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VEXPX

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  • Price (USD)119.60
  • Today's Change1.25 / 1.06%
  • 1 Year change+0.63%
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Profile and investment

Fund typeOpen Ended Investment Company
Investment style (stocks)Market Cap: Small
Investment Style: Growth
Morningstar categorySmall Growth
Launch date11 Dec 1967
Price currencyUSD
DomicileUnited States
SymbolVEXPX
Manager & start date
Ryan Crane
12 Aug 2013
Daniel Fitzpatrick
24 Feb 2014
Chad Meade
16 Jun 2014
Brian Schaub
16 Jun 2014
Aram Green
20 Mar 2017
Brian Angerame
20 Mar 2017
Matthew Lilling
01 Jul 2020
Cesar Orosco
26 Feb 2021
Jeffrey Bailin, CFA
21 Dec 2023
Pricing frequencyDaily
Total net assets
20.79bn USD
As of Jan 31 2026
Share class size
2.03bn USD
As of Jan 31 2026
Net expense ratio0.44%
Front end load--
Deferred load--
Maximum Redemption Fee--
Min. initial investment3,000.00
USD
Min. additional investment1.00
USD
Initial IRA--
Additional IRA--
Available for saleUnited States
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Top 5 holdings

Top 5 holdings as a per cent of portfolio
25.22%4.99%0.00%4.99%
Category average% Net assets% Short% Long
Company1 year changePortfolio weightLong allocation
Vanguard Small-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares
VB:PCQ:USD
+11.37%1.42%
Coherent Corp
COHR:NYQ
+151.25%0.95%
Guidewire Software Inc
GWRE:NYQ
-41.36%0.92%
Comfort Systems USA Inc
FIX:NYQ
+238.68%0.86%
Houlihan Lokey Inc
HLI:NYQ
-7.08%0.84%
Per cent of portfolio in top 5 holdings: 4.99%
Top 10 Holdings

Diversification

Asset type

Asset type

US stock94.46%
Non-US stock3.00%
Cash2.54%
US bond0.00%
Non-US bond0.00%
Other0.00%

Top 5 sectors

Equity
Fixed income
Technology20.07%
Industrials19.73%
Healthcare19.15%
Consumer Cyclical12.54%
Financial Services11.38%
Other14.59%

Top 5 regions

United States94.46%
Developed Asia0.71%
Canada0.58%
Middle East0.51%
United Kingdom0.42%
Other0.77%
Sector and region weightings are calculated using only long position holdings of the portfolio.
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