Is VIS a good investment?

Vanguard Industrials ETF (VIS) is a industrials and materials ETF. As of September 11, 2026, ETF Copilot scores VIS 4.0 out of 10 — highest on Return (6.8), lowest on Valuation (1.7). It trades at 28.4 times earnings, against its own median of 20.7. Its ten largest holdings are 31% of the fund.

Updated September 11, 2026

How is VIS rated? ETF Copilot scores Vanguard Industrials ETF (VIS) 4.0 out of 10

As of September 11, 2026, ETF Copilot scores Vanguard Industrials ETF (VIS) 4.0 out of 10 overall.

ETF Copilot scores (0–10 scale, higher is better):

Overall: 4.0 / 10
Growth: 3.8 / 10
Valuation: 1.7 / 10
Risk: 2.9 / 10
Quality: 3.5 / 10
Return: 6.8 / 10

What is VIS's expense ratio? 0.09% a year

As of September 11, 2026, VIS charges 0.09% a year, yields 1.21% and holds $8.8B in assets across 397 positions.

Vanguard Industrials ETF (VIS) — cost, income and size
Measure	VIS
Expense ratio	0.09%
Dividend yield	1.21%
Assets under management	$8.8B
Holdings	397

Expense ratio, dividend yield and assets under management are reported by the fund and refreshed daily. Every other figure on this page is computed by ETF Copilot.

What stands out in VIS's data

U.S. industrials sector stocks, covering real-economy companies from airlines to machinery.

Priced among the most expensive industrial-sector funds — you pay more for each dollar of earnings.

Its trailing EBITDA multiple of 18.2x sits in the priciest 10% band of the category, well above the 13.7x median. Profitability lags, with EBITDA margin of 21.3%.

A focused bet on U.S. industrials — higher valuation for direct exposure to the sector.

Why did VIS move this week? It fell 1.1% in the week to September 11, 2026 — Howmet Aerospace and General Electric drove it

VIS fell 1.1% in the week to September 11, 2026. The holdings that moved it most were Howmet Aerospace (−11.9%), General Electric (−2.9%) and Uber Technologies (−5.6%); Eaton (+7.1%) pushed the other way.

Is VIS expensive right now? It trades at 28.4 times earnings, against its own median of 20.7

As of September 11, 2026, VIS is more expensive than 92% of its own 114 monthly readings since 2017 — 105 of those months were cheaper than today.

Trailing twelve-month, computed by ETF Copilot from the fund's holdings rather than quoted from a data provider, and rebuilt nightly.

What's inside VIS?

What's inside VIS: Size (Large 72%, Mid 22%, Small 5%); Geography (International 7%, US 93%); Tech 4.1%; AI 0.9%.

What are VIS's top holdings? The ten largest are 31% of the fund

Caterpillar, General Electric, Raytheon Technologies, GE Vernova, Boeing, Eaton, Union Pacific, Deere, Uber Technologies and Parker-Hannifin are VIS's largest holdings, in that order.

Less concentrated than 83% of Industrials & Materials ETFs.

Half of VIS's weight sits in its 25 largest positions, and once those weights are taken into account it behaves like 62 equally weighted holdings.

Cite this

ETF Copilot, “Vanguard Industrials ETF (VIS) scores and holdings analysis”, as of September 11, 2026.
https://etf-copilot.com/etf/vis