VANGUARD STRATEGIC SMALL-CAP EQUITY FUND
Actively managed U.S. stock fund
As of its 2026 Q2 report, VANGUARD STRATEGIC SMALL-CAP EQUITY FUND held 658 positions with $3.13B in net assets. Its ten largest holdings made up 7.3% of the fund. The VSTCX share class costs 0.21% a year. Over the 12 months to May 2026, VSTCX returned 43.1%, with dividends reinvested. In 2026 Q2 it added 102 new positions and exited 80.
Vanguard Strategic Small-Cap Equity Fund (the Fund) seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation.
The fund employs active management to select small-cap U.S. stocks, targeting companies within the market-capitalization range of the MSCI US Small Cap 1750 Index. The fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in small-cap equity securities. Because the fund's performance depends on the manager's security selection decisions, returns may diverge from those of its benchmark index.
What you own
| Company | Weight | Value | Shares | Reported price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
0.78% | $24.27M | 100.7K | $240.97 | |
0.77% | $24.10M | 744.7K | $32.37 | |
0.76% | $23.64M | 53.2K | $444.80 | |
ENSEnerSys | 0.74% | $23.28M | 99.6K | $233.82 |
BPOPPopular Inc | 0.74% | $23.25M | 141.6K | $164.18 |
ZIONZions Bancorp NA | 0.74% | $23.24M | 335.9K | $69.19 |
0.72% | $22.47M | 66.4K | $338.40 | |
Vanguard Cmt Funds-Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund | 0.71% | $22.19M | — | — |
MYRGMYR Group Inc | 0.68% | $21.27M | 42.5K | $500.40 |
0.66% | $20.53M | 344.7K | $59.57 |
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 658 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 | 99.20% |
| Cash & short-term | 0.71% |
| Derivatives | 0.01% |
Derivatives are shown at market value, not notional exposure.
By sector
- Industrials
- 18.1%
- Financials
- 18.0%
- Information Technology
- 16.1%
- Health Care
- 14.9%
- 9 other sectors
- 32.9%
- Industrials
- 18.1%
- Financials
- 18.0%
- Information Technology
- 16.1%
- Health Care
- 14.9%
- Consumer Discretionary
- 10.3%
- Real Estate
- 6.5%
- Energy
- 4.6%
- Materials
- 4.4%
- Utilities
- 2.5%
- Consumer Staples
- 2.0%
- Communication Services
- 1.9%
- Cash
- 0.7%
- International
- 0.0%
How it has done
VSTCX share class · total returns with dividends reinvested
Volatility over the last 12 months: 13.35%. 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 SMALL-CAP EQUITY FUND is an actively managed U.S. equity fund. 19% of VSTCX’s stock holdings are in companies whose revenue grew in the top quartile of U.S. companies over the last five fiscal years (covering 97% of the fund’s equity).
- Asset class
- Equity
- Region
- United States
- Management
- Actively managed
- Fund type
- Open-end fund
- Expense ratio, by class
- 0.21%· VSTCX 0.21%
- Portfolio turnover
- 66.00% 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.
102 new· the largest 8
80 exited· the largest 8
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