VAW 📈 Vanguard Materials Shares - Overview

Exchange: NYSE ARCA • Country: USA • Currency: USD • Type: Etf • ISIN: US92204A8018 • Natural Resources

VAW: Chemicals, Metals, Mining, Construction, Agriculture

The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Materials 25/50, an index made up of stocks of large, mid-size, and small U.S. companies within the materials sector, as classified under the GICS. The Advisor attempts to replicate the target index by seeking to invest all, or substantially all, of its assets in the stocks that make up the index, in order to hold each stock in approximately the same proportion as its weighting in the index. The fund is non-diversified. ‣ Company URL: http://www.vanguard.com ‣ Domicile: United States

Additional Sources for VAW ETF

VAW ETF Overview

Market Cap in USD 3,023m
Category Natural Resources
TER 0.10%
IPO / Inception 2004-01-26

VAW ETF Ratings

Growth 5y 62.4%
Fundamental -
Dividend 50.1%
Rel. Strength Industry -99.9
Analysts -
Fair Price Momentum 171.47 USD
Fair Price DCF -

VAW Dividends

Dividend Yield 12m 1.23%
Yield on Cost 5y 1.90%
Annual Growth 5y 4.65%
Payout Consistency 95.0%

VAW Growth Ratios

Growth Correlation 3m -50.6%
Growth Correlation 12m 75.8%
Growth Correlation 5y 80.2%
CAGR 5y 9.12%
CAGR/Mean DD 5y 1.33
Sharpe Ratio 12m -0.18
Alpha -25.99
Beta 1.04
Volatility 21.07%
Current Volume 100.5k
Average Volume 20d 58.1k
What is the price of VAW stocks?
As of December 22, 2024, the stock is trading at USD 189.83 with a total of 100,500 shares traded.
Over the past week, the price has changed by -6.99%, over one month by -8.61%, over three months by -9.53% and over the past year by +0.01%.
Is Vanguard Materials Shares a good stock to buy?
Yes. Based on ValueRay Analyses, Vanguard Materials Shares (NYSE ARCA:VAW) is currently (December 2024) a good stock to buy. It has a ValueRay Growth Rating of 62.40 and therefor a clear technical positive rating according to historical growth.
Based on ValueRays Analyses, Dividends and Discounted-Cash-Flow, the Fair Value of VAW as of December 2024 is 171.47. This means that VAW is currently overvalued and has a potential downside of -9.67%.
Is VAW a buy, sell or hold?
Vanguard Materials Shares has no consensus analysts rating.
What are the forecast for VAW stock price target?
According to ValueRays Forecast Model, VAW Vanguard Materials Shares will be worth about 190.9 in December 2025. The stock is currently trading at 189.83. This means that the stock has a potential upside of +0.57%.
Issuer Forecast Upside
Wallstreet Target Price - -
Analysts Target Price - -
ValueRay Target Price 190.9 0.6%