Vanguard US Multifactor ETF
VFMF

$130

0.77%

Market Cap: $293M

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Funds holding %

of 6,728 funds

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Analysts bullish %

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q2 SEC filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

69% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 22 | Existing positions reduced: 13

3.94% less ownership

Funds ownership: 55.08% [Q1] → 51.14% (-3.94%) [Q2]

7% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $145M [Q1] → $134M (-$10.4M) [Q2]

13% less funds holding

Funds holding: 63 [Q1] → 55 (-8) [Q2]

50% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 2 [Q1] → 1 (-1) [Q2]

73% less first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 3 | Existing positions closed: 11

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Research analyst outlook

We haven’t received any recent analyst ratings for VFMF.

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The Motley Fool

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What Are Vanguard's Best and Worst Performing ETFs in 2024?

What You Don't Know About These Vanguard And Fidelity ETFs Can Hurt Your Alpha

Vanguard offers factor-based ETFs that have shown outstanding performance compared to unmanaged, index-based comparison ETFs. Factor-based ETFs have now become mainstream investments, with a market share of over 20% globally. Assets under management for factor-based investments have grown significantly, leading many investors to include factor funds in their portfolios.

What You Don't Know About These Vanguard And Fidelity ETFs Can Hurt Your Alpha

VFMF: A Multifactor Fund With Little Information To Go On

VFMF is a Vanguard ETF aiming to beat the market by focusing on stocks with strong price performance, superior fundamentals, and cheap prices. Factors used include value, momentum, and quality, with a focus on screening out high volatility stocks. Sector breakdown, portfolio fundamentals, and key stats of top holdings reveal potential risks and uncertainties, warranting a hold rating due to lack of support of information by Vanguard.

VFMF: A Multifactor Fund With Little Information To Go On

The 3 Best ETFs to Buy in June 2024

Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have become an increasingly popular investment vehicle in recent years — even more than mutual funds. This growing popularity is due to the fact that ETFs are typically low-maintenance, have low fees and afford investors exposure to tens, hundreds or even thousands of positions under a single ETF.

The 3 Best ETFs to Buy in June 2024

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Vanguard ETFs: An Overview

Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have emerged as a favored instrument for investors seeking straightforwardness, outstanding performance, and cost-effectiveness. Vanguard has transformed into a preferred ETF provider, owing to the company's approach that prioritizes the interests of shareholders.

Vanguard ETFs: An Overview

VFMF: Multifactor ETF With Attractive Fundamentals, But Lagging Competitors

Vanguard U.S. Multifactor ETF is an actively managed fund holding about 500 stocks selected by proprietary factor-based rules. VFMF is better diversified than the benchmark across sectors and holdings, and it shows better aggregate valuation and growth metrics. VFMF has lagged behind the benchmark and larger multifactor ETFs since inception but has performed well relative to peers in the last 12 months.

VFMF: Multifactor ETF With Attractive Fundamentals, But Lagging Competitors

Vanguard Has 17 Small And Mid-Cap ETFs. Which Are Best Right Now?

With so many small and mid-cap ETFs out there, which might be the best to own right now. I'll restrict this analysis to Vanguard ETFs which seem to have a reasonable exchange policy and which offers among the best returns over the long term. My top choices are based on which Vanguard ETF have shown the best returns over the last five years, with the admonition that past returns may not predict the future.

Vanguard Has 17 Small And Mid-Cap ETFs. Which Are Best Right Now?

You'd Be Surprised Which Four Vanguard ETFs Have Consistently Beaten Their Category Averages

Most investors have never heard of so-called "factor funds" but four of five such Vanguard factor funds have outperformed Vanguard ETFs of similar composition. Factor funds focus on portfolios that have stocks with past characteristics such as momentum, quality, and low volatility. Outperformance has been consistent since inception, except for a fund with a focus on low volatility.

You'd Be Surprised Which Four Vanguard ETFs Have Consistently Beaten Their Category Averages

VFMF: Low-Cost Approach To Multi-Factor Investing

Quantitative multi-factor investing is gaining popularity, but most approaches attempt to select stocks that score well on every factor. The Vanguard U.S. Multifactor ETF selects stocks based on momentum, quality, and value, but its returns have been modest over the long run. In contrast, the Invesco Russell 1000 Dynamic Multifactor ETF uses a dynamic approach based on the business cycle and has historically outperformed VFMF.

VFMF: Low-Cost Approach To Multi-Factor Investing

VFMF: Vanguard's Multifactor ETF Is Just Value In Disguise

VFMF is a multi-factor fund providing equal balance to the momentum, quality, and value factors. Its selection universe is the Russell 3000 Index, and its expense ratio is 0.18%. Unfortunately, my analysis reveals VFMF does a poor job balancing these three factors. Instead, it has a strong value lean, evidenced by a 14.16x forward P/E. Among 154 Total Market Blend ETFs, VFMF's value score ranks #10, but its profit score ranks #123. These rankings help explain its substantial underperformance vs. IWV since its 2018 launch.

VFMF: Vanguard's Multifactor ETF Is Just Value In Disguise

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