Overview
The full US energy sector — supermajors, shale producers, refiners and services, around 110 companies — at 0.09%, a third of XLE's fee.
Top Holdings
| Ticker | Holding | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| XOM | Exxon Mobil | 21.8% |
| CVX | Chevron Corp. | 13.6% |
| COP | ConocoPhillips | 6.4% |
| WMB | Williams Companies | 4.1% |
| EOG | EOG Resources | 3.8% |
| OKE | ONEOK Inc. | 3.3% |
| KMI | Kinder Morgan | 3.1% |
| SLB | Schlumberger | 2.9% |
| PSX | Phillips 66 | 2.8% |
| MPC | Marathon Petroleum | 2.7% |
Fund Details
Investment Thesis
With crude in the $90s, the energy sector is again printing the cash flows that made it the market's dividend machine — and VDE owns the whole complex, adding the mid- and small-cap producers XLE's mega-cap-only roster skips, for a lower fee. The 3.4% yield pays investors to hold what is also the classic inflation and geopolitics hedge inside an equity sleeve.
Who It's For
Income investors harvesting energy's dividends, and allocators re-adding the inflation-hedging sector that ESG-tilted portfolios structurally lack. Cyclical by nature — size accordingly.
10-Year History
| Year | Close | % Chg |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | $76.63 | -- |
| 2017 | $75.09 | -2.0% |
| 2018 | $60.07 | -20.0% |
| 2019 | $65.48 | +9.0% |
| 2020 | $43.87 | -33.0% |
| 2021 | $68.00 | +55.0% |
| 2022 | $110.16 | +62.0% |
| 2023 | $107.96 | -2.0% |
| 2024 | $115.52 | +7.0% |
| 2025 | $134.00 | +16.0% |
| Year | Yield |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 2.70% |
| 2017 | 2.90% |
| 2018 | 3.50% |
| 2019 | 3.80% |
| 2020 | 5.50% |
| 2021 | 3.40% |
| 2022 | 3.10% |
| 2023 | 3.30% |
| 2024 | 3.30% |
| 2025 | 3.40% |
| Year | AUM | % Chg |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | $4B | -- |
| 2017 | $4B | +0.0% |
| 2018 | $3.5B | -12.5% |
| 2019 | $3B | -14.3% |
| 2020 | $2.5B | -16.7% |
| 2021 | $5.5B | +120.0% |
| 2022 | $9B | +63.6% |
| 2023 | $8B | -11.1% |
| 2024 | $9B | +12.5% |
| 2025 | $11B | +22.2% |
Price history from exchange data. Dividend yields from reported distributions; some earlier years are derived from total-return vs price-return data or are ETFHub estimates. AUM history is an ETFHub estimate modelled from current assets and annual returns (fund flows not reflected) and may differ from official fund records. Data as of October 2026.
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