VEVFX — Vanguard Explorer Value Fund
Data updated: 2026-07-29
VEVFX — Vanguard Explorer Value Fund data: holdings, portfolio allocation, expenses, performance, cashflows, risk and SEC filings. United States Small Cap Value Equity · $1.25B AUM · 0.54% expense ratio · 30.8% 1-yr return. From SEC regulatory filings.
VEVFX Fund Overview
VEVFX — Vanguard Explorer Value Fund is a US mutual fund managed by Vanguard Scottsdale Funds, categorised as United States Small 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 Scottsdale Funds
- Category: United States Small Cap Value Equity
- Assets under management: $1.25B
- 1-year return: 30.8%
- Ticker: VEVFX
- SEC CIK: 0001021882
- SEC series ID: S000028087
- Share class ID: C000085513
VEVFX Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Vanguard Explorer Value Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Vanguard Cmt Funds-Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund | 5.08% |
| Covista Inc | 1.89% |
| OneSpaWorld Holdings Ltd | 1.70% |
| First American Financial Corp | 1.49% |
| Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF | 1.34% |
| Affiliated Managers Group Inc | 1.34% |
| Sphere Entertainment Co | 1.33% |
| Generac Holdings Inc | 1.25% |
| Renasant Corp | 1.18% |
| Brink's Co/The | 1.17% |
VEVFX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Vanguard Explorer Value Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 94.6% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 5.1% |
| Derivatives | 0.2% |
VEVFX Performance
Total returns for VEVFX (as of 2026-08-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 12.7% |
| 1 year | 30.8% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 18.1% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 7.1% |
VEVFX Risk Information
Risk metrics for VEVFX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 14.7%
VEVFX Costs and Fees
VEVFX costs about $54 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.54%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.54%
- Portfolio turnover: 28%
- Brokerage commissions: 4.56 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
VEVFX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-02, Vanguard Explorer Value Fund had net inflows of $43.77M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-02 | $123.79M |
| 2026-01 | −$3.03M |
| 2025-12 | $80.22M |
| 2025-11 | −$11.29M |
| 2025-10 | −$10.95M |
| 2025-09 | −$9.03M |
VEVFX Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in Vanguard Explorer Value Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
VEVFX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Vanguard Explorer Value Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
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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.