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VWELX

VANGUARD WELLINGTON FUND

Actively managedAllocation (multi-asset)Open-end fund
: VWELX · VWENXHoldings as of May 31, 2026Filed Jul 29, 2026

Aggressive allocation fund

2026 Q2 holdings and allocationChanges are against the previous quarter, 2026 Q1Headline fees and returns use the VWELX share class
Expense ratio · VWELX
0.24%
$24 a year for every $10,000 invested
0.16% – 0.24% across the 2 classes
$124.71B
The whole fund, all share classes
1,637 holdings
29.4%in the top 10
Weight held in the ten largest holdings
Top 25 hold 42.3%
Return, 1 year · VWELX
+22.4%
With dividends, to Apr 2026
3 yr total +49.9% · 5 yr total +49.4%
What this fund is
Objective, as filed

Vanguard Wellington Fund (the Fund) seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation and moderate current income.

Strategy, summarised

The fund pursues active management, allocating 60%-70% to undervalued large-cap stocks with improving prospects and 30%-40% to investment-grade fixed income securities selected for moderate current income. Because security selection drives returns, performance depends on the advisor's ability to identify undervalued equities and suitable bonds.

What you own

per cent of the fund
CompanyWeightValue
5.14%
$6.41B
4.80%
$5.98B
4.09%
$5.11B
3.76%
$4.69B
3.45%
$4.31B
2.71%
$3.38B
1.69%
$2.11B
1.38%
$1.72B
1.22%
$1.53B
1.16%
$1.44B
Showing 1–10 of 1,637 · the top 10 are 29.40% of the fund, the top 25 are 42.34%

Reported price is the fund's own reported value divided by its own reported shares at 2026-05-31 — not a live quote, and not what the fund paid.

The 200 largest of 1,637 holdings, with the share counts as filed, open with a free account.

What the fund is made of

Percentages are of fund net assets. Rounding, liabilities and short positions can make totals differ from 100%.

99.81%
of net assets
Stocks65.13%
Bonds31.79%
Cash & short-term1.53%
Securitized1.28%
Derivatives0.07%

Derivatives are shown at market value, not notional exposure.

By sector

Information Technology
24.9%
Financials
11.1%
Government
10.2%
Communication Services
8.8%
12 other sectors
45.0%

How it has done

Total return, dividends reinvested · to Apr 2026

VWELX share class · total returns with dividends reinvested

1 year
+22.35%
3 years
+49.89%
Cumulative, not per year
5 years
+49.44%
Cumulative, not per year
Largest decline in 3 years
-6.00%
From a previous high to a later low
Cumulative return, last three years· Jun 2023 – Apr 2026

Volatility over the last 12 months: 9.39%. Past returns are a record, not a forecast.

May 2026 has been filed since the trailing figures were struck, so it is not in the table above or the curve — every figure here shares one cut-off, which is what makes them comparable with other funds.

The 2 share classes hold the same portfolio

Share classExpense ratio1 year3 years5 yearsWorst fall
0.24%+22.35%+49.89%+49.44%-6.00%
0.16%+22.45%+50.24%+50.04%-5.98%

These classes hold the same portfolio, so the 0.60pp spread over 5 years is the cost difference between them — roughly 0.12pp a year — not a difference in what they own.

Fees & fund details

VANGUARD WELLINGTON FUND is an aggressive allocation fund. 22% of VWELX’s stock holdings are in companies whose revenue grew in the top quartile of U.S. companies over the last five fiscal years (covering 94% of the fund’s equity).

Asset class
Allocation (multi-asset)
Region
United States
Management
Actively managed
Fund type
Open-end fund
Equity exposure
Aggressive
Expense ratio, by class
0.16%0.24%· VWELX 0.24%
Portfolio turnover
62.00% a year · as of 2026 Q1

Turnover is how much of the portfolio was replaced in a year.

Classified from what the fund holds, not from its name · 2026 Q2. The summary is a paraphrase of the prospectus; the objective is verbatim.

What changed this quarter

2026 Q2 vs 2026 Q1

Positions that entered or left the fund since its previous filing. Positions that were only resized are not listed.

131 new· the largest 8

158 exited· the largest 8

Debt profile

What this fund holds — value-weighted across its bond and securitized long positions · as of 2026-05-31

Avg coupon
4.45%
Avg maturity
10.68 yr
Coupon type

Share of the fund's debt by how its coupon behaves — the fact that decides whether a rate move reaches this portfolio at all.

16%
floating
Fixed rate83.8%
Floating rate16.2%
Maturity ladder

Share of the fund's debt value in each maturity band, shortest first.

<1y10y+
<1y0.7%
1-3y20.7%
3-5y20.4%
5-10y24.9%
10y+33.3%
Flagged holdings
Defaulted: none reported
In arrears: none reported
Paid in kind: none reported

Based on what filers reported; a filer that never reported a flag also reads as none.

Risk profile

Interest-rate and credit-spread sensitivity, both in years · as of 2026Q2

Most of this fund’s sensitivity is to interest rates, with credit spreads carrying nearly as much.

2.12 yr
approx. move per 100bp
1.65 yr
approx. move per 100bp
If rates and spreads both rise 100bp

Where the loss would come from. The two shocks are the same size, so this is the balance of the fund's two sensitivities rather than a bet on one moving more.

≈ -4.0%
of value
Interest rates56%
Credit spreads44%

Filers report the impact of a 0.01% move only, so the total is our own scaling of that one number and overstates the loss on most bonds — read it as approximate, never as precise. The two sensitivities overlap rather than add up: they measure the same positions against different shocks, which is why the durations above are shown side by side and never summed.

Credit risk by quality

Share of the fund's spread duration carried by each credit tier.

+1.65
yrs total
Investment grade+1.65 yr
High yield+0.00 yr
Where the risk sits on the curve

Share of duration at each point, shortest first. A positive figure loses value when spreads widen; a negative one offsets — a credit hedge.

Interest rate2.12 yr total
3 mo30 yr
3 mo0.00 yr0%
1 yr0.20 yr9%
5 yr0.56 yr27%
10 yr0.84 yr40%
30 yr0.51 yr24%
Credit spread1.65 yr total
3 mo30 yr
3 mo0.00 yr0%
1 yr0.12 yr7%
5 yr0.41 yr25%
10 yr0.69 yr42%
30 yr0.42 yr26%

The two bands measure the same positions against different shocks and do not add — a Treasury carries rate duration and no spread duration, a floating-rate credit the reverse. Rate tenors are also summed across every currency the fund discloses.

Show the numbers
TenorRate yrsIG yrsHY yrsIG $/bpHY $/bp
3 mo+0.00+0.00+0.00$45.2k$54
1 yr+0.20+0.12+0.00$1.48m$2.2k
5 yr+0.56+0.41+0.00$5.13m$10.8k
10 yr+0.84+0.69+0.00$8.60m$14.5k
30 yr+0.51+0.42+0.00$5.27m$710

Dollar change per 1bp of spread movement, as filed and sign-anchored. A blank cell was not filed; a zero was.

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