Summary
Vanguard Small-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: 1,314. The ten largest make up 5.9% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.05%
- Fund size
- $175.8B
- Positions
- 1,314
- Dividend yield
- 1.24%
- Running since
- 2000
What speaks for it
- Costs of 0.05% a year are below the middle of comparable funds (0.40%).
- Widely spread: the ten largest positions make up only 5.9% of the fund.
- A large fund with $175.8B under management.
- Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 9.1%.
- It has been running since 2000.
What to watch
- 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
- -1.3%
- 3 months
- -6.7%
- This year
- +11%
- 1 year
- +13%
- 3 years
- +57%
- 5 years
- +20%
- 10 years
- +138%
- Avg. market cap
- $27.0B
- P/E
- 24.7x
- Forward P/E
- 20.0x
- P/S
- 2.1x
- P/B
- 4.5x
- P/FCF
- 24.0x
- EV/EBITDA
- 15.3x
- Dividend yield
- 0.57%
- ROIC
- 7.2%
- ROE
- 19.5%
- Gross margin
- 47.7%
- Operating margin
- -292.8%
- Net margin
- -77.1%
- Payout ratio
- 14.2%
- Net debt/EBITDA
- 0.7x
- Beta
- 1.07
Weighted average of the 50 largest companies, which make up 16% 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 SLCMT1142 1.3%
- 2 NTNatera NTRA 0.7%
- 3 TWTwilio Inc. TWLO 0.6%
- 4 RVRevolution Medicines RVMD 0.5%
- 5 ILIllumina ILMN 0.5%
- 6 PEverpure P 0.5%
- 7 OKOkta OKTA 0.4%
- 8 MRModerna MRNA 0.4%
- 9 EMEMCOR EME 0.4%
- 10 CRCredo CRDO 0.4%
Positions in the fund: 1,314. The ten largest make up 5.9% of it.
Composition as of Nov 6, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One countryBy sector
- Technology 19%
- Industrials 18%
- Healthcare 14%
- Financials 12%
- Consumer cyclical 11%
- Other 26%
By country
- United States 100%
- Other countries 0.3%
By company size
- Large cap 56%
- Mid cap 44%
- Small cap 0.7%
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. Counted from the companies that make up 94% of the fund.
Largest sector: Technology (19%). Largest country: United States (100%). Largest size group: Large cap (56%).
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
- +9.1%
- Deepest drop
- -29%
- Yearly volatility
- 16%
Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 9.1%. Deepest drop in these years: 29% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 1.24%
- Payments a year
- 4
- Last payment
- $0.40
Over the last 12 months it paid $1.70 per share, which is 1.24% of today's price. The last payment was $0.40 on Sep 28, 2026.
How expensive are the companies inside?
Usual valuation- P/E of the companies inside
- 24.7
- Average Bulios Score
- 59 out of 100
Weight by Bulios Fair Price
- Undervalued 13%
- Fairly valued 12%
- Overvalued 75%
On average the companies inside trade for 24.7 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 75% of the rated weight comes out as overvalued.
Counted from its largest companies (50), which make up 16% 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
VB VB Vanguard Small Cap Index Fund | United States | 0.03% | $172.9B | +13% | Pays out | 94% |
VX VXF Vanguard Extended Market ETF | United States | 0.05% | $89.0B | +8.1% | Pays out | 68% |
JH JHMM John Hancock Investments - Multifactor Mid Cap ETF | United States | 0.41% | $5.97B | +12% | Pays out | 56% |
BB BBMC JPMorgan BetaBuilders U.S. Mid Cap Equity ETF | United States | 0.07% | $2.02B | +16% | Pays out | 54% |
SM SMLF iShares U.S. Small-Cap Equity Factor ETF | United States | 0.15% | $4.15B | +13% | Pays out | 47% |
IW IWS iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF | United States | 0.23% | $14.8B | +22% | Pays out | 45% |
