ETF·NYSE
Vanguard Growth ETF (VUG)
- Net assets
- $392.07B
- Expense ratio
- 0.03%
- Yield
- 0.38%
- 52-week range
- $69.63 $93.00
VUG ETF forecast today
Where VUG stands today, and what CleaRank Financial AI makes of it.
VUG at a glance
Vanguard Growth ETF (VUG): Hold, 46/100 on CleaRank's AI score.
- Trend Mixed: the price is above its 200-day but below its 50-day moving average ($84.00 and $89.05).
- Fund Expense ratio 0.03%, $392.1B in net assets, price up 2.8% over 1 year.
Figures as of October 30, 2026.
CleaRank Financial AI
CleaRank rates Vanguard Growth ETF (VUG) Hold, with a model score of 46/100.
The biggest lift to that score comes from cost, where the expense ratio is 0.03%. Momentum pulls the score down the most, as the 14-day RSI of 34.0 sits in the bearish zone and the MACD line is negative. The trend is mixed. The price is 4.47% below its 50-day average of $89.05, yet 1.27% above its 200-day average of $84.00. Across the past year, the price climbed 2.84%.
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Figures we compute ourselves from VUG's own price history. Tap one to see it in context.
VUG ETF price and trading
The chart, today's range and how far the price has moved over each period.
Trend checks
3/4Price below its 50-day average ›
The price of $85.07 is 4.5% below the 50-day simple moving average of $89.05.Price above its 200-day average ›
The price is 1.3% above the 200-day simple moving average of $84.00.50-day average above the 200-day ›
The 50-day average ($89.05) is 6.0% above the 200-day average ($84.00), the arrangement of a rising longer-term trend.In the upper half of its 52-week range ›
The price sits at 66% of its 52-week range, between $69.63 and $93.00.
VUG share price
Pick a period: each tab shows how far VUG has moved over it, to the last close.
Today's trading
Where VUG sits inside today's range and its 52-week range.
VUG fund facts and valuation
What the fund holds, what it costs and how it is valued.
Fund checks
4/5Expense ratio at or below 0.20% ›
The fund charges 0.03% a year, $3.00 on a $10,000 holding.Over $1B in net assets ›
Net assets total $392.1B.One sector above 35% of the fund ›
The largest sector, Technology, makes up 57.8% of the fund.Pays a distribution ›
The distribution yield is 0.38%.Price up over one year ›
The price rose 2.84% over the past year.
VUG Fund Facts
Vanguard Growth ETF is an exchange-traded fund that seeks to provide broad exposure to large-cap U.S. growth stocks. The fund is designed to track a market-cap-weighted growth index, giving investors diversified access to companies that typically emphasize earnings and revenue expansion rather than value characteristics.
Sector weights
Total returns, as the fund family reports them
| Period | VUG |
|---|---|
| YTD | 11.13% |
| 1 month | 2.18% |
| 3 months | 4.47% |
| 1 year | 13.09% |
| 3 years | 26.30% |
| 5 years | 13.87% |
| 10 years | 17.94% |
As of Oct 30, 2026, VUG has an expense ratio of 0.03%, $392.07B in net assets and a distribution yield of 0.38%.
Fund reference data as of Oct 30, 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 VUG.
What the numbers say
CleaRank Financial AI's reading of VUG's holdings, performance and risks.
Technology is the largest sector in VUG at 57.8%, ahead of Communication Services at 14.5% and Consumer Cyclical at 11.3%. With more than half in one sector, VUG moves with that sector more than a broadly spread fund would. VUG is a Large Growth fund from Vanguard, launched on January 26, 2004.
Owning VUG carries an annual cost of 0.03%, which comes to $3.00 a year on every $10,000 held. The fund's net assets add up to $392.1B, and its distribution yield is 0.38%. Turnover in the portfolio is 12%.
With 57.8% of its holdings in Technology, the fund depends heavily on one sector. Normal swings for VUG run at about 1.09% a day.
VUG AI analysis and technical indicators
CleaRank's score and reasoning, the indicators behind it, and what the price moves with.
Momentum checks
1/3RSI not overbought or oversold ›
The 14-day RSI is 34.0, showing bearish momentum without being oversold.RSI below 50 ›
An RSI of 34.0 is below the 50 midpoint, so sellers have had the upper hand over the last 14 days.MACD line below zero ›
The MACD line is negative, so the 12-day average is below the 26-day average.
CleaRank Financial AI analysis of VUG
The score, the reasoning behind it, and what could move the price next.
Vanguard Growth ETF (VUG) shows a mixed trend. The price of $85.07 sits 4.47% below its 50-day average of $89.05, yet it is also 1.27% above its 200-day average of $84.00. Over the past year, the price is 22.17% above the 52-week low of $69.63 and 8.53% below the 52-week high of $93.00.
A recent pullback sits inside a stronger longer record: the price fell 5.59% over the past month, fell 0.15% over the past three months and rose 2.84% over the past year. The 14-day RSI of 34.0 is in the bearish zone, above the oversold line, and the MACD line is negative. Volume in the last session ran 180.7% above its average, on a day the price fell 2.99%.
- The two levels closest to the price are worth watching: the 20-day EMA sits above the price at $88.62, and the 200-day SMA sits below it at $84.00.
- With the 14-day RSI at 34.0, the momentum reading is bearish, and the MACD line is negative. Readings beyond 70 or under 30 would signal stretched momentum.
- Fees add up over time. VUG's expense ratio of 0.03% a year works out to $3.00 on every $10,000 invested.
The trend gives mixed signals. VUG sits above its 200-day average of $84.00 but beneath its 50-day average of $89.05. Should the price close above the 50-day, both signals would point up; a close below the 200-day would point both down. Looking at the nearest levels, the 200-day SMA at $84.00 lies below the price, while the 20-day EMA at $88.62 lies above it.
Technical indicators
Momentum and trend for VUG, from its daily closes.
As of October 30, 2026, with VUG at $85.07, its 14-day RSI is 34.0 (showing bearish momentum without being oversold), its 50-day simple moving average is $89.05 and its 200-day is $84.00.
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 VUG 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, VUG's 1-year correlation of daily returns is +0.96 with S&P 500 (SPY), +0.97 with Nasdaq 100 (QQQ), +0.47 with Bitcoin (BTC) and +0.15 with gold (XAU).
VUG trade plan: entry, stop loss and targets
Entry, stop and target levels from the moving averages and recent volatility. Educational, not advice.
VUG trade plan
Entry, stop and target levels, sized to your account. Change the bias or the risk and every level updates.
Entry Strategies pick an entry style
Risk management
Profit targets (Based on Conservative Entry)
These levels come from VUG'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 VUG tends to move, against the market and on its own.
VUG price history and drawdowns
VUG's worst falls and recoveries, what $10,000 became, and which months have been kind to it.
Track record checks
4/4Average daily move under 2% ›
The price has moved 1.09% on an average day (30-day standard deviation of daily returns).Recovered from its worst fall ›
The worst fall was 32.8%, from December 2021 to December 2022, regained by December 2023.Most 1-year holds ended higher ›
88% of 1-year holding periods in the last 10 years ended with a gain.Beat the S&P 500 since the chart begins ›
$10,000 invested in October 2016 is now worth $76,230, against $42,358 in the S&P 500 (SPY).
VUG Drawdowns & Recovery
As of October 30, 2026, VUG's worst peak-to-trough fall over the last 10 years with dividends reinvested was -32.8% (December 2021 to December 2022); it regained that peak by December 2023, 12 months after the low, and 88% 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 VUG in October 2016 is worth now, against the same amount in the S&P 500.
Against the market: VUG beat the S&P 500 over this period: $76,230 against $42,358.
A $10,000 investment in VUG in October 2016 would be worth about $76,230 today with dividends reinvested, compared with about $42,358 for the same investment in the S&P 500 benchmark (also with dividends reinvested).
Seasonal patterns
Which calendar months have been kind to VUG, and which have not.
Strongest month, July: an average of +4.31%, up in 9 of 10 years.
Weakest month, February: an average of -0.69%, up in 3 of 10 years.
This month, October: has averaged +0.77%, up in 6 of 9 years. Past seasonality does not repeat on schedule.
Over the last 10 years, VUG's strongest calendar month has been July (average +4.31%, up in 9 of 10 years) and its weakest February (average -0.69%, up in 3 of 10 years).
Average return for each calendar month over the last 10 years, from weekly closing prices with dividends included.
VUG 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 VUG, 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 VUG today could grow to about $14,476 by 2030 in the base case, with a 90th-percentile outcome near $25,237 and a 10th-percentile outcome around $8,304. The simulation models price only; at today's 0.38% yield, dividends would add to these figures. Projections are statistical simulations, not guarantees.
VUG 2030 Scenarios (Monte Carlo)
The same simulation in prices, year by year.
CleaRank's simulation projects a price near $123 for VUG by 2030 in the base case, from $85.07 today (1.4x over 4 years). The 10th-percentile path ends near $70.64. These are outcomes of a Monte Carlo simulation run on VUG'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 | $70.67 | $93.31 | $123 | |
| 2028 | $69.09 | $102 | $152 | |
| 2029 | $69.38 | $112 | $182 | |
| 2030 | $70.64 | $123 | $215 |
Method: a lognormal simulation of VUG'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
VUG ETF forecast: questions people ask
Answered from the figures on this page, as of October 30, 2026.