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About VANGUARD WORLD FUND VANGUARD UTILITIES ETF
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Inception date
Jan 26, 2004
Structure
Open-Ended Fund
Replication method
Physical
Dividend treatment
Distributes
Distribution tax treatment
Qualified dividends
Income tax type
Capital Gains
Max ST capital gains rate
39.60%
Max LT capital gains rate
20.00%
Primary advisor
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
Distributor
Vanguard Marketing Corp.
VPU is designed to track an all-cap index of US electric, gas, and water utility companies. The index is market-cap weighted index and subject to capping limitations. The capping is designed to ensure diversity among its portfolio by limiting the weight of a single issuer to 25% of the fund’s assets. The fund may also hold independent power producers, energy traders and companies engaged in electricity using renewable sources. VPU attempts to replicate the target index by seeking to invest all, or substantially all, of its assets in the stocks that make up the Index, in order to hold each stock in approximately the same proportion as its weighting in the Index. The index is rebalanced quarterly.
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Returns
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What's in the fund
Exposure type
Utilities
Stocks99.54%
Utilities98.45%
Distribution Services0.53%
Energy Minerals0.50%
Producer Manufacturing0.05%
Process Industries0.01%
Bonds, Cash & Other0.46%
Cash0.46%
Stock breakdown by region
North America100.00%
Latin America0.00%
Europe0.00%
Asia0.00%
Africa0.00%
Middle East0.00%
Oceania0.00%
Top 10 holdings
Dividends
Dividend payout history
Assets under management (AUM)
Fund Flows
Frequently Asked Questions
VPU invests in stocks. The fund's major sectors are Utilities, with 98.45% stocks, and Distribution Services, with 0.53% of the basket. The assets are mostly located in the North America region.
VPU top holdings are NextEra Energy, Inc. and Southern Company, occupying 10.30% and 7.54% of the portfolio correspondingly.
VPU last dividends amounted to 24.65 MXN. The quarter before, the issuer paid 26.00 MXN in dividends, which shows a 5.47% decrease.
VPU assets under management is 132.73 B MXN. It's risen 0.86% over the last month.
VPU fund flows account for 8.56 B MXN (1 year). Many traders use this metric to get insight into investors' sentiment and evaluate whether it's time to buy or sell the fund.
Yes, VPU pays dividends to its holders with the dividend yield of 2.86%. The last dividend (Mar 27, 2025) amounted to 24.65 MXN. The dividends are paid quarterly.
VPU shares are issued by The Vanguard Group, Inc. under the brand Vanguard. The ETF was launched on Jan 26, 2004, and its management style is Passive.
VPU expense ratio is 0.09% meaning you'd have to pay 0.09% of your investment to help manage the fund.
VPU follows the MSCI US IMI 25/50 Utilities. ETFs usually track some benchmark seeking to replicate its performance and guide asset selection and objectives.
VPU invests in stocks.
VPU price has fallen by −0.21% over the last month, and its yearly performance shows a 30.48% increase. See more dynamics on VPU price chart.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have risen by 2.03% over the last month, showed a −2.31% decrease in three-month performance and has increased by 36.27% in a year.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have risen by 2.03% over the last month, showed a −2.31% decrease in three-month performance and has increased by 36.27% in a year.
VPU trades at a premium (1.47%) meaning the ETF is trading at a higher price than the calculated NAV.