Summary
Vanguard Windsor Fund Investor 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: 139. The ten largest make up 19% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.29%
- Fund size
- $24.2B
- Positions
- 139
- Dividend yield
- 5.79%
- Running since
- 1958
What speaks for it
- Costs of 0.29% a year are below the middle of comparable funds (0.40%).
- Widely spread: the ten largest positions make up only 19% of the fund.
- A large fund with $24.2B under management.
- It has been running since 1958.
What to watch
- 82% of the fund is in one country (United States).
- In the last five years its price once dropped by 31% 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
- +5.8%
- 3 months
- +3.6%
- This year
- +16%
- 1 year
- +13%
- 3 years
- +26%
- 5 years
- -3.0%
- 10 years
- +29%
- Avg. market cap
- $647.8B
- P/E
- 20.9x
- Forward P/E
- 16.4x
- P/S
- 1.3x
- P/B
- 2.5x
- P/FCF
- 15.0x
- EV/EBITDA
- 14.8x
- Dividend yield
- 1.50%
- ROIC
- 11.7%
- ROE
- 22.0%
- Gross margin
- 40.6%
- Operating margin
- 17.9%
- Net margin
- 16.7%
- Payout ratio
- 31.5%
- Net debt/EBITDA
- 1.8x
- Beta
- 0.88
Weighted average of the 50 largest companies, which make up 57% 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 MSMicrosoft MSFT 3.2%
- 2 AMAmazon AMZN 3.0%
- 3 WFWells Fargo WFC 1.7%
- 4 ASASML ASML 1.7%
- 5 MSMorgan Stanley MS 1.7%
- 6 MRMerck & Co. MRK 1.7%
- 7 CBChubb CB 1.5%
- 8 MEMetLife MET 1.4%
- 9 GOAlphabet GOOGL 1.4%
- 10 MKTLIQ 12/31/2049 1.4%
Positions in the fund: 139. The ten largest make up 19% of it.
Composition as of Oct 24, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One countryBy sector
- Financials 20%
- Healthcare 17%
- Technology 16%
- Consumer cyclical 9.1%
- Industrials 8.8%
- Other 29%
By country
- United States 82%
- Canada 3.0%
- Ireland 2.9%
- United Kingdom 2.8%
- Other countries 8.9%
By company size
- Mega cap 22%
- Large cap 73%
- Mid cap 5.5%
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 95% of the fund.
Largest sector: Financials (20%). Largest country: United States (82%). Largest size group: Large cap (73%).
What does it cost me?
Cheap- A year from $10,000
- $29.00
- Over 20 years
- $1,428
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $29.00 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 $1,428.
How has it done?
Growing slowly- A year on average, 10 years
- +2.6%
- Deepest drop
- -31%
- Yearly volatility
- 14%
Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 2.6%. Deepest drop in these years: 31% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 5.79%
- Payments a year
- 2
- Last payment
- $1.48
Over the last 12 months it paid $1.48 per share, which is 5.79% of today's price. The last payment was $1.48 on Dec 17, 2025.
How expensive are the companies inside?
Usual valuation- P/E of the companies inside
- 20.9
- Average Bulios Score
- 63 out of 100
Weight by Bulios Fair Price
- Undervalued 22%
- Fairly valued 10%
- Overvalued 67%
On average the companies inside trade for 20.9 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 67% of the rated weight comes out as overvalued.
Counted from its largest companies (50), which make up 57% 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 VUSV Vanguard Wellesley Income Fund - Vanguard Wellington U.S. Value Active ETF | United States | 0.30% | $92.3M | - | - | 68% |
AC ACVU Hartford Quality Value ETF | United States | 0.45% | $192.7M | +21% | Pays out | 34% |
DF DFLV Dimensional - US Large Cap Value ETF | United States | 0.21% | $7.30B | +27% | Pays out | 26% |
RW RWL Invesco S&P 500 Revenue ETF | United States | 0.39% | $10.3B | +21% | Pays out | 26% |
FF FFLV Fidelity Fundamental Large Cap | United States | 0.38% | $17.9M | +24% | Pays out | 26% |
JA JAVA JPMorgan Active Value ETF | United States | 0.44% | $7.33B | +20% | Pays out | 25% |