ETF·NYSE
Vanguard Utilities ETF (VPU)
- Net assets
- $9.47B
- Expense ratio
- 0.09%
- Yield
- 3.04%
- 52-week range
- $169.37 $206.10
VPU ETF forecast today
Where VPU stands today, and what CleaRank Financial AI makes of it.
VPU at a glance
Vanguard Utilities ETF (VPU): Buy, 60/100 on CleaRank's AI score.
- Trend Mixed: the price is above its 50-day but below its 200-day moving average ($180.73 and $191.73).
- Fund Expense ratio 0.09%, $9.5B in net assets, price down 3.5% over 1 year.
Figures as of October 30, 2026.
CleaRank Financial AI
CleaRank rates Vanguard Utilities ETF (VPU) Buy, with a model score of 60/100.
Momentum lifts the score most: the 14-day RSI of 65.0 is in the bullish zone and the MACD line is positive. The trend holds it back most: the price is 2.16% below its 200-day average, and the 50-day average is 5.74% below the 200-day. The 50-day average stands at $180.73 and the 200-day at $191.73. Over the past year the price fell 3.46%.
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Figures we compute ourselves from VPU's own price history. Tap one to see it in context.
VPU ETF price and trading
The chart, today's range and how far the price has moved over each period.
Trend checks
1/4Price above its 50-day average ›
The price of $187.58 is 3.8% above the 50-day simple moving average of $180.73.Price below its 200-day average ›
The price is 2.2% below the 200-day simple moving average of $191.73.50-day average below the 200-day ›
The 50-day average ($180.73) is 5.7% below the 200-day average ($191.73), the arrangement of a falling longer-term trend.In the lower half of its 52-week range ›
The price sits at 50% of its 52-week range, between $169.37 and $206.10.
VPU share price
Pick a period: each tab shows how far VPU has moved over it, to the last close.
Today's trading
Where VPU sits inside today's range and its 52-week range.
VPU fund facts and valuation
What the fund holds, what it costs and how it is valued.
Fund checks
3/5Expense ratio at or below 0.20% ›
The fund charges 0.09% a year, $9.00 on a $10,000 holding.Over $1B in net assets ›
Net assets total $9.5B.One sector above 35% of the fund ›
The largest sector, Utilities, makes up 99.2% of the fund.Pays a distribution ›
The distribution yield is 3.04%.Price down over one year ›
The price fell 3.46% over the past year.
VPU Fund Facts
Vanguard Utilities ETF is an exchange-traded fund that provides diversified exposure to the U.S. utilities sector. The fund seeks to track the performance of an index composed of large-, mid-, and small-capitalization utility companies, including electric, gas, water, and independent power businesses. Its portfolio typically includes regulated and competitive utility operators, along with related energy infrastructure names, making it a focused way to access an essential services segment of the market.
Sector weights
Total returns, as the fund family reports them
| Period | VPU |
|---|---|
| YTD | -5.66% |
| 1 month | -5.78% |
| 3 months | -12.07% |
| 1 year | -7.16% |
| 3 years | 13.63% |
| 5 years | 7.43% |
| 10 years | 8.09% |
As of Oct 31, 2026, VPU has an expense ratio of 0.09%, $9.47B in net assets and a distribution yield of 3.04%.
Fund reference data as of Oct 31, 2026. Expense ratio and net assets are reported by the fund. The trailing returns are the fund family's own month-end total returns, with distributions included, so they can differ from the price changes elsewhere on this page.
Key statistics
The headline figures for VPU.
What the numbers say
CleaRank Financial AI's reading of VPU's holdings, performance and risks.
Utilities is the core of Vanguard Utilities ETF (VPU), making up 99.2% of the fund. Energy follows at 0.5%. With nearly all assets in one sector, VPU's price tends to move in step with that sector. The fund is a Vanguard Utilities fund that launched on April 28, 2004.
Costs run at 0.09% a year, or $9.00 on a $10,000 holding. The fund has $9.5B in net assets. Its distribution yield stands at 3.04%, and portfolio turnover is 6%.
Sector concentration is the main risk. Utilities accounts for 99.2% of the fund, so any setback in that sector would hit nearly the entire portfolio. Day-to-day swings also deserve attention, since VPU has moved 1.06% on an average session. The price fell 3.46% over the past year.
VPU AI analysis and technical indicators
CleaRank's score and reasoning, the indicators behind it, and what the price moves with.
Momentum checks
3/3RSI not overbought or oversold ›
The 14-day RSI is 65.0, showing bullish momentum without being overbought.RSI above 50 ›
An RSI of 65.0 is above the 50 midpoint, so buyers have had the upper hand over the last 14 days.MACD line above zero ›
The MACD line is positive, so the 12-day average is above the 26-day average.
CleaRank Financial AI analysis of VPU
The score, the reasoning behind it, and what could move the price next.
VPU, the Vanguard Utilities ETF, trades between its two moving averages. At $187.58, the price is 2.16% below the 200-day average of $191.73 and 3.79% above the 50-day average of $180.73. Because the 50-day average is 5.74% below the 200-day, the recovery has yet to lift the price back to the longer-run averages. The price sits at 50% of its 52-week range, which runs from a low of $169.37 to a high of $206.10.
Recent gains sit against a weaker longer record: the price rose 9.70% over the past month, fell 1.90% over the past three months and fell 3.46% over the past year. On momentum, the 14-day RSI reads 65.0, in the bullish zone, below the overbought line, with the MACD line positive. The price rose 0.64% in the last session on volume 40.3% above its average.
- Keep an eye on the two closest levels. Above the price sits the 200-day SMA at $191.73, and below it sits the 20-day EMA at $182.22.
- A 14-day RSI of 65.0 falls in the bullish zone, and the MACD line is positive. Readings above 70 or below 30 point to stretched momentum.
- Fees add up over time. VPU's 0.09% annual expense ratio means $9.00 a year on every $10,000 invested.
VPU has a mixed trend. The price is above its 50-day average of $180.73 but beneath its 200-day average of $191.73. Should the price close above the 200-day, both signals would point up. A close below the 50-day would instead point both down. For now the price is wedged between the 20-day EMA of $182.22 below it and the 200-day SMA of $191.73 above it.
The RSI sits in the bullish band, which supports the current direction and sits close to the overbought line.
Technical indicators
Momentum and trend for VPU, from its daily closes.
As of October 30, 2026, with VPU at $187.58, its 14-day RSI is 65.0 (showing bullish momentum without being overbought), its 50-day simple moving average is $180.73 and its 200-day is $191.73.
Calculated by CleaRank on daily closes as of October 30, 2026: Wilder's 14-day RSI, 50- and 200-day simple moving averages, MACD line (12, 26). How we calculate these
What VPU moves with
Correlation of daily returns over one year: +1 moves in step, 0 has no link, -1 moves the opposite way.
As of October 30, 2026, VPU's 1-year correlation of daily returns is +0.33 with S&P 500 (SPY), +0.20 with Nasdaq 100 (QQQ), +0.04 with Bitcoin (BTC) and +0.16 with gold (XAU).
VPU trade plan: entry, stop loss and targets
Entry, stop and target levels from the moving averages and recent volatility. Educational, not advice.
VPU trade plan
Entry, stop and target levels, sized to your account. Change the bias or the risk and every level updates.
Long entry pick an entry style
Risk management
Profit targets (Based on Conservative Entry)
These levels come from VPU's moving averages and recent volatility, not from a forecast. Educational levels, not financial advice; the full disclaimer is at the foot of the page.
Risk profile
How much VPU tends to move, against the market and on its own.
VPU price history and drawdowns
VPU's worst falls and recoveries, what $10,000 became, and which months have been kind to it.
Track record checks
3/4Average daily move under 2% ›
The price has moved 1.06% on an average day (30-day standard deviation of daily returns).Recovered from its worst fall ›
The worst fall was 26.0%, from February 2020 to March 2020, regained by August 2021.Most 1-year holds ended higher ›
78% of 1-year holding periods in the last 10 years ended with a gain.Trailed the S&P 500 since the chart begins ›
$10,000 invested in October 2016 is now worth $23,638, against $41,607 in the S&P 500 (SPY).
VPU Drawdowns & Recovery
As of October 30, 2026, VPU's worst peak-to-trough fall over the last 10 years with dividends reinvested was -26.0% (February 2020 to March 2020); it regained that peak by August 2021, 17 months after the low, and 78% of 1-year holding periods ended with a gain.
From weekly closing values with dividends reinvested. A drawdown is the fall from the highest value reached so far to a later low.
Growth of $10,000
What $10,000 put into VPU in October 2016 is worth now, against the same amount in the S&P 500.
Against the market: VPU trailed the S&P 500 over this period: $23,638 against $41,607.
A $10,000 investment in VPU in October 2016 would be worth about $23,638 today with dividends reinvested, compared with about $41,607 for the same investment in the S&P 500 benchmark (also with dividends reinvested).
Seasonal patterns
Which calendar months have been kind to VPU, and which have not.
Strongest month, April: an average of +2.54%, up in 7 of 10 years.
Weakest month, December: an average of -1.28%, up in 5 of 10 years.
This month, October: has averaged +1.19%, up in 6 of 9 years. Past seasonality does not repeat on schedule.
Over the last 10 years, VPU's strongest calendar month has been April (average +2.54%, up in 7 of 10 years) and its weakest December (average -1.28%, up in 5 of 10 years).
Average return for each calendar month over the last 10 years, from weekly closing prices with dividends included.
VPU price prediction 2030
Thousands of simulated paths from the price history. A range of outcomes, not a forecast.
Monte Carlo projection
Thousands of simulated paths for $10,000 in VPU, from its own past volatility. The shaded area holds 80% of them.
CleaRank's 4-year Monte Carlo simulation, based on 10 years of price history, projects that a $10,000 investment in VPU today could grow to about $12,634 by 2030 in the base case, with a 90th-percentile outcome near $20,661 and a 10th-percentile outcome around $7,726. The simulation models price only; at today's 3.04% yield, dividends would add to these figures. Projections are statistical simulations, not guarantees.
VPU 2030 Scenarios (Monte Carlo)
The same simulation in prices, year by year.
CleaRank's simulation projects a price near $237 for VPU by 2030 in the base case, from $188 today (1.3x over 4 years). The 10th-percentile path ends near $145. These are outcomes of a Monte Carlo simulation run on VPU's historical return distribution, not price targets, and they assume no dividends are reinvested.
| Year | 10th percentile | Base case | 90th percentile | range base today |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027 | $156 | $199 | $254 | |
| 2028 | $149 | $211 | $299 | |
| 2029 | $146 | $224 | $342 | |
| 2030 | $145 | $237 | $388 |
Method: a lognormal simulation of VPU's own volatility and capped historical trend, re-run daily; base case is the median path, the outer columns the 10th and 90th percentiles. How the simulation works
VPU ETF forecast: questions people ask
Answered from the figures on this page, as of October 30, 2026.