Vanguard Dividend Appreciation FTF
Find Ratings Reports- Last Ratings Update:02/29/2024
- Price as of 02/29/2024 :$178.38
- Net Assets:$0 Million
- NAV:$179.28
- Premium-0.5%
- Peer Rank:120 of 559
- Investment Rating:B+
- Performance:B
- RiskC+
We rate Vanguard Div Appreciation ETF at B+. Positive factors that influence this rating include a well above average total return, low price volatility, low expense structure and long term portfolio management tenure. The fund invests approximately 100% of its assets in stocks and may be considered for investors seeking a Growth - Domestic strategy.
Total return ranks very high in comparison with peers over the last three years. The Vanguard Div Appreciation ETF has returned an annual rate of 9.52% since inception. More recently, the fund has generated a total return of 12.82% in the last five years, 10.52% in the last three years, and 18.69% in the last year. How does that compare to other equity funds? In the last five years, it has outperformed 87% of them. It has also outpaced 85% of its competitors on a three year basis and 75% of them over the last year for the period ending 2/29/2024. On a year to date basis, VIG has returned 5.23%.
Downside risk has been below average. VIG has a draw down risk of -21.30%, which is the largest price decline experienced over the last three years. This fund has a three year standard deviation of 15.9%. This fund has had moderate volatility in its monthly performance over the last 36 months.
Low expense ratio helps performance. As VIG is an exchange traded fund, it has no front end or back end load.
The Vanguard Div Appreciation ETF is managed by Gerard C. O'Reilly at Vanguard Group Inc. This fund is one of 81 Vanguard Group Inc exchange-traded funds launched since 5/24/2001 that we track.