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Vanguard Materials ETF VAW

Issuer: Vanguard SEC registrant: VANGUARD WORLD FUND Equity · US
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Last price 226.23 USD Change: Up +0.86 Percent change: Up +0.38%

Source: Yahoo Finance (opens in a new tab) Observed · 1 day ago Quotes may be delayed

Expense ratio
0.09%
Prospectus 19 Dec 2025
Net assets
$4.5B
As of 31 May 2026
Holdings
113
As of 31 May 2026
12-month distribution yield
1.41%
Quarterly
Asset class
Equity
From holdings

Vanguard Materials ETF (VAW) is an exchange-traded fund listed on NYSE Arca in the United States, issued by Vanguard. Its category is Equity · US (equity). Its last price was US$226.23 on 20 Oct 2026. Its expense ratio is 0.09% a year, from its prospectus dated 19 Dec 2025. It reported net assets of US$4.52 billion as of 31 May 2026. Its latest holdings report lists 113 holdings as of 31 May 2026. Over the last 12 months it paid distributions of US$3.18 a unit, a 12-month distribution yield of 1.41%, paid quarterly.

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Fees

Total annual operating expenses (gross)
0.09%
Net, after fee waivers or reimbursements
No waiver stated
Management fee
0.08%
Prospectus date
19 Dec 2025
Filed with the SEC
30 Jun 2026

Source: SEC prospectus risk/return data sets (opens in a new tab) Filed

Size and reporting

Net assets
$4,521,332,221
Total assets
$4,521,486,598
Holdings as of
31 May 2026
Report made public
29 Jul 2026 (59 days after the month end)

Net assets are for the whole fund series, which for some funds (Vanguard's, for example) also includes mutual fund share classes.

Source: SEC Form N-PORT (opens in a new tab) Filed

Top holdings

Largest 25 of 113 positions, as of 31 May 2026. Weight is the percent of net assets the fund reported.

VAW top holdings as of 31 May 2026
# Holding Identifier Weight Value (USD) Type Country Currency
1 Linde PLC IE000S9YS762 14.92% $674.5M Equity (common) United States USD
2 Newmont Corp US6516391066 7.69% $347.8M Equity (common) United States USD
3 Freeport-McMoRan Inc US35671D8570 6.06% $273.8M Equity (common) United States USD
4 CRH PLC IE0001827041 4.68% $211.6M Equity (common) United States USD
5 Sherwin-Williams Co/The US8243481061 4.59% $207.7M Equity (common) United States USD
6 Ecolab Inc US2788651006 4.19% $189.4M Equity (common) United States USD
7 Air Products and Chemicals Inc AIR PRODS & CHEM US0091581068 3.81% $172.5M Equity (common) United States USD
8 Nucor Corp US6703461052 3.67% $166.1M Equity (common) United States USD
9 Corteva Inc US22052L1044 3.40% $153.5M Equity (common) United States USD
10 Vulcan Materials Co US9291601097 2.40% $108.5M Equity (common) United States USD
11 Steel Dynamics Inc US8581191009 2.32% $104.7M Equity (common) United States USD
12 Martin Marietta Materials Inc MARTIN MAR MTLS US5732841060 2.25% $101.8M Equity (common) United States USD
13 Amrize Ltd CH1430134226 1.74% $78.6M Equity (common) United States USD
14 PPG Industries Inc PPG INDS INC US6935061076 1.63% $73.6M Equity (common) United States USD
15 Dow Inc US2605571031 1.54% $69.6M Equity (common) United States USD
16 Smurfit Westrock PLC IE00028FXN24 1.38% $62.4M Equity (common) United States USD
17 Albemarle Corp US0126531013 1.33% $60.3M Equity (common) United States USD
18 DuPont de Nemours Inc US26614N1028 1.30% $58.9M Equity (common) United States USD
19 Alcoa Corp US0138721065 1.29% $58.4M Equity (common) United States USD
20 Coeur Mining Inc US1921085049 1.28% $58.0M Equity (common) United States USD
21 Reliance Inc US7595091023 1.28% $57.8M Equity (common) United States USD
22 Packaging Corp of America US6951561090 1.26% $57.2M Equity (common) United States USD
23 International Flavors & Fragrances Inc INTL FLVR & FRAG US4595061015 1.25% $56.5M Equity (common) United States USD
24 Royal Gold Inc US7802871084 1.22% $55.0M Equity (common) United States USD
25 Amcor PLC JE00BV7DQ550 1.15% $52.1M Equity (common) United States USD

Source: SEC Form N-PORT (opens in a new tab) Made public Holdings as of 31 May 2026

All 113 stored holdings

Breakdowns

Sums of reported weights over every position in the report. Totals can differ from 100% because of derivatives, borrowing and cash.

Asset type

Asset type by weight
TypeWeightBar
Equity (common) 99.81%
Short-term investment vehicles (cash funds) 0.61%
Equity derivatives −<0.01%

Country

Country by weight
CountryWeightBar
United States 100.42%
Not stated −<0.01%

The country each issuer is assigned to in the report.

Currency exposure

Currency exposure by weight
CurrencyWeightBar
US dollar (USD) 100.41%

The currency each holding is denominated in. Currency hedges are not netted off, so a hedged fund still shows its holdings' currencies.

Sector

Sector weights for holdings matched to listed stocks
SectorWeightBar
Basic Materials 36.32%
Industrials 35.15%
Consumer Discretionary 16.02%
Consumer Staples 3.40%
Energy 0.32%
Unknown 0.10%

Partial coverage: sectors are known for 91.3% of net assets (91% of the fund's equity weight), the holdings matched by CUSIP or ticker to US stocks listed on this site. The rest is not assigned a sector.

Source: SEC Form N-PORT (opens in a new tab) Holdings as of

Distributions

Paid in the last 12 months
$3.1810
4 payments per unit
12-month yield
1.41%
Distributions only, not total return
Frequency
Quarterly
From the gaps between ex-dates
Latest ex-date
23 Sep 2026

12-month yield = distributions per unit with an ex-date in the last 12 months ($3.1810) ÷ latest price ($226.23) × 100 = 1.41%. It looks back, so it is not a forecast; special distributions in the window are included.

Why a distribution yield is not the fund's return: yield vs total return

Distribution history table (20 payments)
VAW distributions per unit by ex-date
Ex-dateAmount per unit
23 Sep 2026$0.7760
24 Jun 2026$0.8020
24 Mar 2026$0.7920
17 Dec 2025$0.8110
24 Sep 2025$0.7690
26 Jun 2025$0.8150
25 Mar 2025$0.8310
18 Dec 2024$0.8570
27 Sep 2024$0.8350
28 Jun 2024$0.8180
22 Mar 2024$0.6820
19 Dec 2023$0.8910
28 Sep 2023$0.8600
29 Jun 2023$0.8260
24 Mar 2023$0.6820
15 Dec 2022$0.9470
28 Sep 2022$0.7910
23 Jun 2022$0.9830
24 Mar 2022$0.6430
16 Dec 2021$0.8270

Source: Yahoo Finance (opens in a new tab) Checked · 2 days ago Amounts are adjusted for later unit splits

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