This ETF tracks the performance of the NASDAQ US Dividend Achievers Select Index, which offers exposure to dividend paying large-cap companies that exhibit growth characteristics within the U.S. equity market. Investors with a longer-term horizon should consider the importance of large cap growth stocks and the benefits they can add to any well-balanced portfolio, including dividends. VIG is linked to an index consisting of roughly 180 holdings and exposure is tilted most heavily towards consumer staples, health care, and industrials. Securities are chosen for inclusion in the fund based on their history of increasing dividends; only companies that have increased payouts for at least ten consecutive years are included in the fund. Thanks to this focus, VIG only invests in companies that are most likely to continue to pay out dividends in the future making it a solid pick for dividend focused investors even if the diversification is a little lacking.
The adjacent table gives investors an individual Realtime Rating for VIG on several different metrics, including liquidity, expenses, performance, volatility, dividend, concentration of holdings in addition to an overall rating. The "A+ Metric Rated ETF" field, available to ETFdb Pro members, shows the ETF in the Large Cap Growth Equities with the highest Metric Realtime Rating for each individual field. To view all of this data, sign up for a free 14-day trial for ETFdb Pro. To view information on how the ETFdb Realtime Ratings work, click here.
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Liquidity | A | n/a |
Expenses | A | n/a |
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This section compares how balanced and deep this ETF is relative to the peer group ETFdb.com Category.
Asset | Percentage |
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Common equity | 99.99% |
ETF Cash Component | 0.01% |
Sector | Percentage |
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Industrials | 27.48% |
Consumer, Non-Cyclical | 16.45% |
Healthcare | 15.15% |
Technology | 12.86% |
Consumer, Cyclical | 11.28% |
Financials | 8.12% |
Basic Materials | 5.28% |
Utilities | 3.14% |
Communications | 0.13% |
Other | 0.09% |
ETF Cash Component | 0.01% |
Energy | 0.0% |
Market Cap | Percentage |
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Large cap | 88.02% |
Mid cap | 9.38% |
Small cap | 2.1% |
Micro cap | 0.41% |
Unknown | 0.09% |
ETF Cash Component | 0.01% |
Region | Percentage |
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North America | 97.81% |
Europe | 2.19% |
Region | Percentage |
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United States | 97.81% |
Developed Markets (ex-US) | 2.19% |
Country | Percentage |
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United States | 97.81% |
Ireland | 2.07% |
United Kingdom | 0.12% |
This section compares the cost efficiency of this ETF to peers in the same ETFdb.com Category.
This ETF is currently available for commission free trading on the following platforms: (Vanguard, TD Ameritrade, Firstrade)
There are 13 other ETFs in the Large Cap Growth Equities ETFdb.com Category that are also eligible for commission free trading:
This section shows how this ETF has performed relative to its peer group ETFdb.com Category.
This section compares the fund flows of this ETF to peers in the same ETFdb.com Category.
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This section shows how the P/E multiple of this ETF compares to the peer group ETFdb.com Category.
This section shows how the dividend yield of this ETF compares to the peer group ETFdb.com Category.
This section shows how the volatility of this ETF compares to the peer group ETFdb.com Category.
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