Vanguard Specialized Funds - Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF is an exchange traded fund launched and managed by The Vanguard Group, Inc. It invests in public equity markets of the United States. The fund invests in stocks of companies operating across diversified sectors. The fund invests in growth and value stocks of companies across diversified market capitalization. It invests in dividend paying stocks of companies. It seeks to track the performance of the S&P U.S. Dividend Growers Index, by using full replication technique. Vanguard Specialized Funds - Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF was formed on April 21, 2006 and is domiciled in the United States.

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This exchange-traded fund (ETF) is designed to mirror the investment performance of the CRSP US Large Cap Growth Index. It provides investors with a straightforward avenue to gain exposure to a broad spectrum of America's leading growth-oriented enterprises. The fund operates on a passively managed basis, utilizing a full-replication methodology to meticulously track its benchmark index. For approximately 75% of its total holdings, the fund adheres to strict concentration guidelines: it is generally prohibited from purchasing more than 10% of the voting shares of any single issuer or allowing its investment in any one issuer to exceed 5% of its overall assets. However, these limits may be adjusted if necessary to closely match the composition of its target index, and they do not apply to securities issued by the U.S. government or its associated agencies.

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	VIG	VUG
Basics
Name	Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF Shares	Vanguard Growth Index Fund ETF Shares
Price	$245.23	$89.40
Category	Large Blend	Large Growth
Expense ratio	0.04%	0.03%
Assets	113,580,776	229,613,335
Beta	0.75	1.23
Dividends
Dividend	$3.58	$0.2600
Yield	1.46%	0.29%
Frequency	Quarterly	Quarterly
Payout ratio	39.97%	10.03%
Dividend CAGR (3y)	4.86%	-3.19%
Dividend CAGR (5y)
Dividend CAGR (10y)
Total returns
YTD	11.90%	9.81%
1y	19.88%	18.35%
3y	16.42%	24.22%
5y	10.90%	13.07%
10y	13.23%	17.86%
1y volatility	9.35%	19.54%
3y volatility	10.66%	17.49%
Sharpe ratio	0.93	0.92
Sector breakdown
Communication services	–	15.43%
Consumer discretionary	4.51%	11.50%
Consumer staples	9.16%	1.35%
Energy	2.99%	0.30%
Financials	20.27%	3.82%
Healthcare	17.81%	4.68%
Industrials	11.94%	5.28%
Materials	3.37%	0.53%
Real estate	–	0.95%
Technology	26.94%	56.16%
Utilities	3.01%	–
Cash & others	–	–

	VIG	VUG
Basics
Name	Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF Shares	Vanguard Growth Index Fund ETF Shares
Price	$245.23	$89.40
Category	Large Blend	Large Growth
Expense ratio	0.04%	0.03%
Assets	113,580,776	229,613,335
Beta	0.75	1.23
Dividends
Dividend	$3.58	$0.2600
Yield	1.46%	0.29%
Frequency	Quarterly	Quarterly
Payout ratio	39.97%	10.03%
Dividend CAGR (3y)	4.86%	-3.19%
Dividend CAGR (5y)
Dividend CAGR (10y)
Total returns
YTD	11.90%	9.81%
1y	19.88%	18.35%
3y	16.42%	24.22%
5y	10.90%	13.07%
10y	13.23%	17.86%
1y volatility	9.35%	19.54%
3y volatility	10.66%	17.49%
Sharpe ratio	0.93	0.92
Sector breakdown
Communication services	–	15.43%
Consumer discretionary	4.51%	11.50%
Consumer staples	9.16%	1.35%
Energy	2.99%	0.30%
Financials	20.27%	3.82%
Healthcare	17.81%	4.68%
Industrials	11.94%	5.28%
Materials	3.37%	0.53%
Real estate	–	0.95%
Technology	26.94%	56.16%
Utilities	3.01%	–
Cash & others	–	–

AVGO	Broadcom Inc.	4.52%
AAPL	Apple Inc.	4.20%
LLY	Eli Lilly and Company	4.13%
JPM	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	3.55%
MSFT	Microsoft Corporation	3.50%
JNJ	Johnson & Johnson	2.66%
LRCX	Lam Research Corporation	2.36%
V	Visa Inc.	2.31%
WMT	Walmart Inc.	2.16%
CAT	Caterpillar Inc.	2.13%
All holdings

NVDA	NVIDIA Corporation	12.60%
AAPL	Apple Inc.	11.64%
MSFT	Microsoft Corporation	7.60%
GOOGL	Alphabet Inc.	5.74%
GOOG	Alphabet Inc.	4.52%
AMZN	Amazon.com, Inc.	4.46%
AVGO	Broadcom Inc.	4.27%
META	Meta Platforms, Inc.	3.40%
TSLA	Tesla, Inc.	3.26%
LLY	Eli Lilly and Company	2.80%
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