Vanguard Equity Income Fund (VEIRX)

NASDAQ · Mutual Fund · Delayed Price · Currency is USD
96.05
-0.09 (-0.09%)
Aug 15, 2025, 4:00 PM EDT
5.75%
Fund Assets 59.41B
Expense Ratio 0.18%
Min. Investment $50,000
Turnover 42.00%
Dividend (ttm) 8.55
Dividend Yield 8.88%
Dividend Growth 25.05%
Payout Frequency Quarterly
Ex-Dividend Date Jun 20, 2025
Previous Close 96.14
YTD Return 10.44%
1-Year Return 16.30%
5-Year Return 91.77%
52-Week Low 80.48
52-Week High 99.71
Beta (5Y) 0.81
Holdings 211
Inception Date Aug 13, 2001

About VEIRX

The fund invests mainly in common stocks of mid-size and large companies whose stocks typically pay above-average levels of dividend income and are, in the opinion of the purchasing advisor, undervalued relative to similar stocks. In addition, the advisors generally look for companies that they believe are committed to paying dividends consistently. Under normal circumstances, it will invest at least 80% of its assets in equity securities. The fund uses multiple investment advisors.

Fund Family Vanguard
Category Large Value
Stock Exchange NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol VEIRX
Share Class Admiral Shares
Index FTSE High Dividend Yield TR USD

Performance

VEIRX had a total return of 16.30% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 8.68%.

Other Share Classes

These are alternative share classes of the same fund, from the same provider.

Symbol Share Class Expense Ratio
VEIPX Investor Shares 0.27%

Top 10 Holdings

25.64% of assets
Name Symbol Weight
Broadcom Inc. AVGO 5.28%
JPMorgan Chase & Co. JPM 3.63%
Bank of America Corporation BAC 2.78%
Johnson & Johnson JNJ 2.61%
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated UNH 2.39%
Merck & Co., Inc. MRK 2.27%
ConocoPhillips COP 1.94%
Gilead Sciences, Inc. GILD 1.72%
Cisco Systems, Inc. CSCO 1.62%
Mktliq 12/31/2049 n/a 1.39%
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Dividend History

Ex-Dividend Amount Pay Date
Jun 20, 2025 $0.5544 Jun 23, 2025
Mar 21, 2025 $0.5995 Mar 24, 2025
Dec 18, 2024 $6.7747 Dec 19, 2024
Sep 20, 2024 $0.6185 Sep 23, 2024
Jun 21, 2024 $0.7633 Jun 24, 2024
Mar 15, 2024 $0.5149 Mar 18, 2024
Full Dividend History