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VAW - ETF Fact Sheet

Vanguard Materials ETF - USD

Fund Identification

Ticker

VAW

ISIN

US92204A8018

Main Metrics

Price

$223.67

Expense Ratio

0.09%

AuM

$2,933.58M

Tracking Difference

-0.11%

Ratings

Trackinsight rating

Official Investment Strategy

The Vanguard Materials ETF employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Materials 25/50, an index made up of stocks of large, mid-size, and small U.S. companies within the materials sector, as classified under the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS). The GICS materials sector is made up of companies in a wide range of commodity-related manufacturing industries. Included within this sector are companies that manufacture chemicals, construction materials, glass, paper, forest products, and related packaging products, as well as metals, minerals, and mining companies, including producers of steel.

VAW's historical prices, performance, and flows

-6.0-5.0-4.0-3.0-2.0-1.00.0%
1m returns
-5.63%
1m flows
-$17M
* Net total returns
All data as of 17 July 2026

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VAW's characteristics

Manager

Manager statistics

312 funds, $4,953.66Bn in AUM

Benchmark

MSCI US IMI Materials 25/50 GTR Index - USD

Replication method

Direct (Physical)

Asset class

Equity

Dividend policy

Distributing
VAW's exposure

Countries

USA
80.98%
United Kingdom
16.01%

Sectors

Non-Energy Materi.
99.39%

Top 5 holdings

Linde Plc
14.78%
Newmont Corp.
7.60%
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.
6.05%
CRH Plc
4.67%
The Sherwin-Williams Co.
4.58%
Total holdings
112
Total weight of top 5
37.68%
0.0%