Vanguard Small Cap Index Fund
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- Financial Services
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- Asset Management
- Address
- PO Box 2600 Valley Forge PA United States of America 19482
- IPO Date
- Jan 2, 1980
- CIK
- 0000036405
- Website
- investor.vanguard.com
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- Vanguard Small-Cap Index Fund (NAESX) is an open-end mutual fund that employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the CRSP US Small Cap Index, a broadly diversified index comprising stocks of small-capitalization U.S. companies. The fund seeks to replicate the target index returns by investing all or substantially all of its assets in the index's constituent stocks, holding each in approximately the same proportion as its index weighting; it offers investor shares with a low expense ratio of 0.17% and a minimum initial investment of $3,000. Launched on October 3, 1960, the fund operates under The Vanguard Group, Inc., headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania, and primarily serves long-term investors seeking exposure to the U.S. small-cap equity segment through blend-style diversification across various sectors. The fund provides passive investment management services focused on small-cap blend equities, with no active stock selection or sector tilting; its portfolio mirrors the CRSP US Small Cap Index, which includes approximately 1,400-1,500 small U.S. company stocks ranked by market capitalization, emphasizing broad market representation over growth or value biases. Vanguard distributes the fund through brokerage platforms, retirement accounts, and direct investor channels, targeting individual and institutional clients interested in low-cost, index-based small-cap allocation; geographic operations are confined to U.S. domestic equities. Admiral Shares (ticker: VSMAX) complement the investor shares with a lower expense ratio for qualifying accounts. In recent developments, the fund continues to benchmark against the updated CRSP US Small Cap Index methodology refinements implemented by the Center for Research in Security Prices (CRSP) in prior years to enhance small-cap representation accuracy; no major acquisitions, partnerships, funding rounds, or structural reorganizations have been announced for NAESX within the last 1-2 years, reflecting its stable passive indexing strategy amid Vanguard's broader emphasis on cost efficiency and investor access expansions. Performance highlights include a year-to-date return of approximately 3.88% and a 1-year return of 16.95% as of late 2025, with ongoing dividend distributions averaging 1.14% yield over the trailing twelve months.