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Industrials & Materials

Is VIS a good investment?

Updated October 28, 2026

Vanguard Industrials ETF (VIS) is a industrials and materials ETF. As of October 28, 2026, ETF Copilot scores VIS 5.0 out of 10 — highest on Return (6.6), lowest on Value (1.1). It trades at 27.8 times earnings, against its own median of 21.7. Its ten largest holdings are 31% of the fund.

What stands out in VIS's data

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

Trades at a richer price than nearly any peer in its group — you pay more for each dollar of earnings.

Its trailing EBITDA multiple of 18.2x places it among the priciest industrials funds, well above the category median of 13.0x. EBITDA margin of 20.9% sits in line with the peer norm.

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

How is VIS rated? ETF Copilot scores Vanguard Industrials ETF (VIS) 5.0 out of 10

As of October 28, 2026, ETF Copilot scores Vanguard Industrials ETF (VIS) 5.0 out of 10 overall.

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

  • Overall: 5.0 / 10
  • Growth: 6.3 / 10
  • Value: 1.1 / 10
  • Risk: 5.5 / 10
  • Quality: 4.2 / 10
  • Return: 6.6 / 10

Is VIS expensive right now? It trades at 27.8 times earnings, against its own median of 21.7

As of October 28, 2026, VIS is more expensive than 87% of its own last 9 years.

Trailing 12 months, built from VIS's holdings. How we calculate this →

What's inside VIS?

What's inside VIS: Size (Large 73%, Mid 22%, Small 5%); Geography (International 8%, US 92%); Tech 4.3%; AI 0.9%; Memory 0.1%.

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

Caterpillar, General Electric, GE Vernova, Raytheon Technologies, Eaton, Deere, Union Pacific, Boeing, 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.

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

As of October 28, 2026, VIS charges 0.09% a year, yields 0.95% and holds $8.6B in assets across 396 positions.

Vanguard Industrials ETF (VIS) — cost, income and size
MeasureVIS
Expense ratio0.09%
Dividend yield0.95%
Assets under management$8.6B
Holdings396

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.

Cite this

ETF Copilot, “Vanguard Industrials ETF (VIS) scores and holdings analysis”, as of October 28, 2026.
https://etf-copilot.com/etf/vis

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