VOOV

The Vanguard S&P 500 Value ETF (VOOV) is an exchange-traded fund designed to track the performance of U.S. large-cap companies with value-oriented characteristics. The ETF is managed by Vanguard and trades under the ticker VOOV on the NYSE Arca.

Classified as an equity ETF focused on U.S. large-cap value stocks, the fund seeks to reflect, before fees and expenses, the performance of the S&P 500 Value Index.

The ETF follows a passive management strategy, maintaining a portfolio structured to replicate the composition and weighting of its benchmark index. The benchmark selects companies from the S&P 500 that exhibit value characteristics using metrics associated with valuation, earnings, and corporate fundamentals.

Diversification and sector exposure

VOOV provides exposure primarily associated with:

• Financials.
• Healthcare.
• Energy.
• Industrials.
• Consumer staples.
• Communication services.
• U.S. large-cap value equities.

The ETF’s performance is sensitive to U.S. macroeconomic conditions, expectations surrounding interest rates and inflation, and economic cycles affecting the American equity market.

Changes in Federal Reserve monetary policy, fluctuations in the yield curve, and shifts in economic-growth expectations may directly affect the fund’s behavior. Value-oriented companies may also show greater sensitivity to traditional sectors of the economy, including financials, energy, and industrials.

Structure and costs

VOOV shares trade on the secondary market on the NYSE Arca during regular trading hours. Share creation and redemption occur through authorized participants, a mechanism intended to help align the ETF’s market price with its net asset value (NAV).

The fund charges a management fee as outlined in its prospectus and does not apply a performance fee. VOOV may distribute income derived from dividends paid by companies held in the portfolio.

Because the ETF maintains exposure to large-cap companies with value-oriented characteristics, its behavior may reflect sector rotation periods within the U.S. market, particularly during changes in expectations regarding interest rates, inflation, and economic growth.

History and evolution of the ETF

The Vanguard S&P 500 Value ETF was launched in 2010 during a period marked by the expansion of factor-based and style-focused ETFs within the U.S. market.

Since inception, the fund has reflected movements associated with U.S. value-oriented equities, including changes in monetary conditions, inflation fluctuations, and shifts in the dynamics between defensive sectors and growth-oriented companies.

In recent years, VOOV has reflected rotations between growth and value segments within the U.S. equity market, alongside changes in Federal Reserve monetary policy, fluctuations in the yield curve, and evolving expectations surrounding economic growth and inflation in the United States.

Additional Information

Vanguard S&P 500 Value ETF (United States) is an exchange-traded fund (ETF), with assets under management totaling $6.42 Billions.

Over the past 12 months, Vanguard S&P 500 Value ETF recorded a return of 19.96%, with its price trading between $184.20 and $221.29 during the same period.

The ETF is traded under the ticker VOOV.