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Vanguard Utilities ETF VPU

Issuer: Vanguard SEC registrant: VANGUARD WORLD FUND Equity · US
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Last price 181.04 USD Change: Up +2.12 Percent change: Up +1.18%

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
$10.6B
As of 31 May 2026
Holdings
72
As of 31 May 2026
12-month distribution yield
2.87%
Quarterly
Asset class
Equity
From holdings

Vanguard Utilities ETF (VPU) 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$181.04 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$10.58 billion as of 31 May 2026. Its latest holdings report lists 72 holdings as of 31 May 2026. Over the last 12 months it paid distributions of US$5.20 a unit, a 12-month distribution yield of 2.87%, 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
$10,576,585,462
Total assets
$10,576,966,944
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 72 positions, as of 31 May 2026. Weight is the percent of net assets the fund reported.

VPU top holdings as of 31 May 2026
# Holding Identifier Weight Value (USD) Type Country Currency
1 NextEra Energy Inc US65339F1012 11.79% $1.2B Equity (common) United States USD
2 Southern Co/The US8425871071 6.67% $705.5M Equity (common) United States USD
3 Duke Energy Corp US26441C2044 6.28% $664.3M Equity (common) United States USD
4 Constellation Energy Corp US21037T1097 5.83% $616.9M Equity (common) United States USD
5 American Electric Power Co Inc US0255371017 4.45% $470.9M Equity (common) United States USD
6 Sempra US8168511090 3.83% $404.9M Equity (common) United States USD
7 Dominion Energy Inc US25746U1097 3.76% $397.9M Equity (common) United States USD
8 Vistra Corp US92840M1027 3.57% $377.9M Equity (common) United States USD
9 Entergy Corp US29364G1031 3.21% $339.0M Equity (common) United States USD
10 Xcel Energy Inc US98389B1008 3.09% $327.3M Equity (common) United States USD
11 Exelon Corp US30161N1019 3.03% $321.0M Equity (common) United States USD
12 Public Service Enterprise Group Inc PUB SERV ENTERP US7445731067 2.58% $273.3M Equity (common) United States USD
13 Consolidated Edison Inc CONS EDISON INC US2091151041 2.51% $265.4M Equity (common) United States USD
14 WEC Energy Group Inc US92939U1060 2.38% $251.4M Equity (common) United States USD
15 PG&E Corp US69331C1080 2.36% $250.0M Equity (common) United States USD
16 DTE Energy Co US2333311072 1.95% $206.5M Equity (common) United States USD
17 Ameren Corp US0236081024 1.92% $203.3M Equity (common) United States USD
18 CenterPoint Energy Inc US15189T1079 1.82% $192.0M Equity (common) United States USD
19 Atmos Energy Corp US0495601058 1.80% $190.4M Equity (common) United States USD
20 NRG Energy Inc US6293775085 1.78% $188.3M Equity (common) United States USD
21 Edison International EDISON INTL US2810201077 1.77% $187.3M Equity (common) United States USD
22 PPL Corp US69351T1060 1.72% $182.2M Equity (common) United States USD
23 Eversource Energy US30040W1080 1.69% $178.3M Equity (common) United States USD
24 FirstEnergy Corp US3379321074 1.68% $177.2M Equity (common) United States USD
25 American Water Works Co Inc US0304201033 1.48% $157.0M Equity (common) United States USD

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

All 72 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) 99.56%
Short-term investment vehicles (cash funds) 0.28%
Equity derivatives 0.01%

Country

Country by weight
CountryWeightBar
United States 99.85%
Not stated 0.01%

The country each issuer is assigned to in the report.

Currency exposure

Currency exposure by weight
CurrencyWeightBar
US dollar (USD) 99.86%

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
Utilities 97.67%
Industrials 0.96%
Energy 0.18%

Partial coverage: sectors are known for 98.8% of net assets (99% 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
$5.1990
4 payments per unit
12-month yield
2.87%
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 ($5.1990) ÷ latest price ($181.04) × 100 = 2.87%. 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)
VPU distributions per unit by ex-date
Ex-dateAmount per unit
23 Sep 2026$1.2580
24 Jun 2026$1.3010
24 Mar 2026$1.2770
17 Dec 2025$1.3630
24 Sep 2025$1.2270
26 Jun 2025$1.2260
25 Mar 2025$1.2280
18 Dec 2024$1.2750
27 Sep 2024$1.3120
28 Jun 2024$1.2450
22 Mar 2024$1.0960
19 Dec 2023$1.3100
28 Sep 2023$1.2140
29 Jun 2023$1.1120
24 Mar 2023$1.1440
15 Dec 2022$1.1950
28 Sep 2022$1.2830
23 Jun 2022$1.0870
24 Mar 2022$1.0120
16 Dec 2021$1.0640

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

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