Vanguard U.S. Multifactor ETF (VFMF)

BATS: VFMF · Real-Time Price · USD
129.72
-1.01 (-0.77%)
Oct 7, 2024, 3:21 PM EDT - Market open
-0.77%
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 Page

The 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.

Asset Class Equity
Category Mid-Cap Blend
Region North America
Stock Exchange BATS
Ticker Symbol VFMF
ETF Provider Vanguard

Top 10 Holdings

11.74% of assets
Name 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%
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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
Full Dividend History

News

VFMF: Multi-Factor Investing In One Fund

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3 months ago - Seeking Alpha

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3 months ago - Seeking Alpha

VFMF: Multifactor ETF With Attractive Fundamentals, But Lagging Competitors

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8 months ago - Seeking Alpha

VFMF: Low-Cost Approach To Multi-Factor Investing

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11 months ago - Seeking Alpha

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11 months ago - Seeking Alpha

VFMF: Top Quant Ranked Multifactor Mid-Cap ETF

Mid-cap and small-cap stocks have historically outperformed large-cap stocks, suggesting potential for alpha generation in the mid-cap segment of the US stock market. The Vanguard U.S. Multifactor ETF...

1 year ago - Seeking Alpha

VFMF: Exploring Why Vanguard's Multifactor Approach Hasn't Worked

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1 year ago - Seeking Alpha

VFMF: Actively-Managed Deep Value ETF, What Could Go Wrong?

VFMF selects U.S. stocks from all size segments based on recent price momentum, quality, and price. VFMF is actively-managed with a low 0.18% expense ratio. Interestingly, the strategy includes elimin...

1 year ago - Seeking Alpha

Vanguard’s Active ETFs Underperform

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