Vanguard Energy Index Fund
VDE NYSE Arca
Vanguard Energy Index Fund seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of stocks in the energy sector. The Fund includes stocks of companies involved in the exploration and production of energy products such as oil, natural gas, and coal.
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- Fund size
- 2.67B as of Feb 2020
- Expense ratio
- 0.10% per year
- Dividend yield
- 2.17% Quarterly
- Volatility · 1Y
- 21.9% Above Average
- Beta
- 0.47 vs the market
- 52-week range
- 117.44187.97
How VDE has paid off
Price return over every period, and total return with dividends reinvested, set against price alone.
Return by period
Price · to Oct 13Total return vs price return
Price onlyOver 1 year, VDE returned +61.5% with dividends reinvested — dividends added +3.4 pts to the price move.
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 ±22% around its trend.
Drawdown from peak
How far below its previous high the price has been Deepest fall −15.0% on Jul 1, 2026 — 96 days after the previous high
More than 5% below a high 33% of the time.
Market sensitivity
BetaA beta of 0.47 means VDE has moved less than 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 average180.47 +4.2%
- 26-day average178.42 +5.4%
- 50-day average175.43 +7.1%
- 200-day average159.76 +17.7%
The price is above 4 of 4 averages. The 50-day average is above the 200-day, a sign of a rising longer-term trend.
Relative strength (RSI)
OverboughtRSI 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
Energy ETFs · Energy — tracking the MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Energy 25/50.
- Assets under management2.67BUSD
- Expense ratio0.10%per year
- Holdings134
- Risk score5.3Medium
Launched September 2004. Listed options available. Fund data as of Feb 28, 2020.
What it pays you
Cash distributions over the last twelve months, and how they have grown.
About 22 USD a year for every 1,000 USD invested at today's price.
- Per share
- 4.08
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Last paid
- Sep 23, 2026
Last 12 months
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About Vanguard Energy Index Fund
Vanguard Energy Index Fund seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of stocks in the energy sector. The Fund includes stocks of companies involved in the exploration and production of energy products such as oil, natural gas, and coal.
- Featured in 1 curated theme
- 134 holdings
- Ticker
- VDE
- Exchange
- NYSE Arca
- ISIN
- US92204A3068
- CUSIP
- 92204A306
- Currency
- U.S. Dollar (USD)
- Country
- USA
- Sector
- Energy ETFs
- Industry
- Energy
- Benchmark
- MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Energy 25/50
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.