Vanguard U.S. Growth Fund Admiral Shares VWUAX NASDAQ · Financials · United States
$191.26 +0.00% +$0.00
Summary
Vanguard U.S. Growth 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: 121. The ten largest make up 49% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.25%
- Fund size
- $35.4B
- Positions
- 121
- Dividend yield
- 9.69%
- Running since
- 2001
What speaks for it
- Costs of 0.25% a year are below the middle of comparable funds (0.40%).
- A large fund with $35.4B under management.
- Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 9.5%.
- It has been running since 2001.
What to watch
- 49% of the fund is in one sector (Technology).
- 95% of the fund is in one country (United States).
- In the last five years its price once dropped by 52% 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
- -6.4%
- 3 months
- -6.6%
- This year
- -2.9%
- 1 year
- -11%
- 3 years
- +38%
- 5 years
- -6.9%
- 10 years
- +148%
- Avg. market cap
- $2.07T
- P/E
- 27.9x
- Forward P/E
- 25.9x
- P/S
- 8.7x
- P/B
- 10.5x
- P/FCF
- 46.6x
- EV/EBITDA
- 20.5x
- Dividend yield
- 0.39%
- ROIC
- 25.2%
- ROE
- 57.7%
- Gross margin
- 61.9%
- Operating margin
- 34.8%
- Net margin
- 33.8%
- Payout ratio
- 10.9%
- Net debt/EBITDA
- 1.9x
- Beta
- 1.26
Weighted average of the 50 largest companies, which make up 82% 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 NVNvidia NVDA 11%
- 2 GOAlphabet GOOG 7.1%
- 3 AAApple AAPL 5.5%
- 4 AVBroadcom AVGO 5.1%
- 5 MSMicrosoft MSFT 5.1%
- 6 MEMeta META 3.7%
- 7 LLEli Lilly LLY 3.1%
- 8 AMAmazon AMZN 3.0%
- 9 AMAMD AMD 2.9%
- 10 GOAlphabet GOOGL 2.6%
Positions in the fund: 121. The ten largest make up 49% of it.
Composition as of Nov 14, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One sector dominatesBy sector
- Technology 49%
- Communication services 16%
- Consumer cyclical 11%
- Healthcare 9.0%
- Industrials 7.6%
- Other 7.6%
By country
- United States 95%
- Other countries 4.9%
By company size
- Mega cap 72%
- Large cap 27%
- Mid cap 1.4%
- Small 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. Counted from the companies that make up 92% of the fund.
Largest sector: Technology (49%). Largest country: United States (95%). Largest size group: Mega cap (72%).
What does it cost me?
Cheap- A year from $10,000
- $25.00
- Over 20 years
- $1,235
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $25.00 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 $1,235.
How has it done?
Growing over the long run- A year on average, 10 years
- +9.5%
- Deepest drop
- -52%
- Yearly volatility
- 22%
Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 9.5%. Deepest drop in these years: 52% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 9.69%
- Payments a year
- 1
- Last payment
- $18.53
Over the last 12 months it paid $18.53 per share, which is 9.69% of today's price. The last payment was $18.53 on Dec 17, 2025.
How expensive are the companies inside?
Rather expensive- P/E of the companies inside
- 27.9
- Average Bulios Score
- 72 out of 100
Weight by Bulios Fair Price
- Undervalued 43%
- Fairly valued 12%
- Overvalued 46%
On average the companies inside trade for 27.9 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 46% of the rated weight comes out as overvalued.
Counted from its largest companies (50), which make up 82% 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AC ACGO Hartford Exchange-Traded Funds - Hartford Alpha Capture Growth ETF | United States | 0.50% | $26.9M | - | - | 69% |
WI WINN Harbor Long-Term Growers ETF (WINN) | United States | 0.57% | $1.18B | +4.9% | Reinvests | 64% |
IW IWF iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF | United States | 0.18% | $117.8B | -2.4% | Pays out | 63% |
IW IWY iShares Russell Top 200 Growth ETF | United States | 0.20% | $14.7B | -1.8% | Pays out | 63% |
TC TCHP T. Rowe Price Blue Chip Growth ETF | United States | 0.57% | $2.01B | -3.0% | Reinvests | 62% |
VO VONG Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF | United States | 0.06% | $44.8B | -2.4% | Pays out | 62% |
