Vanguard Explorer Fund Admiral Shares (VEXRX)

NASDAQ · Mutual Fund · Delayed Price · Currency is USD
98.17
+2.45 (2.56%)
Mar 14, 2025, 6:47 PM EST
-9.48%
Fund Assets 21.35B
Expense Ratio 0.33%
Min. Investment $50,000
Turnover n/a
Dividend (ttm) 7.09
Dividend Yield 7.41%
Dividend Growth 669.67%
Payout Frequency Annual
Ex-Dividend Date Dec 30, 2024
Previous Close 95.72
YTD Return -8.12%
1-Year Return 2.04%
5-Year Return 98.37%
52-Week Low 95.72
52-Week High 123.21
Beta (5Y) 1.16
Holdings 748
Inception Date Nov 12, 2001

About VEXRX

The fund invests mainly in the stocks of small and mid-size companies, choosing stocks considered by the fund’s advisors to have superior growth potential. These companies often provide little or no dividend income. The fund uses multiple investment advisors. Each advisor independently selects and maintains a portfolio of common stocks for the fund.

Fund Family Vanguard
Category Small Growth
Performance Rating Above Average
Risk Rating Below Average
Stock Exchange NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol VEXRX
Share Class Admiral Shares
Index Russell 2500 Growth TR

Performance

VEXRX had a total return of 2.04% in the past year. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 9.31%, including dividends.

Other Share Classes

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

Symbol Share Class Expense Ratio
VEXPX Investor Shares 0.44%

Top 10 Holdings

8.50% of assets
Name Symbol Weight
Mktliq 12/31/2049 n/a 1.17%
Guidewire Software, Inc. GWRE 0.93%
Wix.com Ltd. WIX 0.91%
Viper Energy, Inc. VNOM 0.90%
Houlihan Lokey, Inc. HLI 0.81%
Vanguard Small-Cap ETF VB 0.80%
Kirby Corporation KEX 0.78%
Dynatrace, Inc. DT 0.74%
Burlington Stores, Inc. BURL 0.74%
Antero Resources Corporation AR 0.73%
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Dividend History

Ex-Dividend Amount Pay Date
Dec 30, 2024 $7.08961 Dec 31, 2024
Dec 18, 2023 $0.92112 Dec 19, 2023
Dec 19, 2022 $4.53578 Dec 20, 2022
Dec 20, 2021 $19.2492 Dec 21, 2021
Dec 21, 2020 $8.0874 Dec 22, 2020
Dec 17, 2019 $4.9368 Dec 18, 2019
Full Dividend History