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Vanguard Advice Select Dividend Gr Admrl Overview

Vanguard Advice Select Dividend Gr Admrl (VADGX) is an actively managed U.S. Equity Large Blend fund. Vanguard launched the fund in 2021.

The investment seeks to provide, primarily, a growing stream of income over time and, secondarily, long-term capital appreciation and current income. The fund employs an active management approach, investing primarily in stocks that tend to offer current dividends. The advisor focuses on high-quality companies that have prospects for long-term total returns as a result of their ability to grow earnings and their willingness to increase dividends over time. The fund invests at least 80% of its net assets, plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes, in dividend growth stocks. It is non-diversified.

About Vanguard Advice Select Dividend Gr Admrl (VADGX)

There are 1 members of the management team with an average tenure of 1.55 years: Peter Fisher (2024). Management tenure is more important for actively managed funds than passive index funds.

The fund has 2 primary benchmarks: DJ US Total Stock Market TR USD index with a weighting of 100% and S&P US Dividend Growers TR USD index with a weighting of 100%. Vanguard Advice Select Dividend Gr Admrl has 36 securities in its portfolio. The top 10 holdings constitute 42.1% of the fund’s assets. The fund meets the SEC requirement of being classified as a nondiversified fund. The fund is not considered to have an ESG focus with its investment selection and management.

Vanguard Advice Select Dividend Gr Admrl is part of the Equity global asset class and is within the U.S. Equity fund group. Vanguard Advice Select Dividend Gr Admrl has 3.2% of its portfolio invested in foreign issues. The overall assets allocated to domestic stock is 94.6%. There is 3.2% allocated to foreign stock, and 0.0% is allocated to preferred stocks. The bond allocation as a percentage of total assets is 0.0% (0.0% domestic bond, 0.0% foreign bond and 0.0% convertible bond). Vanguard Advice Select Dividend Gr Admrl has 2.2% of the portfolio in cash.

Assets Under Management

The fund has $1 billion in total assets, which is below the $6 billion average for the Large Blend category. Normally, lower assets under management translates to higher average expense ratios, and greater total assets are desired. However, for some investment categories, such as small-cap investing, it may be difficult for the manager to fully employ the desired active strategy if assets grow too large or too quickly.

VADGX Performance and Fees

The expense ratio measures how much of a fund’s assets are used for administrative expenses and operating expenses, including adviser fees and fees for the transfer agent and custodial services. The Vanguard Advice Select Dividend Gr Admrl expense ratio is below average compared to funds in the Large Blend category. Vanguard Advice Select Dividend Gr Admrl has an expense ratio of 0.36%, which is 56% lower than its category average, making the fund expense ratio grade a A. While it is difficult to predict returns, it is known that high annual expense ratios reduce your rate of return, and excessive fees are difficult to overcome. Active management normally comes with higher expense ratios than passive index management. Certain investment categories such as small company and foreign also normally have higher expense ratios. It is best to compare fund expense ratios against the category averages for meaningful assessments.

High portfolio turnover can translate to higher expenses and lower aftertax returns. Vanguard Advice Select Dividend Gr Admrl has a portfolio turnover rate of 44%, indicating that holds its assets around 0.0 years. By way of comparison, the average portfolio turnover is 48% for the Large Blend category.

Recently, in the month of June 2026, Vanguard Advice Select Dividend Gr Admrl returned 0.2%, which earned it a grade of B, as the Large Blend category had an average return of -0.2%. The letter grades of A, B, C, D and F are based upon relative rankings within the investment category. A grade of A, for example, would indicate that the return is in the highest 20% for that time period compared to all funds in that category.

Vanguard Advice Select Dividend Gr Admrl has a trailing yield of 1.05%, which is above the 0.56% category average. The fund normally distributes its income semi-annually and its capital gains annually.

It’s natural to seek the best-performing investments, but you must consider the relationship between risk and return and the impact of costs and taxes on your realized returns.

Vanguard Advice Select Dividend Gr Admrl Grades

Year to date, the fund has returned 1.9%, 7.2 percentage points worse than the category, which translates into a grade of F. The fund has returned 6.5% over the past year (grade of F) and 8.6% over the past three years (grade of F).

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