Vanguard Strategic Small-Cap Equity Fund Investor Shares (VSTCX)

Fund Assets	1.79B
Expense Ratio	0.26%
Min. Investment	$3,000
Turnover	64.00%
Dividend (ttm)	3.82
Dividend Yield	9.35%
Dividend Growth	308.50%
Payout Frequency	Annual
Ex-Dividend Date	Dec 18, 2024

Previous Close	40.84
YTD Return	1.92%
1-Year Return	7.23%
5-Year Return	112.87%
52-Week Low	31.27
52-Week High	47.10
Beta (5Y)	1.11
Holdings	552
Inception Date	Apr 20, 2006

About VSTCX

The fund invests in small-capitalization domestic equity securities based on the advisor's assessment of the relative return potential of the securities. The advisor selects securities that it believes offer an appropriate balance between strong growth prospects and reasonable valuations relative to their industry peers. The advisor does this by using a quantitative process to evaluate all of the securities in the benchmark, the MSCI US Small Cap 1750 Index, while seeking to maintain a risk profile similar to that of the index. At least 80% of its assets will be invested in small-cap equity securities.

• Fund Family: Vanguard
• Category: Small Blend
• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Ticker Symbol: VSTCX
• Share Class: Investor Shares
• Index: MSCI US Small Cap 1750 TR

Performance

VSTCX had a total return of 7.23% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 8.18%.

Top 10 Holdings

7.83% of assets

Name	Symbol	Weight
AXIS Capital Holdings Limited	AXS	0.89%
Brixmor Property Group Inc.	BRX	0.82%
Exelixis, Inc.	EXEL	0.80%
Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.	ALSN	0.80%
Stifel Financial Corp.	SF	0.77%
CNO Financial Group, Inc.	CNO	0.76%
Avista Corporation	AVA	0.76%
Cousins Properties Incorporated	CUZ	0.75%
Essent Group Ltd.	ESNT	0.74%
Popular, Inc.	BPOP	0.74%

Dividend History

Ex-Dividend	Amount	Pay Date
Dec 18, 2024	$3.81744	Dec 19, 2024
Dec 19, 2023	$0.93451	Dec 20, 2023
Dec 16, 2022	$2.35194	Dec 19, 2022
Dec 17, 2021	$7.7787	Dec 20, 2021
Dec 18, 2020	$0.4386	Dec 21, 2020
Dec 17, 2019	$1.3667	Dec 18, 2019