Vanguard Energy Index Fund Admiral Shares (VENAX)

Fund Assets	3.05B
Expense Ratio	0.10%
Min. Investment	$100,000
Turnover	n/a
Dividend (ttm)	1.96
Dividend Yield	3.47%
Dividend Growth	1.42%
Payout Frequency	Quarterly
Ex-Dividend Date	Mar 25, 2025

Previous Close	56.40
YTD Return	-5.32%
1-Year Return	-12.26%
5-Year Return	200.17%
52-Week Low	52.86
52-Week High	68.32
Beta (5Y)	0.85
Holdings	115
Inception Date	Sep 29, 2004

About VENAX

The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Energy 25/50, an index made up of stocks of large, mid-size, and small U.S. companies within the energy sector, as classified under the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS). The Advisor attempts to replicate the target index by seeking to invest all, or substantially all, of its assets in the stocks that make up the index, in order to hold each stock in approximately the same proportion as its weighting in the index. The fund is non-diversified.

• Fund Family: Vanguard
• Category: Equity Energy
• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Ticker Symbol: VENAX
• Share Class: Admiral Shares
• Index: MSCI US Investable Market Energy 25/50 TR

Performance

VENAX had a total return of -12.26% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 6.63%.

Equivalent ETF

VENAX has an equivalent ETF with the ticker symbol VDE, the Vanguard Energy ETF. This is an ETF from the same fund company that follows the same index. It has an expense ratio of 0.10% compared to 0.10% for VENAX.

Symbol	Name	Expense Ratio
VDE	Vanguard Energy ETF	0.10%

Top 10 Holdings

65.67% of assets

Name	Symbol	Weight
Exxon Mobil Corporation	XOM	23.83%
Chevron Corporation	CVX	14.14%
ConocoPhillips	COP	6.74%
The Williams Companies, Inc.	WMB	3.59%
EOG Resources, Inc.	EOG	3.57%
ONEOK, Inc.	OKE	3.04%
Schlumberger Limited	SLB	2.82%
Kinder Morgan, Inc.	KMI	2.82%
Cheniere Energy, Inc.	LNG	2.59%
Phillips 66	PSX	2.54%

Dividend History

Ex-Dividend	Amount	Pay Date
Mar 25, 2025	$0.474	Mar 26, 2025
Dec 18, 2024	$0.4826	Dec 19, 2024
Sep 27, 2024	$0.5259	Sep 30, 2024
Jun 28, 2024	$0.4737	Jul 1, 2024
Mar 22, 2024	$0.4773	Mar 25, 2024
Dec 18, 2023	$0.5294	Dec 19, 2023