VOX
Vanguard Communication Services ETF · Vanguard
US Sectors
1Y Return
+3.8%
Expense Ratio
0.09%
AUM
$5.7B
Dividend Yield
1.03%
Avg Annual Growth (10Y)
+12.6%
Issuer
Vanguard

Overview

The attention economy in one sector — Alphabet, Meta, Netflix and Disney beside the telecom utilities, around 119 companies.

Top Holdings

TickerHoldingWeight
GOOGLAlphabet Inc. A12.4%
METAMeta Platforms11.9%
GOOGAlphabet Inc. C10.2%
NFLXNetflix Inc.5.4%
DISWalt Disney Co.4.4%
TAT&T Inc.4.2%
VZVerizon Communications4.0%
TMUST-Mobile US3.8%
CMCSAComcast Corp.3.1%
SPOTSpotify Technology2.4%

Fund Details

Index
MSCI US IMI Communication Services 25/50
# Holdings
~119
Inception
Sep 2004
Exchange
NYSE Arca
Structure
Open-End Fund
Distribution
Quarterly
Avg Annual Growth (10Y)
+12.6%
Avg Annual Yield (10Y)
1.13%

Investment Thesis

VOX is really two sectors wearing one label: the ad-and-streaming giants that behave like growth tech, and the telecom utilities that behave like bond proxies — a barbell that mutes both extremes. With Alphabet and Meta near 35% combined, the fund is largely a bet on digital advertising's AI-fuelled margins, with dividend-paying carriers as ballast.

Who It's For

Investors who want the Alphabet/Meta complex through a sector wrapper — often to complement an XLK that excludes them — with telecom income smoothing the ride.

10-Year History

Annual Closing Price
YearClose% Chg
2016$77.62--
2017$76.84-1.0%
2018$64.55-16.0%
2019$81.33+26.0%
2020$103.29+27.0%
2021$117.75+14.0%
2022$73.01-38.0%
2023$108.78+49.0%
2024$145.76+34.0%
2025$172.00+18.0%
Annual Dividend Yield
YearYield
20161.60%
20171.50%
20181.40%
20191.10%
20200.90%
20210.70%
20221.10%
20231.00%
20241.00%
20251.00%
Annual AUM
YearAUM% Chg
2016$2.5B--
2017$2.2B-12.0%
2018$2.5B+13.6%
2019$3B+20.0%
2020$3.8B+26.7%
2021$4.5B+18.4%
2022$2.8B-37.8%
2023$3.5B+25.0%
2024$5B+42.9%
2025$5.5B+10.0%

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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