Equity Income Portfolio
Data updated: 2026-08-28
C000012155 — Equity Income Portfolio. United States Large Cap Value Equity · $2.50B AUM · 0.29% expense ratio. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
C000012155 Fund Overview
Equity Income Portfolio is a US mutual fund managed by Vanguard Variable Insurance Funds, categorised as United States Large Cap Value Equity. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US mutual fund
- Manager: Vanguard Variable Insurance Funds
- Category: United States Large Cap Value Equity
- Assets under management: $2.50B
- 1-year return: 18.3%
- SEC CIK: 0000857490
- SEC series ID: S000004399
- Share class ID: C000012155
C000012155 Investment Objective and Strategy
Equity Income Portfolio describes its objective and strategy as follows, from its latest prospectus filed with the SEC by Vanguard Variable Insurance Funds.
Investment objective
Vanguard Variable Insurance Funds Equity Income Portfolio (the Fund ) seeks to provide an above-average level of current income and reasonable long-term capital appreciation.
Principal investment strategy
The Fund employs an active management approach, investing mainly in common stocks of mid-size and large companies whose stocks typically pay above-average levels of dividend income and are, in the opinion of the purchasing advisor, undervalued relative to similar stocks. In addition, the Fund generally invests in companies believed to be committed to paying consistent dividends. Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets, plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes, in equity securities. For purposes of the 80% policy, equity securities include common stocks, preferred stocks, warrants to purchase common stocks and preferred stocks, depositary receipts, and other securities with equity characteristics. The Fund uses multiple investment advisors, each of which independently selects and maintains a portfolio of common stocks for the Fund.
C000012155 Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Equity Income Portfolio by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Broadcom Inc | 7.87% |
| Merck & Co Inc | 2.49% |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2.29% |
| Bank of America Corp | 2.15% |
| Diamondback Energy Inc | 1.85% |
| Cisco Systems Inc | 1.67% |
| Huntington Bancshares Inc/OH | 1.34% |
| Walt Disney Co/The | 1.30% |
| Vanguard Cmt Funds-Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund | 1.28% |
| Unilever PLC | 1.27% |
C000012155 Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Equity Income Portfolio by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 96.5% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 1.9% |
C000012155 Performance
Total returns for C000012155 (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 8.2% |
| 1 year | 18.3% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 15.8% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 11.1% |
C000012155 Risk Information
Risk metrics for C000012155, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 9.6%
C000012155 Costs and Fees
C000012155 costs about $29 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.29%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.29%
- Portfolio turnover: 58%
- Brokerage commissions: 2.47 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
C000012155 Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-06, Equity Income Portfolio had net inflows of $172.83M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | −$13.99M |
| 2026-05 | −$10.63M |
| 2026-04 | −$5.81M |
| 2026-03 | $283.43M |
| 2026-02 | −$6.62M |
| 2026-01 | −$26.21M |
C000012155 Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in Equity Income Portfolio's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
C000012155 Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Equity Income Portfolio filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2026-04-28
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-04-29
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-04-26
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-08-28
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-05-28
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-02-26
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2026-03-12
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-03-13
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Data Sources
ABC INVEST compiles this page from public filings made to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) through EDGAR: portfolio holdings and monthly cashflows from Form N-PORT, expenses and returns from fund prospectuses (Form 485BPOS) and the SEC DERA Risk/Return Summary data sets, annual data from Form N-CEN, and shareholder reports from Form N-CSR.