VPU
UtilitiesVanguard Utilities Index Fund ETF Shares
Vanguard · Tracks MSCI US Investable Market Utilities 25/50 Index · Inception Apr 28, 2004
Composite score
Based on a 0.090% expense ratio.
Based on $10.76B in net assets.
Top-10 holdings represent 52.2% of net assets.
Utilities base · ETF wrapper · 2.64% TTM yield.
The composite is a weighted average of the four core sub-scores above (cost, tax efficiency, liquidity, concentration). Missing sub-scores fall back to the per-category median when the category has at least 50% data coverage, so funds without (e.g.) parsed N-PORT holdings aren't accidentally boosted by renormalization. Tracking quality is shown where computable but isn't currently part of the composite weighting. See methodology for formulas, the tracking-quality partial-coverage rationale, and the dimensions we deliberately don't score (methodology v0.5.1).
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Top holdings
| # | Holding | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | NextEra Energy Inc | 11.92% |
| 2 | Constellation Energy Corp | 6.36% |
| 3 | Southern Co/The | 6.36% |
| 4 | Duke Energy Corp | 6.28% |
| 5 | American Electric Power Co Inc | 4.42% |
| 6 | Sempra | 3.88% |
| 7 | Vistra Corp | 3.64% |
| 8 | Dominion Energy Inc | 3.32% |
| 9 | Xcel Energy Inc | 3.04% |
| 10 | Entergy Corp | 2.95% |
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