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Vanguard Strategic Small-cap Equity Fund Investor Shares: (MF: VSTCX)

(NASDAQ Mutual Funds) As of Nov 25, 2025 05:49 PM ET

$44.70 USD

+0.98 (2.24%)

Zacks MF Rank

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Zacks Rank Definition
1 Strong Buy
2 Buy
3 Hold
4 Sell
5 Strong Sell

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1-Strong Buy of 5 1        

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Latest Performance as of Oct 31, 2025

Total Return %* Percentile Rank Objective
YTD 11.86 18
3 months 11.44 16
6 months 26.59 15
1 Year 14.95 15
3 Year 15.81 8
5 Year 18.04 3
10 Year 10.52 17

* Annual for three years and beyond.

Bull Market (9/02 - 10/07) NA
Bear Market (10/07 - 2/09) -54.57
Bull Market (2/09 - 3/21) 981.81

Load Adjusted Returns as of Oct 31, 2025

1 Year 12.62
5 Year 17.89
10 Year 11.04
Since Inception 8.93

Quarterly Return

1st Qtr. 2nd Qtr. 3rd Qtr. 4th Qtr.
2025 -9.33 9.68 11.62 NA
2024 7.53 -3.52 10.09 1.45
2023 3.32 5.11 -3.43 15.65
2022 -4.20 -16.01 -3.11 11.68
2021 18.50 7.16 -2.18 7.44
2020 -34.56 25.92 4.70 25.62

Annual Return

20252024202320222021202020192018201720162015
% Total Return 11.8615.8821.28-12.9433.478.3822.14-11.9110.3220.62-4.22
% Total Return Rel to Index -5.34-9.13-4.965.264.79-10.01-9.34-7.52-11.478.68-5.61
% Total Return Rel to Peer 6.333.955.206.5714.16-10.61-3.28-1.14-5.274.670.50
% Perf Quintile vs Peer* 0.000.001.002.001.004.004.003.004.002.003.00
% Dividends 0.000.400.430.360.500.430.390.370.390.460.34
% Yield 0.000.910.961.051.061.201.121.181.011.311.13
Capital Gains ($) 0.003.420.501.997.270.000.972.922.050.000.00
Expense Ratio 0.000.260.260.260.260.260.260.290.290.290.34

* 1 = Top 20%, 5 = Bottom 20%