VGSTX — Vanguard Star Fund
Data updated: 2026-09-28
VGSTX — Vanguard Star Fund. 0.29% expense ratio · no sales load · since 1985. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
VGSTX Fund Overview
VGSTX — Vanguard Star Fund is a US mutual fund managed by Vanguard Star Funds, categorised as United States Multi-Cap / All-Cap Blend / Core 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 Star Funds
- Category: United States Multi-Cap / All-Cap Blend / Core Equity
- Assets under management: $23.73B
- 1-year return: 14.4%
- Ticker: VGSTX
- SEC CIK: 0000736054
- SEC series ID: S000002931
- Share class ID: C000008019
VGSTX Investment Objective and Strategy
Vanguard Star Fund describes its objective and strategy as follows, from its latest prospectus filed with the SEC by Vanguard Star Funds.
Investment objective
The Fund seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation and income.
Principal investment strategy
As a fund of funds, the STAR Fund invests in a diversified portfolio of other Vanguard mutual funds, rather than in individual securities. The Fund follows a balanced investment approach by placing 60% to 70% of its assets in common stocks through eight stock funds; 20% to 30% of its assets in bonds through two bond funds; and 10% to 20% of its assets in short-term investments through a short-term bond fund. Through the underlying funds, the STAR Fund owns a diversified mix of stocks and bonds. The Fund’s stock holdings emphasize large-capitalization stocks of domestic companies and, to a lesser extent, a diversified group of stocks in companies located outside the United States. The Fund’s bond holdings focus predominantly on short-and long-term investment-grade corporate bonds and GNMA mortgage-backed securities.
VGSTX Holdings
Top 9 holdings of Vanguard Star Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Vanguard Star Core-Plus Bond F | 36.18% |
| Vanguard Windsor II Fund | 14.34% |
| Vanguard US Growth Fund | 11.53% |
| Vanguard Windsor Fund | 8.57% |
| Vanguard International Growth Fund | 6.46% |
| Vanguard International Value Fund | 6.45% |
| Vanguard International Core Stock Fund | 6.34% |
| Vanguard PRIMECAP Fund | 6.10% |
| Vanguard Dividend Growth Fund | 4.03% |
VGSTX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Vanguard Star Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 100.0% |
VGSTX Performance
Total returns for VGSTX (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 6.07% |
| 1 year | 14.39% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 11.43% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 5.37% |
VGSTX Risk Information
Risk metrics for VGSTX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 8.35%
VGSTX Costs and Fees
VGSTX costs about $29 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.29%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.29%
- Portfolio turnover: 56%
- Brokerage commissions: 0.00 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
VGSTX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-07, Vanguard Star Fund had net outflows of $131.94M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-07 | −$192.59M |
| 2026-06 | $34.55M |
| 2026-05 | −$202.58M |
| 2026-04 | −$210.02M |
| 2026-03 | −$159.94M |
| 2026-02 | −$148.90M |
VGSTX Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in Vanguard Star Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
VGSTX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Vanguard Star Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2026-02-27
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-02-28
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-02-27
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-09-28
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-06-26
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-03-31
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2026-01-12
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-01-13
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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.