Vanguard Explorer Fund (VEXRX)

Fund Assets	19.88B
Expense Ratio	0.33%
Min. Investment	$50,000
Turnover	35.00%
Dividend (ttm)	7.09
Dividend Yield	6.40%
Dividend Growth	669.67%
Payout Frequency	Annual
Ex-Dividend Date	Dec 30, 2024

Previous Close	107.63
YTD Return	3.74%
1-Year Return	11.54%
5-Year Return	61.68%
52-Week Low	85.27
52-Week High	123.21
Beta (5Y)	1.06
Holdings	760
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
• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Ticker Symbol: VEXRX
• Share Class: Admiral Shares
• Index: Russell 2500 Growth TR

Performance

VEXRX had a total return of 11.54% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 9.69%.

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

9.80% of assets

Name	Symbol	Weight
Vanguard Small-Cap ETF	VB	1.41%
Guidewire Software, Inc.	GWRE	1.41%
Mktliq 12/31/2049	n/a	1.17%
The AZEK Company Inc.	AZEK	0.93%
Kirby Corporation	KEX	0.88%
Antero Resources Corporation	AR	0.84%
Dynatrace, Inc.	DT	0.83%
Houlihan Lokey, Inc.	HLI	0.82%
Viper Energy, Inc.	VNOM	0.76%
Wix.com Ltd.	WIX	0.75%

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