Vanguard Communication Services ETF
VOX NYSE Arca
The Vanguard Communication Services ETF seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of stocks in the communication services sector. The Fund includes stocks of companies that provide telephone, data-transmission, cellular, wireless communication services...
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- Fund size
- 2.11B as of Feb 2020
- Expense ratio
- 0.10% per year
- Dividend yield
- 0.97% Quarterly
- Volatility · 1Y
- 18.1% Average Risk
- Beta
- 0.95 vs the market
- 52-week range
- 172.05199.02
How VOX 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, VOX returned +7.3% with dividends reinvested — dividends added +1.0 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 ±18% around its trend.
Drawdown from peak
How far below its previous high the price has been Deepest fall −13.6% on Mar 27, 2026 — 57 days after the previous high
More than 5% below a high 36% of the time.
Market sensitivity
BetaA beta of 0.95 means VOX 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 average191.89 +0.4%
- 26-day average191.24 +0.8%
- 50-day average190.15 +1.3%
- 200-day average186.94 +3.1%
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)
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
Services · Media — tracking the MSCI US Investable Market Telecommunication Services 25/50 Index.
- Assets under management2.11BUSD
- Expense ratio0.10%per year
- Holdings116
- Risk score4.9Medium
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 10 USD a year for every 1,000 USD invested at today's price.
- Per share
- 1.86
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Last paid
- Sep 23, 2026
Last 12 months
1.86 USD / shareWhere VOX shows up
Curated themes and indices that hold VOX. Open one to see it in context, or test the whole theme in a portfolio.
About Vanguard Communication Services ETF
The Vanguard Communication Services ETF seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of stocks in the communication services sector. The Fund includes stocks of companies that provide telephone, data-transmission, cellular, wireless communication services and offer related content and information through various media
- Featured in 2 curated themes
- 116 holdings
- Ticker
- VOX
- Exchange
- NYSE Arca
- ISIN
- US92204A8844
- CUSIP
- 92204A884
- Currency
- U.S. Dollar (USD)
- Country
- USA
- Sector
- Services
- Industry
- Media
- Benchmark
- MSCI US Investable Market Telecommunication Services 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.