Vanguard Materials ETF
Find Ratings Reports- Last Ratings Update:02/29/2024
- Price as of 02/29/2024 :$192.95
- Net Assets:$0 Million
- NAV:$193.88
- Premium-0.48%
- Peer Rank:278 of 397
- Investment Rating:C
- Performance:C+
- RiskC+
We rate Vanguard Materials ETF at C. Positive factors that influence this rating include a greater than above average total return, low price volatility and low expense structure. The fund invests approximately 100% of its assets in stocks and may be considered for investors seeking an Equity Income strategy.
Total return ranks above peers over the last three years. The Vanguard Materials ETF has returned an annual rate of 9.04% since inception. More recently, the fund has generated a total return of 11.73% in the last five years, 7.50% in the last three years, and 5.16% in the last year. How does that compare to other equity funds? In the last five years, it has outperformed 83% of them. It has also outpaced 73% of its competitors on a three year basis and 29% of them over the last year for the period ending 2/29/2024. On a year to date basis, VAW has returned 2.11%.
Downside risk has been below average. VAW has a draw down risk of -24.61%, which is the largest price decline experienced over the last three years. This fund has a three year standard deviation of 23.1%. This fund has experienced a high level of volatility in its monthly performance over the last 36 months.
Low expense ratio helps performance. As VAW is an exchange traded fund, it has no front end or back end load.
The Vanguard Materials ETF is managed by Kenny Narzikul at Vanguard Group Inc. This fund is one of 81 Vanguard Group Inc exchange-traded funds launched since 5/24/2001 that we track.