Vanguard Utilities Index Etf Profile
| VPU Etf | USD 198.99 1.71 0.87% |
PerformanceSolid
| Odds Of DistressLow
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Vanguard Utilities is selling for under 198.99 as of the 15th of October 2025; that is 0.87 percent up since the beginning of the trading day. The etf's last reported lowest price was 196.67. Vanguard Utilities has less than a 9 % chance of experiencing financial distress in the next few years and had a solid performance during the last 90 days. The performance scores are derived for the period starting the 17th of July 2025 and ending today, the 15th of October 2025. Click here to learn more.
The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the MSCI US Investable Market Index Utilities 2550, an index made up of stocks of large, mid-size, and small U.S. companies within the utilities sector, as classified under the Global Industry Classification Standard . More on Vanguard Utilities Index
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Vanguard Etf Highlights
| Chairman | F McNabb |
| Thematic Ideas | (View all Themes) |
| Old Name | Vanguard World Fund - Vanguard Utilities ETF |
| Business Concentration | Sector ETFs, Utilities ETFs, Energy, Utilities, Vanguard (View all Sectors) |
| Issuer | Vanguard |
| Inception Date | 2004-01-26 |
| Benchmark | MSCI US Investable Market Utilities 25/50 Index |
| Entity Type | Regulated Investment Company |
| Asset Under Management | 7.79 Billion |
| Average Trading Volume | 168,750 |
| Asset Type | Equity |
| Category | Sector |
| Focus | Utilities |
| Market Concentration | Developed Markets |
| Region | North America |
| Administrator | The Vanguard Group, Inc. |
| Advisor | The Vanguard Group, Inc. |
| Custodian | The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation |
| Distributor | Vanguard Marketing Corporation |
| Portfolio Manager | Walter Nejman, Awais Khan |
| Transfer Agent | The Vanguard Group, Inc. |
| Fiscal Year End | 31-Aug |
| Exchange | NYSE Arca, Inc. |
| Number of Constituents | 70.0 |
| Market Maker | Latour Trading |
| Total Expense | 0.09 |
| Management Fee | 0.08 |
| Country Name | USA |
| Returns Y T D | 22.15 |
| Name | Vanguard Utilities Index Fund ETF Shares |
| Currency Code | USD |
| Open Figi | BBG000HX1FV9 |
| In Threey Volatility | 14.72 |
| 1y Volatility | 12.26 |
| 200 Day M A | 175.62 |
| 50 Day M A | 186.69 |
| Code | VPU |
| Updated At | 14th of October 2025 |
| Currency Name | US Dollar |
Vanguard Utilities Index [VPU] is traded in USA and was established 2004-01-26. The fund is classified under Utilities category within Vanguard family. The entity is thematically classified as Sector ETFs. Vanguard Utilities Index at this time have 7.04 B in net assets. , while the total return for the last 3 years was 15.6%.
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Sector Allocation
Investors will always prefer to have their portfolios divercified against different sectors. The broad sector allocation increases the possibility of making a profit or at least avoiding a loss. However, this may also reduce the expected return on Vanguard Etf. Generally, it depends on diversification level and type but usually, the broader the sector allocation, the less risk can be expected from holding Vanguard Etf, and the less return is expected.
Institutional investors that are interested in enforcing a sector tilt in their portfolio can use exchange-traded funds, such as Vanguard Utilities Index Etf, as a low-cost alternative to building a custom portfolio. So, using sector ETFs to diversify your portfolio can be a profitable strategy. However, no matter what sectors are desirable at a given time, no single industry should ever make up more than 20 percent of your stock portfolio.
Top Vanguard Utilities Index Etf Constituents
| AEP | American Electric Power | Stock | Utilities | |
| AWK | American Water Works | Stock | Utilities | |
| D | Dominion Energy | Stock | Utilities | |
| DUK | Duke Energy | Stock | Utilities | |
| ED | Consolidated Edison | Stock | Utilities | |
| ES | Eversource Energy | Stock | Utilities | |
| EXC | Exelon | Stock | Utilities | |
| NEE | Nextera Energy | Stock | Utilities |
Vanguard Utilities Top Holders
| ACMDX | Absolute Capital Defender | Mutual Fund | Tactical Allocation | |
| ACMAX | Absolute Capital Defender | Mutual Fund | Tactical Allocation | |
| NAVFX | The Sector Rotation | Mutual Fund | Large Blend | |
| ACMIX | Absolute Capital Defender | Mutual Fund | Tactical Allocation | |
| AAMAX | Absolute Capital Asset | Mutual Fund | Tactical Allocation | |
| AAMIX | Absolute Capital Asset | Mutual Fund | Tactical Allocation | |
| AAMCX | Absolute Capital Asset | Mutual Fund | Tactical Allocation | |
| GDMA | Alpha Architect Gdsdn | Etf | Global Moderately Conservative Allocation |
Vanguard Utilities Index Risk Profiles
The market premium is part of the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM), which most analysts and investors use to calculate the acceptable rate of return on investment in Vanguard Utilities. At the center of the CAPM is the concept of risk and reward, which is usually communicated by investors using alpha and beta measures.
| Mean Deviation | 0.5994 | |||
| Semi Deviation | 0.5261 | |||
| Standard Deviation | 0.7475 | |||
| Variance | 0.5587 |
Vanguard Utilities Index Technical Analysis
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The output start index for this execution was zero with a total number of output elements of sixty-one. Vanguard Utilities Index Inverse Tangent Over Price Movement function is an inverse trigonometric method to describe Vanguard Utilities price patterns.
Vanguard Utilities Against Markets
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The market value of Vanguard Utilities Index is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Vanguard that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Vanguard Utilities' value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Vanguard Utilities' true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because Vanguard Utilities' market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Vanguard Utilities' underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.
Please note, there is a significant difference between Vanguard Utilities' value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Vanguard Utilities is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Vanguard Utilities' price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.