VANGUARD STRATEGIC EQUITY FUND
Actively managed U.S. stock fund
As of its 2026 Q2 report, VANGUARD STRATEGIC EQUITY FUND held 618 positions with $12.16B in net assets. Its ten largest holdings made up 7.3% of the fund. The VSEQX share class costs 0.17% a year. Over the 12 months to May 2026, VSEQX returned 35.7%, with dividends reinvested. In 2026 Q2 it added 70 new positions and exited 63.
Vanguard Strategic Equity Fund (the Fund) seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation.
The fund employs active management to select small- and mid-capitalization domestic equity securities based on the advisor's assessment of their return potential, investing at least 80% of assets in equities. Performance depends on the quality of those security selections.
What you own
| Company | Weight | Value | Shares | Reported price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
0.98% | $118.93M | 701.3K | $169.60 | |
Vanguard Cmt Funds-Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund | 0.84% | $101.80M | — | — |
TERTeradyne Inc | 0.78% | $95.09M | 196.5K | $483.84 |
0.73% | $89.26M | 107.6K | $829.88 | |
0.72% | $87.41M | 1.2M | $74.45 | |
0.72% | $87.09M | 2.7M | $32.37 | |
0.65% | $79.35M | 689.3K | $115.11 | |
BPOPPopular Inc | 0.65% | $78.39M | 477.4K | $164.18 |
0.63% | $76.57M | 428.5K | $178.68 | |
ENSEnerSys | 0.63% | $76.26M | 326.1K | $233.82 |
Reported price is the fund's own reported value divided by its own reported shares at 2026-06-30 — not a live quote, and not what the fund paid.
The 200 largest of 618 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%.
| Stocks | 98.95% |
| Cash & short-term | 0.84% |
| Derivatives | 0.01% |
Derivatives are shown at market value, not notional exposure.
By sector
- Industrials
- 18.3%
- Information Technology
- 17.2%
- Financials
- 15.7%
- Health Care
- 12.0%
- 10 other sectors
- 36.9%
- Industrials
- 18.3%
- Information Technology
- 17.2%
- Financials
- 15.7%
- Health Care
- 12.0%
- Consumer Discretionary
- 9.6%
- Real Estate
- 6.5%
- Materials
- 5.1%
- Utilities
- 4.7%
- Energy
- 3.6%
- Consumer Staples
- 3.6%
- Communication Services
- 2.8%
- Cash
- 0.8%
- Other
- 0.2%
- International
- 0.0%
How it has done
VSEQX share class · total returns with dividends reinvested
Volatility over the last 12 months: 11.79%. Past returns are a record, not a forecast.
Jun 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.
Fees & fund details
VANGUARD STRATEGIC EQUITY FUND is an actively managed U.S. equity fund. 17% of VSEQX’s stock holdings are in companies whose revenue grew in the top quartile of U.S. companies over the last five fiscal years (covering 99% of the fund’s equity).
- Asset class
- Equity
- Region
- United States
- Management
- Actively managed
- Fund type
- Open-end fund
- Expense ratio, by class
- 0.17%· VSEQX 0.17%
- 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
Positions that entered or left the fund since its previous filing. Positions that were only resized are not listed.
70 new· the largest 8
63 exited· the largest 8
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