Vanguard® Utilities Index Fund
Schedule of Investments (unaudited)
As of May 31, 2024
The fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to its reports on Form N-PORT. The fund’s Form N-PORT reports are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
Shares | Market Value ($000) | ||
Common Stocks (99.5%) | |||
Electric Utilities (62.5%) | |||
NextEra Energy Inc. | 12,407,266 | 992,829 | |
Southern Co. | 6,326,375 | 506,996 | |
Duke Energy Corp. | 4,663,601 | 483,009 | |
Constellation Energy Corp. | 1,904,986 | 413,858 | |
American Electric Power Co. Inc. | 3,180,872 | 287,074 | |
PG&E Corp. | 12,253,180 | 227,174 | |
Exelon Corp. | 6,043,535 | 226,935 | |
Xcel Energy Inc. | 3,357,884 | 186,195 | |
Edison International | 2,325,447 | 178,711 | |
Entergy Corp. | 1,289,050 | 145,005 | |
FirstEnergy Corp. | 3,301,763 | 132,929 | |
PPL Corp. | 4,459,665 | 130,802 | |
Eversource Energy | 2,113,906 | 125,207 | |
NRG Energy Inc. | 1,298,179 | 105,152 | |
Alliant Energy Corp. | 1,549,843 | 79,801 | |
Evergy Inc. | 1,388,755 | 75,909 | |
Pinnacle West Capital Corp. | 686,471 | 54,135 | |
OGE Energy Corp. | 1,211,035 | 43,961 | |
IDACORP Inc. | 306,055 | 29,219 | |
Portland General Electric Co. | 611,894 | 27,266 | |
ALLETE Inc. | 348,596 | 22,014 | |
Otter Tail Corp. | 227,292 | 20,563 | |
PNM Resources Inc. | 517,985 | 19,859 | |
MGE Energy Inc. | 218,641 | 17,520 | |
Avangrid Inc. | 467,621 | 16,839 | |
Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc. | 665,860 | 7,318 | |
4,556,280 | |||
Gas Utilities (3.9%) | |||
Atmos Energy Corp. | 911,855 | 105,702 | |
UGI Corp. | 1,266,755 | 32,252 | |
National Fuel Gas Co. | 529,077 | 30,242 | |
Southwest Gas Holdings Inc. | 346,428 | 26,879 | |
New Jersey Resources Corp. | 594,261 | 25,827 | |
ONE Gas Inc. | 341,819 | 21,066 | |
Spire Inc. | 332,371 | 20,371 | |
Chesapeake Utilities Corp. | 134,428 | 15,057 | |
Northwest Natural Holding Co. | 227,751 | 8,523 | |
285,919 | |||
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers (5.1%) | |||
Vistra Corp. | 2,102,970 | 208,362 | |
AES Corp. | 4,296,663 | 92,765 | |
Ormat Technologies Inc. (XNYS) | 328,511 | 24,770 | |
1 | NextEra Energy Partners LP | 565,454 | 19,061 |
Clearway Energy Inc. Class C | 499,861 | 13,996 | |
Clearway Energy Inc. Class A | 207,187 | 5,321 | |
*,1 | Sunnova Energy International Inc. | 666,947 | 3,481 |
* | Altus Power Inc. | 434,794 | 1,761 |
* | Montauk Renewables Inc. | 304,012 | 1,630 |
371,147 | |||
Multi-Utilities (24.3%) | |||
Sempra | 3,821,431 | 294,365 | |
Dominion Energy Inc. | 5,062,472 | 272,969 | |
Public Service Enterprise Group Inc. | 3,014,043 | 228,344 | |
Consolidated Edison Inc. | 2,088,677 | 197,484 | |
WEC Energy Group Inc. | 1,907,622 | 154,575 | |
DTE Energy Co. | 1,250,892 | 145,766 | |
Ameren Corp. | 1,611,077 | 118,205 | |
CMS Energy Corp. | 1,805,156 | 113,598 | |
CenterPoint Energy Inc. | 3,541,172 | 108,041 |
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Shares | Market Value ($000) | ||
NiSource Inc. | 2,705,358 | 78,618 | |
Black Hills Corp. | 412,809 | 23,303 | |
Northwestern Energy Group Inc. | 370,416 | 19,247 | |
Avista Corp. | 472,634 | 17,478 | |
Unitil Corp. | 97,709 | 5,226 | |
1,777,219 | |||
Water Utilities (3.7%) | |||
American Water Works Co. Inc. | 1,177,722 | 154,011 | |
Essential Utilities Inc. | 1,570,758 | 59,265 | |
California Water Service Group | 348,652 | 17,394 | |
American States Water Co. | 225,052 | 16,561 | |
SJW Group | 184,113 | 10,073 | |
Middlesex Water Co. | 107,724 | 5,804 | |
York Water Co. | 86,715 | 3,212 | |
Artesian Resources Corp. Class A | 56,798 | 2,037 | |
268,357 | |||
Total Common Stocks (Cost $6,620,484) | 7,258,922 | ||
Temporary Cash Investments (0.2%) | |||
Money Market Fund (0.2%) | |||
2,3 | Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund, 5.397% (Cost $14,528) | 145,301 | 14,529 |
Total Investments (99.7%) (Cost $6,635,012) | 7,273,451 | ||
Other Assets and Liabilities—Net (0.3%) | 19,256 | ||
Net Assets (100.0%) | 7,292,707 | ||
Cost is in $000. |
* | Non-income-producing security. |
1 | Includes partial security positions on loan to broker-dealers. The total value of securities on loan is $11,671,000. |
2 | Affiliated money market fund available only to Vanguard funds and certain trusts and accounts managed by Vanguard. Rate shown is the 7-day yield. |
3 | Collateral of $12,306,000 was received for securities on loan. |
Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End
Over-the-Counter Total Return Swaps | ||||||
Reference Entity | Termination Date | Counterparty | Notional Amount ($000) | Floating Interest Rate Received (Paid)1 (%) | Value and Unrealized Appreciation ($000) | Value and Unrealized (Depreciation) ($000) |
CenterPoint Energy Inc. | 1/31/25 | CITNA | 8,726 | (5.325) | 37 | — |
Southern Co. | 1/31/25 | CITNA | 21,558 | (5.325) | 147 | — |
184 | — |
1 | Based on Overnight Bank Funding Rate as of the most recent reset date. Floating interest payment received/paid monthly. |
CITNA—Citibank, N.A. |
At May 31, 2024, the counterparties had deposited in segregated accounts securities with a value of $1,574,000 in connection with open over-the-counter swap contracts.
A. | Security Valuation: Securities are valued as of the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange (generally 4 p.m., Eastern time) on the valuation date. Equity securities are valued at the latest quoted sales prices or official closing prices taken from the primary market in which each security trades; such securities not traded on the valuation date are valued at the mean of the latest quoted bid and asked prices. Securities for which market quotations are not readily available, or whose values have been affected by events occurring before the fund’s pricing time but after the close of the securities’ primary markets, are valued by methods deemed by the valuation designee to represent fair value and subject to oversight by the board of trustees. Investments in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund are valued at that fund's net asset value. |
B. | Swap Contracts: The fund has entered into equity swap contracts to earn the total return on selected reference stocks or indexes in the fund’s target index. Under the terms of the swaps, the fund receives the total return on the referenced stock (i.e., receiving the increase or paying the decrease in value of the selected reference stock and receiving the equivalent of any dividends in respect of the selected referenced stock) over a specified period of time, applied to a notional amount that represents the value of a designated number of shares of the selected reference stock at the beginning of the equity swap contract. The fund also pays a floating rate that is based on short-term interest rates, applied to the notional amount. At the same time, the fund generally invests an amount approximating the notional amount of the swap in high-quality temporary cash investments. |
A risk associated with all types of swaps is the possibility that a counterparty may default on its obligation to pay net amounts due to the fund. The fund’s maximum amount subject to counterparty risk is the unrealized appreciation on the swap contract. The fund mitigates its counterparty risk by
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entering into swaps only with a diverse group of prequalified counterparties, monitoring their financial strength, entering into master netting arrangements with its counterparties, and requiring its counterparties to transfer collateral as security for their performance. In the absence of a default, the collateral pledged or received by the fund cannot be repledged, resold, or rehypothecated. In the event of a counterparty’s default (including bankruptcy), the fund may terminate any swap contracts with that counterparty, determine the net amount owed by either party in accordance with its master netting arrangements, and sell or retain any collateral held up to the net amount owed to the fund under the master netting arrangements. The swap contracts contain provisions whereby a counterparty may terminate open contracts if the fund’s net assets decline below a certain level, triggering a payment by the fund if the fund is in a net liability position at the time of the termination. The payment amount would be reduced by any collateral the fund has pledged. Any securities pledged as collateral for open contracts are noted in the Schedule of Investments. The value of collateral received or pledged is compared daily to the value of the swap contracts exposure with each counterparty, and any difference, if in excess of a specified minimum transfer amount, is adjusted and settled within two business days.
Swaps are valued daily based on market quotations received from independent pricing services or recognized dealers and the change in value is recorded as an asset (liability) and as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until periodic payments are made or the termination of the swap, at which time realized gain (loss) is recorded.
C. | Various inputs may be used to determine the value of the fund’s investments and derivatives. These inputs are summarized in three broad levels for financial statement purposes. The inputs or methodologies used to value securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. |
Level 1—Quoted prices in active markets for identical securities.
Level 2—Other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).
Level 3—Significant unobservable inputs (including the fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments). Any investments and derivatives valued with significant unobservable inputs are noted on the Schedule of Investments.
The following table summarizes the market value of the fund’s investments and derivatives as of May 31, 2024, based on the inputs used to value them:
Level 1 ($000) | Level 2 ($000) | Level 3 ($000) | Total ($000) | |
Investments | ||||
Assets | ||||
Common Stocks | 7,258,922 | — | — | 7,258,922 |
Temporary Cash Investments | 14,529 | — | — | 14,529 |
Total | 7,273,451 | — | — | 7,273,451 |
Derivative Financial Instruments | ||||
Assets | ||||
Swap Contracts | — | 184 | — | 184 |
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