Vanguard Small Cap Index Fund Admiral Shares (VSMAX)

NASDAQ · Mutual Fund · Delayed Price · Currency is USD
117.49
+2.78 (2.42%)
Aug 12, 2025, 4:00 PM EDT
2.42%
Fund Assets154.18B
Expense Ratio0.05%
Min. Investment$3,000
Turnover13.00%
Dividend (ttm)1.59
Dividend Yield1.38%
Dividend Growth-0.63%
Payout FrequencyQuarterly
Ex-Dividend DateJun 30, 2025
Previous Close114.71
YTD Return2.78%
1-Year Return12.96%
5-Year Return67.10%
52-Week Low92.86
52-Week High125.19
Beta (5Y)1.17
Holdings1344
Inception DateOct 3, 1960

About VSMAX

The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the CRSP US Small Cap Index, a broadly diversified index of stocks of small U.S. companies. The advisor attempts to replicate the target index by investing all, or substantially all, of its assets in the stocks that make up the index, holding each stock in approximately the same proportion as its weighting in the index.

Fund Family Vanguard
Category Small Blend
Stock Exchange NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol VSMAX
Share Class Admiral Shares
Index CRSP US Small Cap TR

Performance

VSMAX had a total return of 12.96% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 8.41%.

Equivalent ETF

VSMAX has an equivalent ETF with the ticker symbol VB, the Vanguard Small-Cap ETF. This is an ETF from the same fund company that follows the same index. It has an expense ratio of 0.05% compared to 0.05% for VSMAX.

SymbolNameExpense Ratio
VBVanguard Small-Cap ETF0.05%

Other Share Classes

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

SymbolShare ClassExpense Ratio
VSCPXInstitutional Plus Shares0.03%
VSCIXInstitutional Shares0.04%
NAESXInvestor Shares0.17%

Top 10 Holdings

4.90% of assets
NameSymbolWeight
Slcmt1142n/a1.50%
NRG Energy, Inc.NRG0.49%
Expand Energy CorporationEXE0.42%
Atmos Energy CorporationATO0.38%
EMCOR Group, Inc.EME0.38%
Smurfit Westrock PlcSW0.35%
Jabil Inc.JBL0.35%
Formula One GroupFWONK0.35%
Natera, Inc.NTRA0.34%
Toast, Inc.TOST0.33%

Dividend History

Ex-DividendAmountPay Date
Jun 30, 2025$0.3774Jul 1, 2025
Mar 27, 2025$0.4402Mar 28, 2025
Dec 23, 2024$0.4329Dec 24, 2024
Sep 27, 2024$0.3376Sep 30, 2024
Jun 28, 2024$0.4056Jul 1, 2024
Mar 22, 2024$0.3242Mar 25, 2024