Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF
VTWO NASDAQ
The Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF invests in stocks in the Russell 2000 Index, a broadly diversified index predominantly made up of stocks of small U.S. companies. The Fund offers high potential for investment growth; share value typically rises and falls more sharply than that of funds holding bonds.
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- Fund size
- 1.42B as of Feb 2020
- Expense ratio
- 0.15% per year
- Dividend yield
- 1.21% Quarterly
- Volatility · 1Y
- 18.1% Average Risk
- Beta
- 1.09 vs the market
- 52-week range
- 91.49122.89
How VTWO has paid off
Price return over every period, and total return with dividends reinvested, set against its benchmark.
Return by period
Price · to Oct 13Total return vs benchmark
Total Market US Cap Weighted 1200 IndexOver 1 year, VTWO returned +14.3% with dividends reinvested — −39.4 pts behind its benchmark.
How bumpy is the ride?
Return only means something next to the risk taken to earn it. Volatility, drawdowns and market sensitivity over 1 year.
Volatility
Annualized · 1YA typical year sees the price swing about ±18% around its trend.
Drawdown from peak
How far below its previous high the price has been Deepest fall −11.0% on Mar 30, 2026 — 67 days after the previous high
More than 5% below a high 22% of the time.
Risk vs reward
1YOver 1 year, VTWO delivered less return with more risk than its benchmark.
Market sensitivity
BetaA beta of 1.09 means VTWO has moved roughly in line with the market.
Trend & momentum
Where the price sits against its moving averages, and how stretched the recent move is.
Price vs moving averages
Uptrend- 12-day average112.95 −1.0%
- 26-day average114.29 −2.2%
- 50-day average115.62 −3.3%
- 200-day average111.12 +0.6%
The price is above 1 of 4 averages. The 50-day average is above the 200-day, a sign of a rising longer-term trend.
Relative strength (RSI)
OversoldRSI compares recent gains with recent losses on a 0–100 scale. Above 70 a move is often considered stretched, below 30 washed out.
Technical indicators describe past prices. They are not a forecast.
Inside the fund
US Equity · SmallCap — tracking the Russell 2000 Index.
- Assets under management1.42BUSD
- Expense ratio0.15%per year
- Holdings1,999
- Risk score4.0Medium
Launched September 2010. Fund data as of Feb 28, 2020.
What it pays you
Cash distributions over the last twelve months, and how they have grown.
About 12 USD a year for every 1,000 USD invested at today's price.
- Per share
- 1.36
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Last paid
- Sep 23, 2026
Last 12 months
1.36 USD / shareWhere VTWO shows up
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About Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF
The Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF invests in stocks in the Russell 2000 Index, a broadly diversified index predominantly made up of stocks of small U.S. companies. The Fund offers high potential for investment growth; share value typically rises and falls more sharply than that of funds holding bonds.
- Featured in 3 curated themes
- 1,999 holdings
- Ticker
- VTWO
- Exchange
- NASDAQ
- ISIN
- US92206C6646
- CUSIP
- 92206C664
- Currency
- U.S. Dollar (USD)
- Country
- USA
- Sector
- US Equity
- Industry
- SmallCap
- Benchmark
- Total Market US Cap Weighted 1200 Index
All key statistics
Details
Shareas of Oct 13, 2026
Dataas of Feb 28, 2020
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Data for information only, not investment advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.