Vanguard 500 Index Fund
Shareclass
Vanguard 500 Index Admiral (VFIAX)
Type
Open-end mutual fund
Manager
Gender equality score
54
/ 100 points
Overall score
Average Equileap Gender Equality Score of fund holdings, weighted by market value
Group ranking
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Group: U.S. Equity Fund
Ranking: 525 out of 2,513 funds
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Gender balance in leadership and workforce
27/40
Equal compensation and work life balance
8/30
Policies promoting gender equality
18/20
Commitment, transparency, and accountability
1/10

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Top scoring holdings
The top 10 holdings in this portfolio with the best scores on the Equileap Gender Scorecard. In the case of ties, the holding with more assets invested is listed higher.
- 1. International Flavors & Fragrances Inc0.05% of assets$418.19M invested
- 2. Dow Inc0.1% of assets$871.2M invested
- 3. Procter & Gamble Co0.95% of assets$8.26B invested
- 4. Bank of America Corp0.52% of assets$4.55B invested
- 5. Biogen Inc0.1% of assets$894.51M invested
- 6. Johnson & Johnson1.04% of assets$9.01B invested
- 7. Boston Scientific Corp0.21% of assets$1.86B invested
- 8. The Interpublic Group of Companies Inc0.03% of assets$265.16M invested
- 9. Cummins Inc0.09% of assets$777.73M invested
- 10. Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc0.11% of assets$943.86M invested
Bottom scoring holdings
The bottom 10 holdings in this portfolio with the worst scores on the Equileap Gender Scorecard. In the case of ties, the holding with more assets invested is listed higher.
- 1. NVR Inc0.05% of assets$467.99M invested
- 2. Old Dominion Freight Line Inc Ordinary Shares0.1% of assets$881.04M invested
- 3. Loews Corp0.03% of assets$281.35M invested
- 4. O'Reilly Automotive Inc0.15% of assets$1.32B invested
- 5. Lennar Corp Class A0.08% of assets$674.24M invested
- 6. Rollins Inc0.03% of assets$251.9M invested
- 7. Lennar Corp Class B<0.01% of assets$7.62M invested
- 8. PACCAR Inc0.12% of assets$1.07B invested
- 9. Steel Dynamics Inc0.05% of assets$401.2M invested
- 10. Chubb Ltd0.24% of assets$2.06B invested
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Gender Equality and Returns

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The figure above charts annualized returns and Gender Equality Fund grades. The orange marker represents this fund. The purple marker (if present) represents an assigned benchmark. Blue dots represent funds in the same Morningstar category as this fund. Dark gray dots represent funds in the same grading group as this fund. Returns are for the most recent available for this fund of 1, 3, 5, or 10 year annualized returns. The higher a fund is marked on the Y axis, the better its returns for the specified time period. The higher a fund is marked on the X axis, the better its Gender Equality Funds group ranking. Read more on the How it Works page.
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