VSTCX — Vanguard Strategic Small-Cap Equity Fund
Data updated: 2026-08-28
VSTCX — Vanguard Strategic Small-Cap Equity Fund. United States Small Cap Blend / Core Equity · $3.13B AUM. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
VSTCX Fund Overview
VSTCX — Vanguard Strategic Small-Cap Equity Fund is a US mutual fund managed by Vanguard Horizon Funds, categorised as United States Small 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 Horizon Funds
- Category: United States Small Cap Blend / Core Equity
- Assets under management: $3.13B
- 1-year return: 45.3%
- Ticker: VSTCX
- SEC CIK: 0000932471
- SEC series ID: S000012432
- Share class ID: C000033747
VSTCX Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Vanguard Strategic Small-Cap Equity Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC | 0.78% |
| Extreme Networks Inc | 0.77% |
| MKS Instruments Inc | 0.76% |
| EnerSys | 0.74% |
| Popular Inc | 0.74% |
| Zions Bancorp NA | 0.74% |
| Affiliated Managers Group Inc | 0.72% |
| Vanguard Cmt Funds-Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund | 0.71% |
| MYR Group Inc | 0.68% |
| Virtu Financial Inc | 0.66% |
VSTCX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Vanguard Strategic Small-Cap Equity Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 99.2% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 0.7% |
VSTCX Performance
Total returns for VSTCX (as of 2026-09-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 25.4% |
| 1 year | 45.3% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 23.2% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 13.2% |
VSTCX Risk Information
Risk metrics for VSTCX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 13.7%
VSTCX Costs and Fees
VSTCX costs about $21 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.21%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.21%
- Portfolio turnover: 66%
- Brokerage commissions: 3.70 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
VSTCX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-06, Vanguard Strategic Small-Cap Equity Fund had net inflows of $596.67M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | $12.79M |
| 2026-05 | $38.30M |
| 2026-04 | $53.31M |
| 2026-03 | $9.71M |
| 2026-02 | $42.41M |
| 2026-01 | $85.15M |
VSTCX Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in Vanguard Strategic Small-Cap Equity Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
VSTCX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Vanguard Strategic Small-Cap Equity Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2026-01-28
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-01-31
- Prospectus supplement (497) — filed 2025-02-03
- 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 2025-12-10
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2024-12-12
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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.