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Vanguard Financials Index Fund ETF Shares (VFH)

Financial | Exchange Traded Fund | NYSEArca
133.25 USD -0.56 (-0.419%) ⇩ (Oct. 13, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★★★⯪☆Dividends:★★★☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 4:41 a.m. EDT

The Vanguard Financials ETF presents a compelling case for a core holding, driven by a robust multi-year recovery story that has finally broken its streak of negative annual returns. Over the last nine years, the fund has delivered a staggering 152% cumulative gain, with the most recent year showing a healthy 14.55% increase. This confirms that the sector's recent struggles were a temporary correction rather than a structural decline. While the price is currently trading slightly below its 50-day moving average, indicating a brief pause in the uptrend, the underlying business quality remains strong with a reasonable P/E of roughly 15x. For income investors, the 1.8% dividend yield is solid, though it lags behind the high-yield tech giants; however, the payout appears sustainable given the company's cash flow. The options market reinforces a cautious optimism, with traders placing heavy bets on upside potential at higher strikes while using lower strikes as a defensive floor. This setup suggests the smart money expects volatility but leans toward the upside. It is not a speculative moonshot, but a high-quality, recovering sector leader that deserves a central role in a diversified portfolio.
Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.026186
AutoETS0.027634
AutoTheta0.050801
AutoARIMA0.086660

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL

Forecast Reliability
Score 56%
H-stat 91.56
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.056
Excess Kurtosis -0.95
Attribute Value
Trailing P/E 14.83

As of Oct. 10, 2026, 4:41 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for a range-bound to slightly bullish outcome over the next few months. Call open interest is heavily skewed out-of-the-money (OTM) at strikes like 140 and 150, suggesting bets on a rally without immediate fear of a crash. Conversely, put open interest clusters significantly lower at 120 and 130, acting as a floor. The lack of significant volume in deep ITM calls and the dominance of OTM calls indicate a 'call the rally' sentiment rather than a panic bid.

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.34% 1.81% 1.81% 2.01%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-09-23 0.446 0.335666
2026-06-24 0.852 0.647958
2026-03-24 0.379 0.314653
2025-12-17 0.675 0.507977
2025-09-24 0.419 0.319823
2025-06-26 0.472 0.375199
2025-03-25 0.511 0.420784
2024-12-18 0.657 0.565794
2024-09-27 0.553 0.504608
2024-06-28 0.461 0.461554
2024-03-22 0.400 0.398050
2023-12-19 0.540 0.586383
2023-09-28 0.505 0.624382
2023-06-29 0.440 0.545567
2023-03-24 0.435 0.580387
2022-12-15 0.617 0.754002
2022-09-28 0.471 0.618354
2022-06-23 0.413 0.539305
2022-03-24 0.407 0.428602
2021-12-16 0.510 0.528607
2021-09-29 0.545 0.579541
2021-06-21 0.368 0.414135
2021-03-26 0.383 0.448425
2020-12-17 0.478 0.672576
2020-09-11 0.356 0.595617
2020-06-22 0.410 0.701814
2020-03-10 0.369 0.620794
2019-12-16 0.464 0.609644
2019-09-26 0.459 0.655995
2019-06-21 0.375 0.550580
2019-03-21 0.359 0.549939
2018-12-13 0.403 0.661632
2018-09-24 0.354 0.496007
2018-06-28 0.360 0.533017
2018-03-16 0.248 0.341645
2017-12-14 0.352 0.509554
2017-09-27 0.305 0.469086
2017-06-28 0.270 0.434084
2017-03-24 0.147 0.246025
2016-12-14 0.264 0.445044
2016-09-20 0.291 0.590503
2016-06-21 0.283 0.599322
2016-03-21 0.131 0.281599
2015-12-23 0.367 0.751433
2015-09-25 0.287 0.615220
2015-06-26 0.238 0.469799
2015-03-25 0.076 0.154976
2014-12-22 0.331 0.663327
2014-09-24 0.241 0.512984
2014-06-24 0.237 0.512211
2014-03-25 0.113 0.248079
2013-12-24 0.292 0.659142
2013-09-23 0.208 0.505222
2013-06-24 0.227 0.590531
2013-03-22 0.083 0.218651
2012-12-24 0.295 0.866882
2012-09-24 0.197 0.592838
2012-06-25 0.191 0.641155
2012-03-26 0.042 0.126050
2011-12-23 0.219 0.785791
2011-09-23 0.154 0.623229
2011-06-24 0.152 0.491591
2011-03-25 0.033 0.098156
2010-12-27 0.190 0.576107
2010-09-24 0.108 0.359880
2010-06-24 0.105 0.359959
2010-03-25 0.031 0.095385
2009-12-24 0.193 0.658478
2009-09-24 0.123 0.417374
2009-06-24 0.122 0.521368
2009-03-25 0.061 0.312020
2008-12-24 0.403 1.658436
2008-09-24 0.328 0.829120
2008-06-24 0.317 0.778487
2008-03-25 0.283 0.581467
2007-12-14 0.414 0.786624
2007-09-24 0.447 0.738233
2007-06-25 0.386 0.603031
2007-03-26 0.243 0.377564
2006-12-18 0.437 0.669321
2006-09-25 0.303 0.493084
2006-06-26 0.303 0.534392
2006-03-20 0.243 0.411864
2005-12-22 0.421 0.742898
2005-09-26 0.263 0.503542
2005-06-27 0.258 0.494537
2005-03-24 0.070 0.140534
2004-12-22 1.148 2.137007
Additional Data
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0
dividendYield 1.81

Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 143.2
All Time Low 13.07
Ask 0.0
Ask Size 400
Average Daily Volume10 Day 762,170
Average Daily Volume3 Month 567,350
Average Volume 567,350
Average Volume10Days 762,170
Beta3 Year 0.82
Bid 0.0
Bid Size 200
Category Financial
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 135.2
Day Low 132.83
Display Name Financials Idx Fund ETF Shares
Dividend Yield 1.81
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 8.984421
Esg Populated 0
Exchange PCX
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 137.9924
Fifty Day Average Change -4.742401
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.034367118
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 3.2484531
Fifty Two Week High 143.2
Fifty Two Week High Change -9.949997
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.06948322
Fifty Two Week Low 116.67
Fifty Two Week Low Change 16.580002
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.14211024
Fifty Two Week Range 116.67 - 143.2
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,075,473,000,000
Five Year Average Return 0.091965
Full Exchange Name NYSEArca
Fullday Change -0.58999634
Fullday Change Percent -0.44092098
Fullday Price 133.25
Fund Family Vanguard
Fund Inception Date 1,075,852,800
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Language en-US
Legal Type Exchange Traded Fund
Long Business Summary The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the index, an index made up of stocks of large, mid-size, and small U.S. companies within the financials sector, as classified under the GICS. The Advisor attempts to replicate the target index by seeking to invest all, or substantially all, of its assets in the stocks that make up the index, in order to hold each stock in approximately the same proportion as its weighting in the index. It is non-diversified.
Long Name Vanguard Financials Index Fund ETF Shares
Market us_market
Market State PRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_22939085
Nav Price 133.82
Net Assets 13,847,412,700.0
Net Expense Ratio 0.09
Open 134.58
Previous Close 133.81
Price Hint 2
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.559998
Regular Market Change Percent -0.418502
Regular Market Day High 135.2
Regular Market Day Low 132.83
Regular Market Day Range 132.83 - 135.2
Regular Market Open 134.58
Regular Market Previous Close 133.81
Regular Market Price 133.25
Regular Market Time 1,791,921,600
Regular Market Volume 364,657
Short Name Vanguard Financials ETF
Source Interval 15
Symbol VFH
Three Year Average Return 0.20809509
Total Assets 13,847,412,736
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing P E 14.831229
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns -0.84618
Trailing Three Month Returns -0.84618
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 131.44984
Two Hundred Day Average Change 1.8001556
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.01369462
Type Disp ETF
Volume 364,657
Yield 0.018099999
Ytd Return -1.29229