Vanguard U.S. Multifactor ETF (VFMF)
Assets | $292.85M |
Expense Ratio | 0.18% |
PE Ratio | 10.99 |
Shares Out | 2.27M |
Dividend (ttm) | $2.05 |
Dividend Yield | 1.58% |
Ex-Dividend Date | Sep 26, 2024 |
Payout Ratio | 17.26% |
1-Year Return | +27.86% |
Volume | 7,032 |
Open | 130.04 |
Previous Close | 130.73 |
Day's Range | 129.68 - 130.55 |
52-Week Low | 97.31 |
52-Week High | 132.77 |
Beta | 1.03 |
Holdings | 463 |
Inception Date | Feb 13, 2018 |
About VFMF
Fund Home PageThe Vanguard U.S. Multifactor ETF (VFMF) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in total market equity. The fund is an actively-managed fund that invests in US equities exhibiting value, momentum, quality and low volatility factors. VFMF was launched on Feb 13, 2018 and is issued by Vanguard.
Top 10 Holdings
11.74% of assetsName | Symbol | Weight |
---|---|---|
Wells Fargo & Company | WFC | 1.71% |
American International Group, Inc. | AIG | 1.59% |
Valero Energy Corporation | VLO | 1.11% |
Alphabet Inc. | GOOG | 1.10% |
Diamondback Energy, Inc. | FANG | 1.08% |
The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation | BK | 1.08% |
The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. | HIG | 1.04% |
Applied Materials, Inc. | AMAT | 1.04% |
Synchrony Financial | SYF | 1.01% |
Marathon Petroleum Corporation | MPC | 0.98% |
Dividends
Ex-Dividend | Amount | Pay Date |
---|---|---|
Sep 26, 2024 | $0.5166 | Sep 30, 2024 |
Jun 27, 2024 | $0.5609 | Jul 1, 2024 |
Mar 21, 2024 | $0.4223 | Mar 26, 2024 |
Dec 19, 2023 | $0.549 | Dec 22, 2023 |
Sep 21, 2023 | $0.411 | Sep 26, 2023 |
Jun 23, 2023 | $0.5796 | Jun 28, 2023 |
News
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