street SPDR Russell 1000 Momentum Focus ETF | United States | 0.20% | $114.9M | +22% | Pays out | 31% |
VB VBR Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap Value ETF | United States | 0.05% | $64.8B | +20% | Pays out | 31% |
AV AVMC Avantis U.S. Mid Cap Equity ETF | United States | 0.18% | $319.4M | +15% | Pays out | 30% |
BB BBMC JPMorgan BetaBuilders U.S. Mid Cap Equity ETF | United States | 0.07% | $2.06B | +20% | Pays out | 30% |