About this ETF
The Vanguard Communication Services ETF (VOX) endeavors to replicate the investment returns of a specific benchmark index, which gauges the financial performance of companies within the communication services industry. This fund employs a passive management approach, typically utilizing a full-replication strategy to mirror the index's holdings directly. Should regulatory factors require it, a representative sampling strategy may be used instead. The ETF's portfolio includes equities of firms that provide a diverse range of communication offerings, such as traditional telephony, data transfer, cellular, and wireless connectivity, often also distributing associated content and information across various media platforms.
Description from the fund data provider · profile as of Aug 27, 2026.
Price Chart
Daily closing prices (price return, not total return). Comparison lines are normalized to percent change from the range start. Source: Financial Modeling Prep.
Performance
| 1M | 3M | 6M | YTD | 1Y | 3Y* | 5Y* | 10Y* | Incep.* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price return | +3.18% | -5.50% | -1.21% | -2.92% | +4.99% | +21.20% | +4.86% | +7.13% | +6.30% |
| Total return | +3.18% | -5.27% | -0.73% | -2.45% | +6.10% | +22.51% | +5.97% | +8.77% | +8.72% |
* Annualized. Total return uses the dividend-adjusted price series (distributions reinvested); price return uses unadjusted closes. Performance through Aug 26, 2026. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
Fees
| Net expense ratio | 0.09% | Annual cost of a $10,000 investment | $9.00 |
Illustrative calculation only: expense ratio × $10,000. It excludes trading costs, bid/ask spreads, taxes and changes in investment value. Gross vs. net expense details and any fee waivers are in the prospectus.
Holdings
Holdings as of Aug 26, 2026 — portfolio reporting date from the data provider; holdings are not live positions. 117 rows in database.
| # | Holding | Ticker | Weight | Shares | Market Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meta Platforms Inc | META | 19.87% | 2.14M | $1.19B |
| 2 | Alphabet Inc | GOOGL | 15.12% | 2.55M | $906.6M |
| 3 | Alphabet Inc | GOOG | 8.56% | 1.44M | $513.3M |
| 4 | Netflix Inc | NFLX | 4.81% | 4.02M | $288.6M |
| 5 | Verizon Communications Inc | VZ | 4.49% | 5.76M | $269.4M |
| 6 | Walt Disney Co/The | DIS | 4.01% | 2.50M | $240.5M |
| 7 | AT&T Inc | T | 3.95% | 10.19M | $236.9M |
| 8 | Comcast Corp | CMCSA | 2.73% | 6.84M | $163.8M |
| 9 | T-Mobile US Inc | TMUS | 2.58% | 897.15K | $154.9M |
| 10 | Warner Bros Discovery Inc | WBD | 2.38% | 5.43M | $142.8M |
| 11 | Electronic Arts Inc | EA | 2.14% | 610.87K | $128.2M |
| 12 | Take-Two Interactive Software Inc | TTWO | 2.11% | 519.62K | $126.2M |
| 13 | AppLovin Corp | APP | 2.06% | 312.06K | $123.5M |
| 14 | Live Nation Entertainment Inc | LYV | 1.66% | 571.90K | $99.6M |
| 15 | Space Exploration Technologies Corp | SPCX | 1.52% | 842.84K | $91.3M |
| 16 | Omnicom Group Inc | OMC | 1.36% | 1.04M | $81.8M |
| 17 | ROBLOX Corp | RBLX | 1.28% | 2.16M | $76.8M |
| 18 | Liberty Media Corp-Liberty Formula One | FWONK | 1.27% | 776.28K | $76.2M |
| 19 | Roku Inc | ROKU | 1.15% | 476.57K | $69.1M |
| 20 | Reddit Inc | RDDT | 0.99% | 420.12K | $59.1M |
| 21 | AST SpaceMobile Inc | ASTS | 0.79% | 805.23K | $47.5M |
| 22 | SLBBH1142 | — | 0.76% | 457.98K | $45.8M |
| 23 | TKO Group Holdings Inc | TKO | 0.74% | 242.44K | $44.1M |
| 24 | Charter Communications Inc | CHTR | 0.72% | 298.83K | $43.3M |
| 25 | New York Times Co/The | NYT | 0.72% | 574.74K | $43.0M |
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Geographic Exposure
Country weights as reported by the data provider. Developed/emerging/frontier labels follow the classification on the Methodology page. Currency hedged: No hedging indicated in the fund name.
Distributions
| Yield (TTM) | 1.04% | Paid (last 12 months) | $1.9637 |
| Frequency | Quarterly | SEC yield | Not provided by our data source — see the issuer page |
| Last ex-date | Jun 24, 2026 | Last payment | $0.4492 (Jun 26, 2026) |
| Growth 1Y | +12.12% | Growth 3Y / 5Y (ann.) | +26.73% / +16.99% |
| Ex-date | Record | Pay date | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 2026 | Jun 24, 2026 | Jun 26, 2026 | $0.4492 |
| Mar 24, 2026 | Mar 24, 2026 | Mar 26, 2026 | $0.4359 |
| Dec 17, 2025 | Dec 17, 2025 | Dec 19, 2025 | $0.6239 |
| Sep 24, 2025 | Sep 24, 2025 | Sep 26, 2025 | $0.4547 |
| Jun 26, 2025 | Jun 26, 2025 | Jun 30, 2025 | $0.3825 |
| Mar 25, 2025 | Mar 25, 2025 | Mar 27, 2025 | $0.3832 |
| Dec 18, 2024 | Dec 18, 2024 | Dec 20, 2024 | $0.4596 |
| Sep 27, 2024 | Sep 27, 2024 | Oct 01, 2024 | $0.5261 |
| Jun 28, 2024 | Jun 28, 2024 | Jul 02, 2024 | $0.3247 |
| Mar 22, 2024 | Mar 25, 2024 | Mar 27, 2024 | $0.3218 |
| Dec 19, 2023 | Dec 20, 2023 | Dec 22, 2023 | $0.2886 |
| Sep 28, 2023 | Sep 29, 2023 | Oct 03, 2023 | $0.3482 |
Trailing distribution yield = last 12 months of cash ÷ current price. It is NOT the SEC 30-day yield and distributions are not guaranteed to continue. The difference explained →
Risk Statistics
| Volatility 1Y / 3Y | 17.32% / 18.38% | Sharpe 1Y / 3Y | 0.231 / 1.15 |
| Max drawdown 1Y / 3Y | -13.56% / -21.15% | Sortino 1Y | 0.332 |
| Beta vs S&P 500 (3Y) | 0.968 | Correlation vs S&P 500 (1Y) | 0.669 |
| Downside deviation 1Y | 12.06% | Risk-free rate used | 3.71% (3M T-bill, FRED) |
Computed by ETF Explorer from daily dividend-adjusted closes; volatility and drawdown are annualized/period figures; S&P 500 exposure proxied by SPY. As of Aug 27, 2026. Formulas →
Liquidity
| Volume today | 181.00K | Average volume | 277.69K |
| AUM | $6.00B | Premium/Discount | +0.03% |
| Bid/Ask spread | Not provided by our data source. Check your broker's quote screen; spreads are widest at the open and close. | ||
Premium/discount compares the delayed market price with the last reported NAV — an indicative figure, not the official closing premium/discount. How ETF liquidity works →
Fund Flows (estimated)
| Period | Est. net flow | % of starting AUM | AUM start → end |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Day | $0.00 | 0.00% | $6.00B → $6.00B |
| 1 Week | -$113.2M | -1.89% | $6.00B → $6.00B |
ETF Explorer estimate: change in reported AUM minus the market-move effect, from our own daily snapshots. Not official issuer creation/redemption data.
Official Fund Resources
External links open the issuer's site or SEC EDGAR in a new tab. The prospectus and official documents are always the authoritative source — review them before investing.
Latest News for VOX
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Guided help: AUM is fund size. The expense ratio is the yearly cost baked into returns. NAV is the value of what the fund owns per share; the market price can sit slightly above (premium) or below (discount) it. Total return assumes distributions were reinvested. Every dataset shows its own as-of date because holdings, assets and quotes update on different schedules.
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