Vanguard Explorer Fund Admiral Shares (VEXRX)

NASDAQ · Mutual Fund · Delayed Price · Currency is USD
92.56
+1.44 (1.58%)
Apr 24, 2025, 8:09 AM EDT
-10.36%
Fund Assets 19.79B
Expense Ratio 0.33%
Min. Investment $50,000
Turnover n/a
Dividend (ttm) 7.09
Dividend Yield 7.97%
Dividend Growth 669.67%
Payout Frequency Annual
Ex-Dividend Date Dec 30, 2024
Previous Close 91.12
YTD Return -14.72%
1-Year Return -0.53%
5-Year Return 76.22%
52-Week Low 85.27
52-Week High 123.21
Beta (5Y) 1.11
Holdings 752
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 -0.53% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 8.92%.

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

8.82% of assets
Name Symbol Weight
Vanguard Cmt Funds-Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund - Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund n/a 1.41%
Guidewire Software, Inc. GWRE 1.12%
Wix.com Ltd. WIX 0.96%
Viper Energy, Inc. VNOM 0.82%
Kirby Corporation KEX 0.81%
Houlihan Lokey, Inc. HLI 0.77%
Dynatrace, Inc. DT 0.75%
The Middleby Corporation MIDD 0.73%
Doximity, Inc. DOCS 0.73%
Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. PNFP 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