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Vanguard Growth ETF Portfolio (VGRO : TSX)

Global Equity Balanced

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Fundata ESG Grade C

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FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

2024, 2023, 2022

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(12-04-2025)
$43.36
Change
$0.13 (0.30%)
Open $43.34
Day Range $43.25 - $43.37
Volume 91,002

As at October 31, 2025

As at October 31, 2025

As at October 31, 2025

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Vanguard Growth ETF Portfolio

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (January 25, 2018): 9.48%

Fund Returns
Row Heading Return Annualized Return
1 Mth 3 Mth 6 Mth YTD 1 Yr 2 Yr 3 Yr 4 Yr 5 Yr 6 Yr 7 Yr 8 Yr 9 Yr 10 Yr
Fund 1.94% 8.80% 18.82% 16.39% 20.14% 23.83% 17.82% 9.98% 12.60% 11.11% 11.17% - - -
Benchmark 2.18% 8.14% 18.02% 14.66% 18.95% 22.85% 18.36% 9.81% 11.37% 10.56% 10.82% 9.52% 9.92% 9.53%
Category Average 1.24% 13.90% 13.90% 11.71% 14.14% 18.59% 14.01% 6.72% 9.36% 8.09% 8.19% 6.80% 7.18% 6.83%
Category Rank 184 / 1,268 74 / 1,263 97 / 1,261 143 / 1,249 103 / 1,249 110 / 1,215 113 / 1,139 116 / 1,081 92 / 977 101 / 942 75 / 843 - - -
Quartile Ranking 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - - -

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct
Fund 4.66% -1.38% 3.43% -0.45% -2.87% -2.06% 4.13% 2.94% 1.88% 2.35% 4.27% 1.94%
Benchmark 3.57% 0.16% 3.26% -0.48% -3.00% -2.54% 3.76% 3.03% 2.10% 1.67% 4.09% 2.18%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

8.70% (April 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-10.62% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund - - - - 17.66% 10.83% 14.97% -11.21% 14.86% 20.24%
Benchmark 17.03% 3.66% 11.99% 0.72% 16.29% 12.17% 11.33% -12.03% 15.07% 21.57%
Category Average 4.87% 4.92% 9.31% -5.49% 15.12% 8.09% 12.42% -11.85% 11.42% 15.99%
Quartile Ranking - - - - 1 2 1 2 1 1
Category Rank - - - - 136/ 861 262/ 946 207/ 994 540/ 1,091 151/ 1,139 198/ 1,222

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

20.24% (2024)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-11.21% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
US Equity 35.60
Canadian Equity 23.85
International Equity 20.27
Canadian Government Bonds 8.24
Foreign Government Bonds 4.48
Other 7.56

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Technology 20.83
Fixed Income 18.22
Financial Services 17.19
Basic Materials 5.89
Consumer Services 5.87
Other 32.00

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 75.62
Europe 11.63
Asia 10.48
Africa and Middle East 0.73
Latin America 0.53
Other 1.01

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Vanguard U.S. Total Market Index ETF (VUN) 37.30
Vanguard FTSE Canada All Cap Index ETF (VCN) 24.24
Vanguard FTSE Dev All Cap ex NA Index ETF (VIU) 14.17
Vanguard Canadian Aggregate Bond Index ETF (VAB) 11.23
Vanguard FTSE Emerging Mkts All Cap Idx ETF (VEE) 5.76
Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Agg Bond Ix ETF C$Hg (VBG) 3.68
Vanguard U.S. Aggregate Bond Idx ETF C$ Hgd (VBU) 3.62

Equity Style

Market capitalization is large. Equity style is growth.

Fixed Income Style

Average Duration: M. Average Credit Quality: H.
Period: 

Risk vs Return (3 Yr)

Vanguard Growth ETF Portfolio

Median

Other - Global Equity Balanced

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 9.18% 10.21% -
Beta 1.06% 1.03% -
Alpha -0.01% 0.01% -
Rsquared 0.94% 0.95% -
Sharpe 1.41% 0.96% -
Sortino 3.05% 1.56% -
Treynor 0.12% 0.09% -
Tax Efficiency 94.98% 93.40% -
Volatility Volatility rating is 5 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 5 on a scale of 1 to 10 -

Risk Rating

Rating 5 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 9.06% 9.18% 10.21% -
Beta 1.05% 1.06% 1.03% -
Alpha 0.00% -0.01% 0.01% -
Rsquared 0.94% 0.94% 0.95% -
Sharpe 1.77% 1.41% 0.96% -
Sortino 3.72% 3.05% 1.56% -
Treynor 0.15% 0.12% 0.09% -
Tax Efficiency 96.08% 94.98% 93.40% -

Fundata ESG Metrics

Fundata ESG Score

The E, S, and G scores are averaged for each security in the portfolio, to arrive at an ESG score for each security. We take the portfolio weighted average of the ESG scores for each fund and rank them against their peers to arrive at the Fundata ESG Score from 0-100.

Fundata E Score

Three scores under the Environment bucket are averaged to yield the Fundata Environment Score for each fund from 0-100: (1) Pollution Prevention, (2) Environmental Transparency, (3) Resource Efficiency.

Fundata S Score

Six scores under the Social bucket are averaged to yield the Fundata Social Score for each fund from 0-100. (1) Compensation and Satisfaction, (2) Diversity and Rights, (3) Education and Work Conditions, (4) Community and Charity, (5) Human Rights, (6) Sustainability Integration.

Fundata G Score

Three scores under the governance bucket are averaged to yield the Fundata Governance Score for each fund from 0-100: (1) Board Effectiveness, (2) Management Ethics, (3) Disclosure and Accountability.

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Fund Details

Start Date January 25, 2018
Instrument Type Exchange Traded Fund
Share Class Do-It-Yourself
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Quarterly
Assets ($mil) -
52 Week High $43.51
52 Week Low $33.23
Annual Dividend $0.72
Annual Yield -
Index -
Shares Outstanding -
Registered Plan Eligible Yes

ETF Characteristics

Exposure 1x performance
Asset Class High -
Asset Class Medium -
Asset Class Low -
Leveraged -
Inverse -
Advisor Series -
Covered Call Strategy No

Investment Objectives

The Vanguard Growth ETF Portfolio seeks to provide long-term capital growth by investing in equity and fixed income securities.

Investment Strategy

The Vanguard Growth ETF Portfolio seeks to achieve its investment objective by primarily investing in equity and fixed-income securities. The Vanguard ETF may do so either directly or indirectly through investment in one or more Underlying Funds.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Vanguard Investments Canada Inc.

Sub-Advisor

Vanguard Global Advisers, LLC

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

Vanguard Investments Canada Inc.

Custodian

State Street Trust Company Canada

Registrar

State Street Trust Company Canada

Distributor

-

Fees

MER 0.24%
Management Fee 0.17%

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