Vanguard Financials ETF (VFH)

NYSE Arca: VFHExchange-traded fund from Vanguard.

  • Expense ratio0.10%
  • Net assets$13.15B
  • Dividend yield1.87%
  • 1-year return+9.22%
  • Holdings423

VFH ETF price chart

VFH quote & trading statistics

VFH performance

Total return · as of October 17, 2026
  • YTD+2.23%
  • 1 year+9.22%
  • 3 years+20.42%/yr
  • 5 years+8.47%/yr
  • 10 years+13.12%/yr
1Y volatility
15.28%
3Y volatility
16.52%
3Y Sharpe ratio
0.91

Returns include reinvested distributions; 3-, 5- and 10-year figures are annualized.

VFH top 10 holdings

Vanguard Financials ETF largest holdings by weight
#SymbolNameWeight
1JPMJPMorgan Chase & Co9.95%
2BRK.BBerkshire Hathaway Inc8.70%
3VVisa Inc. Class A6.82%
4MAMastercard Inc5.24%
5BACBank of America Corp4.00%
6WFCWells Fargo & Company2.95%
7GSGoldman Sachs Group Inc2.95%
8MSMorgan Stanley2.73%
9CCitigroup Inc.2.62%
10SCHWCharles Schwab Corp1.86%

The top 10 holdings make up 47.8% of the fund (423 holdings in total). As of October 17, 2026.

VFH sector weights

Financial Services
96.2%
Technology
1.9%
Real Estate
0.6%
Industrials
0.3%
Healthcare
0.1%

VFH region weights

North America
101.3%
Europe Developed
1.4%
Latin America
0.2%

VFH asset allocation

U.S. stocks
97.5%
Non-U.S. stocks
1.5%
Cash
0.6%
Other
0.4%

VFH market-cap breakdown

Large cap
37.9%
Mid cap
27.3%
Mega cap
19.4%
Small cap
8.2%
Micro cap
3.7%

About Vanguard Financials ETF

The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the index, an index made up of stocks of large, mid-size, and small U.S. companies within the financials sector, as classified under the GICS. The Advisor attempts to replicate the target index by seeking to invest all, or substantially all, of its assets in the stocks that make up the index, in order to hold each stock in approximately the same proportion as its weighting in the index. It is non-diversified.

VFH ETF FAQ

What is the VFH expense ratio?

Vanguard Financials ETF has a net expense ratio of 0.10%, or $10.00 a year for every $10,000 invested.

How much money is in VFH?

Vanguard Financials ETF has about $13.15B in net assets.

What are the top holdings of VFH?

The largest positions in VFH are JPMorgan Chase & Co (9.95%), Berkshire Hathaway Inc (8.70%), Visa Inc. Class A (6.82%). The fund holds 423 securities in total.

How has VFH performed?

VFH returned +9.22% over the past year and +8.47% a year over the past five years, including reinvested distributions.

Does VFH pay dividends?

VFH has a dividend yield of 1.87% and pays distributions na.

When was VFH launched?

Vanguard Financials ETF began trading on January 26, 2004.

ETFs similar to VFH

Funds that track the same index or whose top-10 holdings overlap most with VFH's. Overlap: shared top-10 weight as a share of the larger top-10 total of the two funds.

ETFs with holdings most similar to VFH, compared by expense ratio, assets and 1-year return
SymbolFundOverlapExpense ratioNet assets1-year return
VFHVanguard Financials ETF—0.10%$13.15B+9.22%
FNCLFidelity MSCI Financials ETF94%0.07%$2.24B+9.22%
XLFFinancial Select Sector SPDR Fund79%0.09%$52.15B+8.50%
SKFProShares UltraShort Financials77%0.93%$10.3M-6.64%
TFNST. Rowe Price Financials ETF76%—$18.4M+7.92%
SEFProShares Short Financials76%0.95%$17.4M-0.90%
IYFiShares U.S. Financials ETF74%0.40%$3.79B+8.18%
IYGiShares U.S. Financial Services ETF71%0.39%$2.23B+8.75%
UYGProShares Ultra Financials70%0.93%$752.0M+10.29%