Vanguard Small Capitalization Index Fund Investor Shares (NAESX)

Fund Assets	113.60B
Expense Ratio	0.17%
Min. Investment	$0.00
Turnover	n/a
Dividend (ttm)	1.37
Dividend Yield	1.16%
Dividend Growth	-7.35%
Payout Frequency	Quarterly
Ex-Dividend Date	Dec 23, 2024

Previous Close	118.99
YTD Return	2.37%
1-Year Return	15.99%
5-Year Return	53.90%
52-Week Low	101.00
52-Week High	125.16
Beta (5Y)	1.12
Holdings	1372
Inception Date	Oct 3, 1960

About NAESX

The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the CRSP US Small Cap Index, a broadly diversified index of stocks of small U.S. companies. The advisor attempts to replicate the target index by investing all, or substantially all, of its assets in the stocks that make up the index, holding each stock in approximately the same proportion as its weighting in the index.

• Fund Family: Vanguard
• Category: Small Blend
• Performance Rating: Above Average
• Risk Rating: Average
• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Ticker Symbol: NAESX
• Share Class: Investor Shares
• Index: CRSP US Small Cap TR

Performance

NAESX had a total return of 15.99% in the past year. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 9.12%, including dividends.

Equivalent ETF

NAESX has an equivalent ETF with the ticker symbol VB, the Vanguard Small-Cap ETF. This is an ETF from the same fund company that follows the same index. It has an expense ratio of 0.05% compared to 0.17% for NAESX.

Symbol	Name	Expense Ratio
VB	Vanguard Small-Cap ETF	0.05%

Other Share Classes

These are alternative share classes of the same fund, from the same provider.

Symbol	Share Class	Expense Ratio
VSCPX	Institutional Plus Shares	0.03%
VSCIX	Institutional Shares	0.04%
VSMAX	Admiral Shares	0.05%

Top 10 Holdings

4.21% of assets

Name	Symbol	Weight
Slcmt1142	n/a	0.86%
Smurfit Westrock Plc	SW	0.43%
Deckers Outdoor Corporation	DECK	0.42%
Williams-Sonoma, Inc.	WSM	0.41%
First Citizens BancShares, Inc.	FCNCA	0.36%
Expand Energy Corporation	EXE	0.35%
Natera, Inc.	NTRA	0.35%
Atmos Energy Corporation	ATO	0.35%
PTC Inc.	PTC	0.35%
Pure Storage, Inc.	PSTG	0.33%

Dividend History

Ex-Dividend	Amount	Pay Date
Dec 23, 2024	$0.3997	Dec 24, 2024
Sep 27, 2024	$0.3046	Sep 30, 2024
Jun 28, 2024	$0.3717	Jul 1, 2024
Mar 22, 2024	$0.2912	Mar 25, 2024
Dec 20, 2023	$0.4878	Dec 21, 2023
Sep 20, 2023	$0.3234	Sep 21, 2023