VGENX
VANGUARD ENERGY FUND
VANGUARD SPECIALIZED FUNDS
Expense ratio1
0.45%
Net assets2
$6.63B
Holdings2
42
Category
US Equity
2025 return3
20.62%

Investment objective & strategy

As of May 29, 2025 · prospectus

Objective. The Fund seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation.

Strategy. Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its assets in the common stocks of companies principally engaged in activities in the energy industry, such as the exploration, production, and transmission of energy or energy fuels; the making and servicing of component products for such activities; energy research; and energy conservation or pollution control. This includes the conventional areas of oil, gas, electricity, and coal, and newer sources of energy such nuclear, geothermal, and solar power. The Fund may invest in foreign stocks as part of its principal investment strategy. Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its assets in the common stocks of companies principally engaged in activities in the energy industry, such as the exploration, production, and transmission of energy or energy fuels; the making and servicing of component products for such activities; energy research; and energy conservation or pollution control. This includes the conventional areas of oil, gas, electricity, and coal, and newer sources of energy such nuclear, geothermal, and solar power. The Fund may invest in foreign stocks as part of its principal investment strategy.

Top holdings

As of Jan. 31, 2026 · N-PORT
SecurityTickerValue% of fund
EXXON MOBIL CORP $600.98M 9.07%
ENGIE $341.39M 5.15%
SHELL PLC $333.62M 5.03%
CHEVRON CORP $277.49M 4.19%
WILLIAMS COS INC $270.66M 4.08%
MARATHON PETROLEUM CORP $259.61M 3.92%
TOTALENERGIES SE $258.96M 3.91%
SEMPRA ENERGY $257.02M 3.88%
SHELL PLC-ADR $245.74M 3.71%
TARGA RESOURCES CORP $228.07M 3.44%
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Allocation by sector

As of January 31, 2026 · N-PORT
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Portfolio moves

Oct 31, 2025 → Jan 31, 2026
Opened
6
Exited
6
Increased
8
Decreased
27
Unchanged
1

How many positions this fund opened, exited, grew, trimmed, or left unchanged between its two most recent N-PORT snapshots — net changes between point-in-time reports, not a trade log.

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Advisers

As of January 31, 2025 · N-CEN
FirmRole
Wellington Management Company LLP Adviser

Footnotes

  1. Expense ratio as of May 29, 2025, from the fund's prospectus.
  2. Net assets and holdings count as of January 31, 2026, from the fund's N-PORT filing.
  3. Total return for calendar year 2025, before tax and after fund expenses. Computed by compounding the twelve monthly total returns the fund reported in its SEC N-PORT filings for 2025 (the latest prospectus does not yet chart this year).

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