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Is VXF a good investment?

Updated October 28, 2026

Vanguard Extended Market ETF (VXF) is a total US market ETF. As of October 28, 2026, ETF Copilot scores VXF 4.0 out of 10 — highest on Value (6.0), lowest on Quality (0.7). It trades at 19.6 times earnings, against its own median of 18.9. Its ten largest holdings are 10% of the fund.

What stands out in VXF's data

U.S. small- and mid-cap stocks, held through a cap-weighted index.

Returns trail most peers — the fund's breadth comes at the cost of recent performance.

A 3-year annualized return of 22% sits behind the 25% peer median, across 3,284 holdings.

A broad exposure to U.S. small- and mid-cap firms — a core holding with steady, if slow, movement.

Why did VXF move this week? It rose 0.7% in the week to October 28, 2026 — Snowflake and Cloudflare drove it

VXF rose 0.7% in the week to October 28, 2026. The holdings that moved it most were Snowflake (+5.3%), Cloudflare (+3.7%) and Rocket LAB (+9.2%); Space Exploration Tech (−8.8%) pushed the other way.

How is VXF rated? ETF Copilot scores Vanguard Extended Market ETF (VXF) 4.0 out of 10

As of October 28, 2026, ETF Copilot scores Vanguard Extended Market ETF (VXF) 4.0 out of 10 overall.

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

  • Overall: 4.0 / 10
  • Growth: 5.3 / 10
  • Value: 6.0 / 10
  • Risk: 2.4 / 10
  • Quality: 0.7 / 10
  • Return: 4.8 / 10

VXF is ranked #10 of 10 in ETF Copilot's Core list.

Is VXF expensive right now? It trades at 19.6 times earnings, against its own median of 18.9

As of October 28, 2026, VXF is more expensive than 61% of its own last 9 years.

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

What's inside VXF? 22% Tech

What's inside VXF: Size (Large 14%, Mid 57%, Small 30%); Geography (International 4%, US 96%); Tech 21.8%; AI 3.5%; Semiconductors 3.8%; Memory 1.3%.

What are VXF's top holdings? The ten largest are 10% of the fund

Space Exploration Technologies, Snowflake, Cloudflare, Natera, MicroStrategy, Astera Labs, Cheniere Energy, Twilio, Revolution Medicines and Rocket LAB are VXF's largest holdings, in that order.

Less concentrated than 98% of US Total Market ETFs.

Half of VXF's weight sits in its 251 largest positions, and once those weights are taken into account it behaves like 425 equally weighted holdings.

What is VXF's expense ratio? 0.05% a year

As of October 28, 2026, VXF charges 0.05% a year, yields 1.04% and holds $93.4B in assets across 3284 positions.

Vanguard Extended Market ETF (VXF) — cost, income and size
MeasureVXF
Expense ratio0.05%
Dividend yield1.04%
Assets under management$93.4B
Holdings3284

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 Extended Market ETF (VXF) scores and holdings analysis”, as of October 28, 2026.
https://etf-copilot.com/etf/vxf

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