Vanguard Energy Index Fund (VENAX)

NASDAQ · Mutual Fund · Delayed Price · Currency is USD
64.87
-0.26 (-0.40%)
At close: Dec 5, 2025
0.02%
Fund Assets8.85B
Expense Ratio0.10%
Min. Investment$100,000
Turnover8.00%
Dividend (ttm)1.92
Dividend Yield2.96%
Dividend Growth-4.19%
Payout FrequencyQuarterly
Ex-Dividend DateSep 24, 2025
Previous Close65.13
YTD Return9.71%
1-Year Return3.17%
5-Year Return183.31%
52-Week Low52.03
52-Week High65.13
Beta (5Y)0.73
Holdings113
Inception DateSep 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
Performance Rating Above Average
Risk Rating Average
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 3.17% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 9.63%.

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.

SymbolNameExpense Ratio
VDEVanguard Energy ETF0.10%

Top 10 Holdings

65.21% of assets
NameSymbolWeight
Exxon Mobil CorporationXOM23.00%
Chevron CorporationCVX15.79%
ConocoPhillipsCOP5.52%
The Williams Companies, Inc.WMB3.67%
Marathon Petroleum CorporationMPC3.24%
EOG Resources, Inc.EOG3.06%
Phillips 66PSX2.91%
Valero Energy CorporationVLO2.78%
Kinder Morgan, Inc.KMI2.72%
SLB N.V.SLB2.51%
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Dividend History

Ex-DividendAmountPay Date
Sep 24, 2025$0.4997Sep 25, 2025
Jun 26, 2025$0.466Jun 27, 2025
Mar 25, 2025$0.474Mar 26, 2025
Dec 18, 2024$0.4826Dec 19, 2024
Sep 27, 2024$0.5259Sep 30, 2024
Jun 28, 2024$0.4737Jul 1, 2024
Full Dividend History