Vanguard Information Technology ETF
VGT NYSE Arca
The Vanguard Information Technology ETF seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of stocks in the information technology sector. The Fund includes stocks of companies that serve the electronics and computer industries or that manufacture products based...
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- Fund size
- 25.0B as of Feb 2020
- Expense ratio
- 0.10% per year
- Dividend yield
- 0.90% Quarterly
- Volatility · 1Y
- 24.6% Above Average
- Beta
- 1.35 vs the market
- 52-week range
- 83.39129.80
How VGT has paid off
Price return over every period, and total return with dividends reinvested, set against price alone.
Return by period
Price · to Oct 12Total return vs price return
Price onlyOver 1 year, VGT returned +35.8% with dividends reinvested — dividends added +1.2 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 ±25% around its trend.
Drawdown from peak
How far below its previous high the price has been Deepest fall −16.4% on Mar 30, 2026 — 152 days after the previous high
More than 5% below a high 52% of the time.
Market sensitivity
BetaA beta of 1.35 means VGT has moved more 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 average126.98 −0.4%
- 26-day average124.97 +1.2%
- 50-day average122.39 +3.4%
- 200-day average109.90 +15.1%
The price is above 3 of 4 averages. The 50-day average is above the 200-day, a sign of a rising longer-term trend.
Relative strength (RSI)
NeutralRSI 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
Technology · Technology — tracking the MSCI US Investable Market Information Technology 25/50 Index.
- Assets under management25.0BUSD
- Expense ratio0.10%per year
- Holdings327
- Risk score3.9Low
Launched January 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 9 USD a year for every 1,000 USD invested at today's price.
- Per share
- 1.13
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Last paid
- Sep 23, 2026
Last 12 months
1.13 USD / shareWhere VGT shows up
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About Vanguard Information Technology ETF
The Vanguard Information Technology ETF seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of stocks in the information technology sector. The Fund includes stocks of companies that serve the electronics and computer industries or that manufacture products based on the latest applied science. In terms of sectors, technology hardware, storage and peripheral is leading, followed by systems software, semiconductors, and application software
- Featured in 1 curated theme
- 327 holdings
- Ticker
- VGT
- Exchange
- NYSE Arca
- ISIN
- US92204A7028
- CUSIP
- 92204A702
- Currency
- U.S. Dollar (USD)
- Country
- USA
- Sector
- Technology
- Industry
- Technology
- Benchmark
- MSCI US Investable Market Information Technology 25/50 Index
All key statistics
Details
Shareas of Oct 12, 2026
Dataas of Feb 28, 2020
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Data for information only, not investment advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.