Fund · Vanguard Materials Index Fund · measured from SEC filings
VAW holdings
VAW reports 111 holdings and behaves like 21.2 equally weighted ones, computed from its SEC Form N-PORT filing for 2026-05-31. The fact sheet publishes the first number; this page computes the second, and traces it across 27 quarters of filings.
Measured concentration
as of 2026-05-31Computed by this site from the fund's SEC Form N-PORT filing; what the measure does not tell you · every fund in one table · hold it with other funds? X-ray the mix. Pricing: 100% at a quoted market price (level 1), one issuer country.
What stands out
as of 2026-05-31VAW's largest investment is Linde PLC at 14.92% of net assets. Newmont Corp and Freeport-mcmoran follow; the three together are 28.67%. Ten companies are 55.5% of the fund; the other 101 share the rest. Among the 721 equity funds measured here, VAW behaves like 21.2 holdings against a median of 42.4 — 2.0 times more concentrated than the median. Across 27 quarterly filings VAW has held roughly steady since 2019-11-30 (25.9 then, 21.2 now). Between the 2026-02-28 and 2026-05-31 filings 0 positions were added and 2 dropped; 6.0% of the weight moved.
Each sentence is read from the fund's own SEC filing; the class median is computed across the comparable equity funds on this site. Nothing here is a view on the fund.
Every filing since 2019
27Between 2019-11-30 and 2026-05-31, VAW went from behaving like 25.9 equally weighted positions to 21.2 — 18% fewer, while its top ten went from 50.84% to 55.5% of net assets. Read across the funds on the concentration-over-time table.
| Period | Holdings | Effective | Top 10 | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-31 | 111 | 21.2 | 55.5% | 14.94% |
| 2026-02-28 | 113 | 20.8 | 56.13% | 14.55% |
| 2025-11-30 | 116 | 21.7 | 56.19% | 14.14% |
| 2025-08-31 | 112 | 19.7 | 57.17% | 16.21% |
| 2025-05-31 | 115 | 18.9 | 56.48% | 17.23% |
| 2025-02-28 | 117 | 20.2 | 54% | 16.46% |
| 2024-11-30 | 124 | 22.5 | 51.61% | 15.1% |
| 2024-08-31 | 121 | 21.1 | 52.49% | 16.16% |
Earlier filings (19 more, back to 2019-11-30)
| Period | Holdings | Effective | Top 10 | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-05-31 | 120 | 21.8 | 51.55% | 15.9% |
| 2024-02-29 | 119 | 20.3 | 51.75% | 17.15% |
| 2023-11-30 | 114 | 20.3 | 52.58% | 17.03% |
| 2023-08-31 | 115 | 21.8 | 51.43% | 15.92% |
| 2023-05-31 | 114 | 21.6 | 51.27% | 16.17% |
| 2023-02-28 | 116 | 24.7 | 49% | 14.37% |
| 2022-11-30 | 116 | 24.9 | 49.04% | 13.95% |
| 2022-08-31 | 116 | 27.2 | 46.92% | 12.93% |
| 2022-05-31 | 116 | 26.5 | 48.05% | 13.1% |
| 2022-02-28 | 119 | 28 | 47.74% | 12.09% |
| 2021-11-30 | 118 | 25.3 | 49.45% | 13.18% |
| 2021-08-31 | 118 | 26.4 | 48.53% | 12.86% |
| 2021-05-31 | 120 | 27.5 | 49.3% | 11.99% |
| 2021-02-28 | 116 | 27.7 | 49.09% | 11.79% |
| 2020-11-30 | 118 | 24.3 | 53.17% | 13.09% |
| 2020-08-31 | 118 | 21.5 | 55.76% | 14.57% |
| 2020-05-31 | 116 | 22.6 | 55.09% | 13.39% |
| 2020-02-29 | 116 | 24.5 | 52.05% | 13.2% |
| 2019-11-30 | 118 | 25.9 | 50.84% | 12.43% |
One row per filed reporting period, newest first, read from EDGAR. Quarterly because that is the public filing cadence. Rows marked * are published but held out of the comparison above; the methodology page says when and why.
Largest positions, as filed
as of 2026-05-31The 15 largest of 111 positions in VAW's Form N-PORT, weight as a share of net assets, securities-lending collateral excluded. Every position, every quarter: VAW.csv.gz.
| # | Position | Weight | Cumulative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Linde PLC | 14.94% | 14.9% |
| 2 | Newmont Corp | 7.70% | 22.6% |
| 3 | Freeport-McMoRan Inc | 6.07% | 28.7% |
| 4 | CRH PLC | 4.69% | 33.4% |
| 5 | Sherwin-Williams Co/The | 4.60% | 38.0% |
| 6 | Ecolab Inc | 4.20% | 42.2% |
| 7 | Air Products and Chemicals Inc | 3.82% | 46.0% |
| 8 | Nucor Corp | 3.68% | 49.7% |
| 9 | Corteva Inc | 3.40% | 53.1% |
| 10 | Vulcan Materials Co | 2.40% | 55.5% |
| 11 | Steel Dynamics Inc | 2.32% | 57.8% |
| 12 | Martin Marietta Materials Inc | 2.26% | 60.1% |
| 13 | Amrize Ltd | 1.74% | 61.8% |
| 14 | PPG Industries Inc | 1.63% | 63.4% |
| 15 | Dow Inc | 1.54% | 65.0% |
Returns the fund reported
2019-09 – 2026-05Monthly total returns from Item B.5 of VAW's own filings, 81 months on record. Not computed here and not from a price feed.
Cross-checked against a series computed separately from prices: median difference 0.06 percentage points over 81 months, which is roughly the distributions. Every month with the filing it came from: VAW.json · all funds.
Who borrows VAW's shares
2026-05-31The fund lends its holdings, and Item B.4.a of the filing names every firm holding them. At 2026-05-31, $24m was out to 8 borrowers, 0.52% of net assets. The largest, BofA Securities, Inc., held 53.5% of it.
| Borrower | On loan | Share of the loan |
|---|---|---|
| BofA Securities, Inc. | $13m | 53.5% |
| National Financial Services LLC | $3m | 14.2% |
| BARCLAYS BANK PLC | $3m | 10.8% |
| Wells Fargo Securities LLC | $2m | 10.2% |
| MORGAN STANLEY & CO LLC | $1m | 4.8% |
Cash collateral reported against the loan: 0.57% of net assets, 109.6% of the amount lent. That is a floor on the collateral, not the whole of it — collateral the fund does not hold as a position is not in this filing, so a figure under 100% is not evidence of under-collateralisation. How that figure behaves across all funds. Every quarter VAW has filed, with each borrower: VAW.json · all funds.
Since the previous filing
2026-02-28 → 2026-05-31113 positions became 111: 0 added (0.0% of the fund at the later date), 2 dropped (0.4% at the earlier date). Half the sum of all weight changes, a turnover proxy: 6.0%. Positions are matched on identifiers, so a security whose identifier changed shows as one drop and one add. Every filing of VAW compared this way, as a feed: changes.xml · all funds: filings received.
| Largest increases | 2026-02-28 | 2026-05-31 | Largest decreases | 2026-02-28 | 2026-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nucor Corp | 2.48% | 3.68% | Newmont Corp | 8.72% | 7.70% |
| Steel Dynamics Inc | 1.65% | 2.32% | Sherwin-Williams Co/The | 5.25% | 4.60% |
| Alcoa Corp | 0.73% | 1.29% | Ecolab Inc | 4.81% | 4.20% |
| Linde PLC | 14.55% | 14.94% | Royal Gold Inc | 1.54% | 1.22% |
| Reliance Inc | 1.01% | 1.28% | Vanguard Cmt Funds-Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund | 0.31% | 0.03% |
| Air Products and Chemicals Inc | 3.59% | 3.82% | International Paper Co | 1.33% | 1.08% |
Gone: Sealed Air Corp (0.38%), Eightco Holdings Inc (0.01%).
Asset categories and pricing
as of 2026-05-3199.40% equity, 0.60% short-term investment as filed; 100.0% carried at a quoted market price (fair-value level 1). Categories and levels are the filer's; what a low level-1 share does and does not mean is in the measure's page.
Derivative exposure and counterparties
as of 2026-05-31A position count cannot describe a fund that uses derivatives, because a swap is filed at its unrealised gain, not its exposure. These are the notionals the fund itself reported, against net assets of $4.52B. Notional of an interest-rate or currency swap is not equity exposure.
| Swap counterparty | Notional | % of net assets |
|---|---|---|
| Bank of America NA | $8M | 0.17% |
Financing leg as filed: the fund pays OBFR01 + 0% on $8M of long swap notional . Issuers fill the spread field differently (some file the all-in rate), so compare within an issuer, not across.
Full detail for every fund that files derivatives: leverage.json (CC BY 4.0).
Neighbours by effective holdings, equity funds
10Every measured equity fund lined up by how many holdings it behaves like; these sit either side of VAW (21.2). Same filings, same arithmetic. Position in this list says nothing about which fund is better.
| Fund | Reports | Behaves like | Top ten | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GTOP Goldman Sachs Technology Opportunities ETF | 38 | 21.1 | 55.26% | 2026-05-31 |
| CIBR First Trust Nasdaq Cybersecurity ETF | 43 | 21.2 | 58.04% | 2026-06-30 |
| VLUE iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF | 153 | 21.2 | 42.55% | 2026-07-31 |
| BOTZ Global X Robotics & Artificial Intelligence ETF | 62 | 21.2 | 58.73% | 2026-05-31 |
| ARKG ARK Genomic Revolution ETF | 33 | 21.2 | 59.16% | 2026-07-31 |
| IGV iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF | 110 | 21.3 | 60.65% | 2026-06-30 |
| IOO iShares Global 100 ETF | 113 | 21.3 | 57.41% | 2026-06-30 |
| SHLD Global X Defense Tech ETF | 50 | 21.3 | 59.46% | 2026-05-31 |
| IGPT Invesco AI and Next Gen Software ETF | 101 | 21.3 | 59.58% | 2026-07-31 |
| MOO VanEck Agribusiness ETF | 46 | 21.3 | 60.2% | 2026-06-30 |
Essays that examine VAW
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