Vanguard Small Cap Index Inv (NAESX)

Fund Assets	163.34B
Expense Ratio	0.17%
Min. Investment	$3,000
Turnover	13.00%
Dividend (ttm)	1.49
Dividend Yield	1.19%
Dividend Growth	9.93%
Payout Frequency	Quarterly
Ex-Dividend Date	Dec 19, 2025

Previous Close	124.45
YTD Return	10.56%
1-Year Return	10.69%
5-Year Return	45.04%
52-Week Low	92.00
52-Week High	127.11
Beta (5Y)	1.23
Holdings	1334
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 10.69% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 21.70%.

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

5.28% of assets

Name	Symbol	Weight
Slcmt1142	n/a	1.15%
Insmed Incorporated	INSM	0.58%
Comfort Systems USA, Inc.	FIX	0.49%
SoFi Technologies, Inc.	SOFI	0.49%
NRG Energy, Inc.	NRG	0.48%
Pure Storage, Inc.	PSTG	0.44%
EMCOR Group, Inc.	EME	0.44%
Rocket Lab Corporation	RKLB	0.42%
Bloom Energy Corporation	BE	0.40%
Sandisk Corporation	SNDK	0.40%

Dividend History

Ex-Dividend	Amount	Pay Date
Dec 19, 2025	$0.4082	Dec 23, 2025
Sep 29, 2025	$0.349	Sep 30, 2025
Jun 30, 2025	$0.3434	Jul 1, 2025
Mar 27, 2025	$0.4024	Mar 28, 2025
Dec 23, 2024	$0.3997	Dec 24, 2024
Sep 27, 2024	$0.3046	Sep 30, 2024