Summary
Vanguard U.S. Growth 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: 114. The ten largest make up 45% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.35%
- Fund size
- $44.2B
- Positions
- 114
- Dividend yield
- 9.32%
- Running since
- 1959
What speaks for it
- Costs of 0.35% a year are below the middle of comparable funds (0.40%).
- A large fund with $44.2B under management.
- Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 9.7%.
- It has been running since 1959.
What to watch
- 49% of the fund is in one sector (Technology).
- 91% 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
- -4.1%
- 3 months
- +3.6%
- This year
- +0.5%
- 1 year
- -9.9%
- 3 years
- +63%
- 5 years
- -1.1%
- 10 years
- +153%
- Avg. market cap
- $2.07T
- P/E
- 30.1x
- Forward P/E
- 26.0x
- P/S
- 7.5x
- P/B
- 11.7x
- P/FCF
- 45.5x
- EV/EBITDA
- 21.6x
- Dividend yield
- 0.39%
- ROIC
- 25.6%
- ROE
- 62.5%
- Gross margin
- 58.8%
- Operating margin
- 33.6%
- Net margin
- 33.6%
- Payout ratio
- 11.6%
- Net debt/EBITDA
- 1.2x
- Beta
- 1.25
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 6.9%
- 3 AVBroadcom AVGO 5.0%
- 4 AAApple AAPL 4.3%
- 5 AMAmazon AMZN 3.7%
- 6 LLEli Lilly LLY 3.2%
- 7 TSTesla TSLA 3.2%
- 8 MEMeta META 2.7%
- 9 MSMicrosoft MSFT 2.7%
- 10 GOAlphabet GOOGL 2.2%
Positions in the fund: 114. The ten largest make up 45% of it.
Composition as of Oct 24, 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 91%
- Canada 1.8%
- Sweden 0.9%
- Singapore 0.8%
- Other countries 5.7%
By company size
- Mega cap 67%
- Large cap 32%
- Mid cap 1.5%
- 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 95% of the fund.
Largest sector: Technology (49%). Largest country: United States (91%). Largest size group: Mega cap (67%).
What does it cost me?
Cheap- A year from $10,000
- $35.00
- Over 20 years
- $1,714
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $35.00 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 $1,714.
How has it done?
Growing over the long run- A year on average, 10 years
- +9.7%
- Deepest drop
- -52%
- Yearly volatility
- 21%
Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 9.7%. Deepest drop in these years: 52% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 9.32%
- Payments a year
- 1
- Last payment
- $7.06
Over the last 12 months it paid $7.06 per share, which is 9.32% of today's price. The last payment was $7.06 on Dec 17, 2025.
How expensive are the companies inside?
Rather expensive- P/E of the companies inside
- 30.1
- Average Bulios Score
- 71 out of 100
Weight by Bulios Fair Price
- Undervalued 2.5%
- Fairly valued 4.4%
- Overvalued 93%
On average the companies inside trade for 30.1 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 93% 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% | $27.7M | - | - | 62% |
WI WINN Harbor Long-Term Growers ETF (WINN) | United States | 0.57% | $1.20B | +5.1% | Reinvests | 62% |
PJ PJFG PGIM Jennison Focused Growth ETF | United States | 0.75% | $140.6M | +3.4% | Reinvests | 60% |
IL ILCG iShares Morningstar Growth ETF | United States | 0.04% | $3.04B | +5.3% | Pays out | 59% |
IW IWY iShares Russell Top 200 Growth ETF | United States | 0.20% | $15.4B | +0.9% | Pays out | 59% |
GG GGUS Goldman Sachs MarketBeta Russell 1000 Growth Equity ETF | United States | 0.12% | $473.7M | +0.9% | Pays out | 58% |