Growth Portfolio
Data updated: 2026-08-28
C000012157 — Growth Portfolio. United States Large Cap Growth Equity · $1.73B AUM · 0.36% expense ratio. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
C000012157 Fund Overview
Growth Portfolio is a US mutual fund managed by Vanguard Variable Insurance Funds, categorised as United States Large Cap Growth 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 Growth Equity
- Assets under management: $1.73B
- 1-year return: 11.9%
- SEC CIK: 0000857490
- SEC series ID: S000004401
- Share class ID: C000012157
C000012157 Investment Objective and Strategy
Growth 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 Growth Portfolio (the Fund) seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation.
Principal investment strategy
The Fund employs an active management approach, investing mainly in large-capitalization stocks of U.S. companies considered to have above-average earnings growth potential and reasonable stock prices in comparison with expected earnings. The Fund is considered nondiversified, as defined under the Investment Company Act of 1940, which means that it may invest a greater percentage of its assets in the securities of particular issuers as compared with diversified funds.
C000012157 Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Growth Portfolio by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| NVIDIA Corp | 13.26% |
| Alphabet Inc | 11.54% |
| Broadcom Inc | 5.20% |
| Apple Inc | 4.32% |
| Eli Lilly & Co | 4.04% |
| Tesla Inc | 4.02% |
| Microsoft Corp | 2.95% |
| Mastercard Inc | 2.24% |
| Corning Inc | 1.97% |
| Meta Platforms Inc | 1.95% |
C000012157 Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Growth Portfolio by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 98.4% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 1.7% |
C000012157 Performance
Total returns for C000012157 (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 2.2% |
| 1 year | 11.9% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 20.4% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 9.5% |
C000012157 Risk Information
Risk metrics for C000012157, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 16.4%
C000012157 Costs and Fees
C000012157 costs about $36 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.36%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.36%
- Portfolio turnover: 49%
- Brokerage commissions: 1.00 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
C000012157 Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-06, Growth Portfolio had net inflows of $183.67M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | −$18.89M |
| 2026-05 | −$9.88M |
| 2026-04 | −$3.02M |
| 2026-03 | $269.33M |
| 2026-02 | −$15.02M |
| 2026-01 | −$22.69M |
C000012157 Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in Growth Portfolio's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
C000012157 Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Growth 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.