UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-CSR
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT
OF
REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Investment Company Act file number: 811-01685
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Name of Registrant: | Vanguard Morgan Growth Fund |
Address of Registrant: | P.O. Box 2600 |
| Valley Forge, PA 19482 |
Name and address of agent for service: | Anne E. Robinson, Esquire | |
| P.O. Box 876 | |
| Valley Forge, PA 19482 | |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (610) 669-1000 |
Date of fiscal year end: September 30 | |
Date of reporting period: October 1, 2016 – March 31, 2017 |
Item 1: Reports to Shareholders | |
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Semiannual Report | March 31, 2017
Vanguard Morgan™ Growth Fund
A new format, unwavering commitment
As you begin reading this report, you’ll notice that we’ve made some improvements to the opening sections—based on feedback from you, our clients.
Page 1 starts with a new ”Your Fund’s Performance at a Glance,” a concise, handy summary of how your fund performed during the period.
In the renamed ”Chairman’s Perspective,” Bill McNabb will focus on enduring principles and investment insights.
We’ve modified some tables, and eliminated some redundancy, but we haven’t removed any information.
At Vanguard, we’re always looking for better ways to communicate and to help you make sound investment decisions. Thank you for entrusting your assets to us.
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Contents | |
Your Fund’s Performance at a Glance. | 1 |
Chairman’s Perspective. | 2 |
Advisors’ Report. | 6 |
Fund Profile. | 11 |
Performance Summary. | 12 |
Financial Statements. | 13 |
About Your Fund’s Expenses. | 27 |
Trustees Approve Advisory Arrangements. | 29 |
Glossary. | 31 |
Please note: The opinions expressed in this report are just that—informed opinions. They should not be considered promises or advice.
Also, please keep in mind that the information and opinions cover the period through the date on the front of this report. Of course, the
risks of investing in your fund are spelled out in the prospectus.
See the Glossary for definitions of investment terms used in this report.
About the cover: No matter what language you speak, Vanguard has one consistent message and set of principles. Our primary
focus is on you, our clients. We conduct our business with integrity as a faithful steward of your assets. This message is shown
translated into seven languages, reflecting our expanding global presence.
Your Fund’s Performance at a Glance
• Vanguard Morgan Growth Fund returned more than 9% for the six months ended March 31, 2017. This return was slightly less that of its benchmark, the Russell 3000 Growth Index, but more than the average return of its peer funds.
• The fund seeks long-term capital appreciation using a multimanager approach that provides exposure to a broad universe of large- and mid-capitalization U.S. growth stocks.
• For the period, value stocks outperformed growth stocks; small-cap stocks outpaced large caps; and U.S. stocks beat their counterparts in both developed and emerging markets.
• Eight of the fund’s ten industry sectors produced positive performance for the period.
Information technology, industrials, health care, and materials contributed most to the fund’s relative performance, while consumer discretionary, energy, and real estate detracted most from it.
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Total Returns: Six Months Ended March 31, 2017 | |
| Total |
| Returns |
Vanguard Morgan Growth Fund | |
Investor Shares | 9.26% |
Admiral™ Shares | 9.30 |
Russell 3000 Growth Index | 9.94 |
Multi-Cap Growth Funds Average | 8.35 |
Multi-Cap Growth Funds Average: Derived from data provided by Lipper, a Thomson Reuters Company. | |
Admiral Shares carry lower expenses and are available to investors who meet certain account-balance requirements. | |
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Expense Ratios | | | |
Your Fund Compared With Its Peer Group | | | |
| Investor | Admiral | Peer Group |
| Shares | Shares | Average |
Morgan Growth Fund | 0.38% | 0.28% | 1.23% |
The fund expense ratios shown are from the prospectus dated January 27, 2017, and represent estimated costs for the current fiscal year. For the six months ended March 31, 2017, the fund’s annualized expense ratios were 0.36% for Investor Shares and 0.26% for Admiral Shares. The peer-group expense ratio is derived from data provided by Lipper, a Thomson Reuters Company, and captures information through year-end 2016.
Peer group: Multi-Cap Growth Funds.
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Chairman’s Perspective
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Bill McNabb
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Dear Shareholder,
For many people, including me, falling interest rates have been the general trend in the bond market throughout our working lives. At the beginning of 1983, the year I graduated from business school, the yield of the benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury note stood at more than 10%. It was less than 2.5% at the beginning of 2017.
Because bond prices move in the opposite direction from rates, my career happens to have overlapped with the greatest bull market for bonds in history.
It appears that may be changing. And, of course, there’s no shortage of advice about how to prepare for the shift.
Rates may be headed higher (really)
This bond bull market has reminded us time and again just how hard it is to predict when rates will rise or fall and by how much. If you follow bonds, you might recall the markets bracing for a sustained rate increase back in 2010 as the economy pulled out of recession, or again in 2013 when the Federal Reserve said it would start tapering its bond purchases, or again at the end of 2015 when the Fed raised short-term rates for the first time in almost a decade. And yet, prognostications notwithstanding, interest rates remained anchored near historical lows.
That said, rates seem to be on an upswing. With economic activity picking up, wages starting to move higher, and inflation coming
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off recent lows, the Fed has nudged short-term rates higher twice in recent months and has signaled that further gradual increases are likely through 2018. The perceived pro-growth stance of the new U.S. administration also has played a role in framing a case for higher rates.
Short-term pain, longer-term gain
Bond investors are understandably concerned. If interest rates shoot up, the market value of bonds will drop sharply, with prices falling to bring yields in line with the new, prevailing higher rates. That’s the potential short-term pain. But long-term investors should actually want rates to go up. If you like bonds that pay 2%, you should love bonds that pay 4%, right?
There’s a simple—though imperfect—rule of thumb that helps make clear this point. If the time frame of your investing goal exceeds the time frame of your bond portfolio (a medium-term goal matched with short-term bonds, or a long-term goal paired with bonds not quite as long-term), rising rates will work out in your favor, maybe decidedly so.
Think of it this way: If you have a big cash need in the near future—say, a tuition bill coming due in a few years—and you own bonds that are long-term in nature, this time-frame mismatch could spell trouble if rates rise sharply; you’d be selling bonds that would be worth less. But if you’re saving to retire ten or 15 years down the road and rates are steadily rising, over time you’ll be earning higher and higher yields.
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Market Barometer | | | |
| | | Total Returns |
| | Periods Ended March 31, 2017 |
| Six | One | Five Years |
| Months | Year | (Annualized) |
Stocks | | | |
Russell 1000 Index (Large-caps) | 10.09% | 17.43% | 13.26% |
Russell 2000 Index (Small-caps) | 11.52 | 26.22 | 12.35 |
Russell 3000 Index (Broad U.S. market) | 10.19 | 18.07 | 13.18 |
FTSE All-World ex US Index (International) | 6.74 | 13.50 | 4.82 |
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Bonds | | | |
Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index | | | |
(Broad taxable market) | -2.18% | 0.44% | 2.34% |
Bloomberg Barclays Municipal Bond Index | | | |
(Broad tax-exempt market) | -2.10 | 0.15 | 3.24 |
Citigroup Three-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index | 0.21 | 0.34 | 0.10 |
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CPI | | | |
Consumer Price Index | 0.98% | 2.38% | 1.23% |
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Josh Barrickman, our head of fixed income indexing for the Americas, calls it “the virtuous cycle of compounding interest at a higher rate.”
The bottom line is, you can end up better off than if rates haven’t risen because you’re earning more income, which over time more than washes away any price hit.
Beware of short-sighted, short-term moves
This logic can be difficult to grasp, tempting anxious bond investors to make drastic shifts to lessen the immediate pain of rising rates. Unfortunately, such moves can backfire.
Taking shelter in short-term bonds, for example, might seem like a good idea. Their prices generally hold up better than those of longer-term bonds in a rising-rate environment. But they also offer less income.
For example, when the market started worrying about rising rates in 2010, moving into short-term securities—and staying there—would have proved costly. Through 2016, those securities returned roughly half of what the broad U.S. bond market did.
Favoring high-yield bonds is another tack some investors take, expecting higher income to help cushion price declines.
What has driven long-term returns for Vanguard bond funds?
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Source: Vanguard.
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High-yield securities, however, typically perform best when stocks are rising, making them unlikely to zig when stocks zag.
We saw clear evidence of the correlation between stocks and high-yield bonds in the frantic markets following the United Kingdom’s vote to leave the European Union last year. From June 23 to June 27, both U.S. stocks and U.S. high-yield bonds lost ground. The broad U.S. bond market, meanwhile, climbed 1.2% as investors sought a safe haven.
Your portfolio is more than the sum of its parts
Different assets have different roles to play in a balanced and diversified portfolio. Stocks are valuable because they can produce higher returns over time, while bonds can provide a crucial counterweight to the volatility of stocks.
Perhaps the most important thing to keep in mind about bonds is that although their prices can fluctuate, they remain “fixed income” securities. Barring default, you can be certain of getting income until the bonds mature. It’s that income that drives returns for patient bond investors who resist the urge to jump in and out of the market, as you can see in the accompanying box.
A lot has changed since I first started following the bond market, but the important role that bonds can play in a balanced and diversified portfolio hasn’t.
As always, thank you for investing with Vanguard.
Sincerely,
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F. William McNabb III
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
April 14, 2017
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Advisors’ Report
For the six months ended March 31, 2017, Vanguard Morgan Growth Fund returned 9.26% for Investor Shares and 9.30% for the lower-cost Admiral Shares. Your fund is managed by four independent advisors, a strategy that enhances the fund’s diversification by providing exposure to distinct yet complementary investment approaches. It’s not uncommon for different advisors to have different views about individual securities or the broader investment environment.
The advisors, the percentage of fund assets each manages, and brief descriptions of their investment strategies are presented in the accompanying table. The advisors have also prepared a discussion of the investment environment that existed during the fiscal year and of how portfolio positioning reflects this assessment. (Please note that the Frontier Capital Management discussion refers to industry sectors as defined by Russell classifications, rather than by the Global Industry Classification Standard used elsewhere in this report.)
On a separate note, we want to congratulate Kathleen McCarragher of Jennison Associates for completing a decade as a portfolio manager of the Morgan Growth Fund earlier this fiscal year. We thank her for serving our shareholders with distinction.
These comments were prepared on
April 13, 2017.
Wellington Management Company llp
Portfolio Manager:
Paul E. Marrkand, CFA,
Senior Managing Director
Our portion of the fund uses traditional methods of stock selection—fundamental research and analysis—to identify mid-and large-capitalization companies that we believe have above-average growth prospects. We seek to build a portfolio that has diversified sources of return with a balance of growth, quality, and valuation attributes.
U.S. equities and other developed-market stocks around the world rose during the period; the S&P 500 Index returned 10.12% and the MSCI World Index returned 8.63%. Fixed income markets fell; the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index returned –2.18%.
Successes
Sector allocation, a residual of our bottom-up stock selection process, boosted the portfolio’s returns. Specifically, our overweight allocation to information technology and underweight allocation to consumer staples helped relative performance.
Our security selection was strongest in energy and financials; top individual contributors to relative returns included Check Point Software (information technology), Bank of America (financials), and Parker-Hannifin (industrials).
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Shortfalls
Security selection detracted from relative performance, primarily in information technology, health care, and consumer staples. Among the largest relative detractors was QUALCOMM (information technology). Our decision to avoid benchmark constituent Walt Disney (consumer discretionary) and our lack of exposure for most of the period to Boeing (industrials) detracted as well.
Our systems show that sector allocation overall aided relative performance. Our overweight allocation to energy, the worst-performing sector in the index, and our underweight allocation to industrials also hurt relative performance.
We remain optimistic about the portfolio’s favorable risk/reward profile. We continue to purchase, at attractive valuations, capital-compounding companies with what we believe to be long-term competitive advantages that can maintain a free cash flow growth rate beyond that of the market. Through this bottom-up process, the portfolio ended the period most overweighted in information technology and most underweighted in consumer discretionary and consumer staples.
Jennison Associates LLC
Portfolio Managers:
Kathleen A. McCarragher,
Managing Director
Blair A. Boyer,
Managing Director
The half year saw gradually improving economic conditions in many major economies, especially the United States, and steady improvement in business sentiment. It also saw post-U.S.-election speculation about the new administration’s policies, which were expected to favor companies that would benefit from a less onerous regulatory environment, lower corporate tax rates, and increased spending on infrastructure and defense.
We conduct rigorous research to determine company, industry, and sector fundamentals and prospects over the intermediate and longer terms. We project how markets, industries, and businesses will evolve over time. With this perspective, we build the portfolio through individual stock selection, based on individual company fundamentals.
Successes
Most information technology holdings made strong gains. Apple’s strength reflects the proliferation of the iOS platform across mobile phone, tablet, and personal computer landscapes as well as the financial power and attractive margins of the company’s hardware products.
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Semiconductor maker NVIDIA is leveraging its graphics expertise to offer high-value-added solutions in the gaming, automotive, high-performance computing, and cloud and enterprise markets. Adobe Systems, best known for its Photoshop photo-editing tool and PDF and Flash platforms, benefited as customers transitioned from perpetual license agreements to subscriptions.
In consumer discretionary, Netflix’s strong subscriber growth reflected the appeal of the company’s original programming. We believe increasing pricing power, international expansion, and scale advantage have strengthened the company’s long-term competitive positioning. Hotel operator Marriott is benefiting from increased demand and limited supply growth in the United States, which should lead to accelerating revenue and operating income growth.
Shortfalls
Health care holding Bristol-Myers Squibb declined on setbacks in its immuno-oncology clinical program. Many other health care stocks were affected by concerns about drug pricing. Companies that sell innovative, high-priced drugs sold off, including BioMarin Pharmaceutical (neurometabolic degenerative diseases) and Alexion Pharmaceuticals (blood and metabolic disorders, autoimmune and inflammatory diseases).
QUALCOMM, which makes cell phone chips, fell on antitrust litigation. Palo Alto Networks, a network and enterprise security company, declined on indications of slowing revenue growth.
Vanguard Quantitative Equity Group
Portfolio Managers:
James P. Stetler
Anatoly Shtekhman, CFA
Binbin Guo, Principal, Head of Equity
Research and Portfolio Strategies
The period began on an optimistic note, with the U.S. economy picking up steam. The results of the U.S. presidential election helped fuel a shift toward riskier assets as investors anticipated more infrastructure spending, greater deregulation, and possible tax-code changes from the Trump Administration. Against this backdrop, stocks surged during the six-month period; the broad U.S. equity market (as measured by the Russell 3000 Index) returned 10.19%.
Although it’s important to understand how overall performance is affected by such macro factors, our approach to investing focuses on specific fundamentals—not technical analysis of stock price movements. We believe that attractive stocks exhibit five key characteristics: 1) high quality—healthy balance sheets and steady cash-flow generation; 2) effective use of capital—sound investment policies that favor internal over external funding; 3) consistent earnings growth—ability to grow earnings year after year; 4) strong market sentiment—market confirmation of our view; and 5) reasonable valuation—we strive to avoid overpriced stocks.
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Using these five themes, we generate a composite rank for all the stocks in our universe each day. We then monitor our portfolio based on those rankings and adjust when appropriate to maximize expected returns while minimizing exposure to risks that our research indicates don’t improve returns (such as industry selection and other risks relative to our benchmark).
For the period, our valuation, quality, and sentiment models contributed positively to performance, but our management decisions and growth models did not perform as expected. Our strongest sector results were in information technology, industrials, and materials. Our weakest results were in energy, real estate, and consumer discretionary.
At the stock level, the largest contributions came from overweight positions in Advanced Micro Devices, Alaska Air, United Rentals, Steel Dynamics, and United Therapeutics Corporation. Overweight positions in Southwestern Energy, Nutanix, Hertz Global Holdings, Brixmor Property Group, and Tyson Foods detracted.
Frontier Capital Management Co., LLC
Portfolio Managers:
Stephen M. Knightly, CFA, President
Christopher J. Scarpa, Vice President
Investment environment
Equities achieved solid gains prompted by improved economic readings and renewed optimism, in the wake of the U.S. election,
that political factions were coalescing to push more substantial fiscal policy action at a time of exhausted monetary policy.
Successes
Strong stock selection, along with sector allocation, helped the portfolio turn in positive results in eight of the nine Russell sectors. Positive stock selection in materials and processing, health care, and producer durables contributed most to performance.
In materials and processing, investments in aggregates suppliers such as Eagle Materials benefited from anticipated executive priorities under President Trump. In health care, promising advances made by biotech companies such as Incyte aided performance. And in producer durables, strong earnings from both HD Supply Holdings and Waste Connections helped returns.
Shortfalls
Setbacks were well-managed and their effects were limited. Energy was the only sector in the portfolio to post negative results, as renewed weakness in oil prices hurt exploration companies such as Carrizo Oil & Gas.
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Vanguard Morgan Growth Fund Investment Advisors | | |
| Fund Assets Managed | |
Investment Advisor | % | $ Million | Investment Strategy |
Wellington Management | 47 | 5,422 | Uses traditional methods of stock selection— |
Company LLP | | | fundamental research and analysis—to identify |
| | | companies that it believes have above-average growth |
| | | prospects. Research focuses on mid- and large-cap |
| | | companies, evaluating and ranking each stock on a |
| | | consistent set of growth, quality, and valuation criteria. |
| | | We seek to build a portfolio with diversified sources of |
| | | return with a balance of growth, quality, and valuation |
| | | attributes. |
Jennison Associates LLC | 22 | 2,528 | Uses a research-driven, fundamental investment |
| | | approach that relies on in-depth company knowledge |
| | | gleaned through meetings with management, |
| | | customers, and suppliers. |
Vanguard Quantitative Equity | 15 | 1,709 | Employs a quantitative fundamental management |
Group | | | approach, using models that assess valuation, growth |
| | | prospects, management decisions, market sentiment, |
| | | and earnings and balance-sheet quality of companies |
| | | as compared with their peers. |
Frontier Capital Management Co., | 15 | 1,696 | Uses a research-driven, fundamental investment |
LLC | | | approach that seeks companies with above-average |
| | | growth prospects, reasonable valuations, and |
| | | competitive advantages. |
Cash Investments | 1 | 199 | These short-term reserves are invested by Vanguard in |
| | | equity index products to simulate investments in |
| | | stocks. Each advisor also may maintain a modest cash |
| | | position. |
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Morgan Growth Fund
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Fund Profile | | |
As of March 31, 2017 | | |
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Share-Class Characteristics | |
| Investor | Admiral |
| Shares | Shares |
Ticker Symbol | VMRGX | VMRAX |
Expense Ratio1 | 0.38% | 0.28% |
30-Day SEC Yield | 0.81% | 0.91% |
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Portfolio Characteristics | | |
| | Russell | DJ |
| | 3000 | U.S. Total |
| | Growth | Market |
| Fund | Index | FA Index |
Number of Stocks | 292 | 1,766 | 3,813 |
Median Market Cap | $63.3B | $73.5B | $58.2B |
Price/Earnings Ratio | 27.6x | 26.0x | 25.4x |
Price/Book Ratio | 4.5x | 5.8x | 3.0x |
Return on Equity | 19.4% | 21.5% | 16.3% |
Earnings Growth Rate | 10.2% | 11.3% | 7.3% |
Dividend Yield | 1.1% | 1.5% | 1.9% |
Foreign Holdings | 5.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Turnover Rate | | | |
(Annualized) | 51% | — | — |
Short-Term Reserves | 0.3% | — | — |
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Sector Diversification (% of equity exposure) |
| | Russell | DJ |
| | 3000 | U.S. Total |
| | Growth | Market |
| Fund | Index | FA Index |
Consumer | | | |
Discretionary | 17.4% | 20.5% | 12.7% |
Consumer Staples | 3.0 | 8.7 | 8.3 |
Energy | 3.5 | 0.6 | 6.2 |
Financials | 6.5 | 3.0 | 14.8 |
Health Care | 14.2 | 16.3 | 13.3 |
Industrials | 9.5 | 11.1 | 10.7 |
Information | | | |
Technology | 42.3 | 32.1 | 21.2 |
Materials | 2.7 | 3.7 | 3.4 |
Real Estate | 0.7 | 2.9 | 4.1 |
Telecommunication | | | |
Services | 0.2 | 1.0 | 2.1 |
Utilities | 0.0 | 0.1 | 3.2 |
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Volatility Measures | | |
| Russell | DJ |
| 3000 | U.S. Total |
| Growth | Market |
| Index | FA Index |
R-Squared | 0.98 | 0.90 |
Beta | 1.01 | 1.01 |
These measures show the degree and timing of the fund’s fluctuations compared with the indexes over 36 months.
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Ten Largest Holdings (% of total net assets) |
Apple Inc. | Technology | |
| Hardware, Storage & | |
| Peripherals | 5.8% |
Alphabet Inc. | Internet Software & | |
| Services | 4.7 |
Microsoft Corp. | Systems Software | 3.4 |
Amazon.com Inc. | Internet & Direct | |
| Marketing Retail | 3.1 |
Facebook Inc. | Internet Software & | |
| Services | 3.0 |
Visa Inc. | Data Processing & | |
| Outsourced Services | 1.8 |
Priceline Group Inc. | Internet & Direct | |
| Marketing Retail | 1.3 |
Alibaba Group Holding | Internet Software & | |
Ltd. | Services | 1.3 |
Home Depot Inc. | Home Improvement | |
| Retail | 1.3 |
Oracle Corp. | Systems Software | 1.3 |
Top Ten | | 27.0% |
The holdings listed exclude any temporary cash investments and equity index products.
Investment Focus
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1 The expense ratios shown are from the prospectus dated January 27, 2017, and represent estimated costs for the current fiscal year. For the six months ended March 31, 2017, the annualized expense ratios were 0.36% for Investor Shares and 0.26% for Admiral Shares.
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Morgan Growth Fund
Performance Summary
All of the returns in this report represent past performance, which is not a guarantee of future results that may be achieved by the fund. (Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data cited. For performance data current to the most recent month-end, visit our website at vanguard.com/performance.) Note, too, that both investment returns and principal value can fluctuate widely, so an investor’s shares, when sold, could be worth more or less than their original cost. The returns shown do not reflect taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the sale of fund shares.
Fiscal-Year Total Returns (%): September 30, 2006, Through March 31, 2017
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Note: For 2017, performance data reflect the six months ended March 31, 2017. | | | |
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Average Annual Total Returns: Periods Ended March 31, 2017 | | | |
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| Inception | One | Five | Ten |
| Date | Year | Years | Years |
Investor Shares | 12/31/1968 | 15.03% | 12.09% | 7.68% |
Admiral Shares | 5/14/2001 | 15.13 | 12.23 | 7.83 |
See Financial Highlights for dividend and capital gains information.
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Morgan Growth Fund
Financial Statements (unaudited)
Statement of Net Assets
As of March 31, 2017
The fund reports a complete list of its holdings in regulatory filings four times in each fiscal year, at the quarter-ends. For the second and fourth fiscal quarters, the lists appear in the fund’s semiannual and annual reports to shareholders. For the first and third fiscal quarters, the fund files the lists with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form N-Q. Shareholders can look up the fund’s Forms N-Q on the SEC’s website at sec.gov. Forms N-Q may also be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room (see the back cover of this report for further information).
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| | | Market |
| | | Value• |
| | Shares | ($000) |
Common Stocks (99.1%)1 | | |
Consumer Discretionary (17.0%) | |
* | Amazon.com Inc. | 409,877 | 363,372 |
* | Priceline Group Inc. | 84,267 | 149,993 |
| Home Depot Inc. | 998,181 | 146,563 |
| Comcast Corp. Class A | 3,607,519 | 135,607 |
* | Netflix Inc. | 888,320 | 131,303 |
| Ross Stores Inc. | 1,295,165 | 85,312 |
| adidas AG | 343,526 | 65,350 |
| NIKE Inc. Class B | 1,063,172 | 59,251 |
| TJX Cos. Inc. | 726,108 | 57,421 |
| Marriott International Inc. | | |
| Class A | 593,119 | 55,860 |
| Industria de Diseno Textil | | |
| SA ADR | 3,112,999 | 54,711 |
*,^ | Tesla Inc. | 173,489 | 48,282 |
| Scripps Networks | | |
| Interactive Inc. Class A | 565,980 | 44,356 |
| Expedia Inc. | 321,595 | 40,576 |
* | Charter Communications | | |
| Inc. Class A | 118,400 | 38,755 |
| Las Vegas Sands Corp. | 635,710 | 36,280 |
* | Discovery Communications | | |
| Inc. Class A | 1,219,336 | 35,470 |
| Aramark | 932,344 | 34,376 |
| Viacom Inc. Class B | 728,246 | 33,951 |
* | Ulta Beauty Inc. | 94,692 | 27,009 |
* | O’Reilly Automotive Inc. | 99,049 | 26,727 |
| Brunswick Corp. | 404,267 | 24,741 |
| Dollar General Corp. | 316,541 | 22,072 |
* | LKQ Corp. | 680,370 | 19,914 |
| MGM Resorts International | 681,299 | 18,668 |
| Walt Disney Co. | 157,932 | 17,908 |
* | Dollar Tree Inc. | 176,983 | 13,886 |
* | IMAX Corp. | 332,632 | 11,309 |
^ | Sirius XM Holdings Inc. | 2,067,019 | 10,645 |
| Nordstrom Inc. | 220,916 | 10,288 |
* | Liberty Global plc Class A | 282,539 | 10,135 |
| Foot Locker Inc. | 129,084 | 9,657 |
| Texas Roadhouse Inc. | | |
| Class A | 215,794 | 9,609 |
| Carnival Corp. | 161,794 | 9,531 |
* | Bright Horizons Family | | |
| Solutions Inc. | 130,559 | 9,464 |
| Wyndham Worldwide Corp. | 111,682 | 9,414 |
* | Liberty Media Corp-Liberty | | |
| SiriusXM Class A | 235,967 | 9,184 |
| H&R Block Inc. | 371,649 | 8,641 |
| Lowe’s Cos. Inc. | 100,587 | 8,269 |
| DR Horton Inc. | 243,257 | 8,103 |
| Lear Corp. | 56,770 | 8,037 |
* | Michael Kors Holdings Ltd. | 209,866 | 7,998 |
| PVH Corp. | 69,483 | 7,189 |
| Royal Caribbean Cruises | | |
| Ltd. | 66,484 | 6,523 |
| Omnicom Group Inc. | 64,435 | 5,555 |
| Starbucks Corp. | 78,850 | 4,604 |
| Domino’s Pizza Inc. | 24,262 | 4,471 |
| Whirlpool Corp. | 25,826 | 4,425 |
| Liberty Global plc | 74,738 | 2,619 |
* | Liberty Media Corp-Liberty | | |
| SiriusXM Class C | 51,985 | 2,016 |
| Discovery Communications | | |
| Inc. | 31,217 | 884 |
| | | 1,966,284 |
Consumer Staples (2.8%) | | |
| PepsiCo Inc. | 1,070,760 | 119,775 |
| Costco Wholesale Corp. | 378,533 | 63,476 |
| Walgreens Boots Alliance | | |
| Inc. | 246,716 | 20,490 |
| Kraft Heinz Co. | 174,882 | 15,881 |
| CVS Health Corp. | 181,306 | 14,233 |
| Colgate-Palmolive Co. | 189,775 | 13,890 |
| Altria Group Inc. | 185,095 | 13,219 |
| Tyson Foods Inc. Class A | 188,610 | 11,639 |
* | Blue Buffalo Pet Products | | |
| Inc. | 393,041 | 9,040 |
| Brown-Forman Corp. | | |
| Class B | 195,650 | 9,035 |
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| | | Market |
| | | Value• |
| | Shares | ($000) |
* | Monster Beverage Corp. | 187,343 | 8,650 |
| Ingredion Inc. | 59,792 | 7,201 |
^ | Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. | 274,356 | 6,174 |
| Kimberly-Clark Corp. | 44,413 | 5,846 |
| Mondelez International Inc. | | |
| Class A | 62,686 | 2,700 |
| | | 321,249 |
Energy (3.5%) | | |
| Schlumberger Ltd. | 688,597 | 53,779 |
| Pioneer Natural Resources | | |
| Co. | 280,157 | 52,174 |
| Chevron Corp. | 485,232 | 52,099 |
| Baker Hughes Inc. | 863,137 | 51,633 |
| BP plc ADR | 1,429,784 | 49,356 |
* | Concho Resources Inc. | 298,644 | 38,328 |
| EOG Resources Inc. | 214,266 | 20,902 |
* | Carrizo Oil & Gas Inc. | 444,524 | 12,740 |
| Devon Energy Corp. | 286,912 | 11,970 |
*,^ | Chesapeake Energy Corp. | 1,808,847 | 10,745 |
* | Newfield Exploration Co. | 283,320 | 10,457 |
| Cimarex Energy Co. | 81,330 | 9,718 |
* | Southwestern Energy Co. | 1,183,594 | 9,670 |
* | Energen Corp. | 175,384 | 9,548 |
| Apache Corp. | 74,195 | 3,813 |
| Halliburton Co. | 16,914 | 832 |
| | | 397,764 |
Financials (6.4%) | | |
| Bank of America Corp. | 2,609,043 | 61,547 |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc. | 250,404 | 57,523 |
| Intercontinental Exchange | | |
| Inc. | 957,596 | 57,331 |
| American International | | |
| Group Inc. | 861,754 | 53,799 |
| Citigroup Inc. | 879,127 | 52,589 |
| American Express Co. | 642,121 | 50,798 |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 563,469 | 49,495 |
| Morgan Stanley | 1,089,584 | 46,678 |
| MetLife Inc. | 621,474 | 32,826 |
| Raymond James Financial | | |
| Inc. | 417,501 | 31,839 |
| Aon plc | 255,272 | 30,298 |
| Nasdaq Inc. | 361,023 | 25,073 |
* | Berkshire Hathaway Inc. | | |
| Class B | 138,928 | 23,157 |
* | Signature Bank | 154,470 | 22,922 |
* | E*TRADE Financial Corp. | 634,388 | 22,134 |
| Willis Towers Watson plc | 143,869 | 18,831 |
| FactSet Research Systems | | |
| Inc. | 103,326 | 17,040 |
| S&P Global Inc. | 111,603 | 14,591 |
| Marsh & McLennan Cos. | | |
| Inc. | 191,455 | 14,147 |
| Moody’s Corp. | 107,439 | 12,037 |
| Webster Financial Corp. | 224,468 | 11,232 |
| MSCI Inc. Class A | 112,715 | 10,955 |
| SEI Investments Co. | 162,123 | 8,177 |
| Popular Inc. | 178,265 | 7,261 |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc. | 45,257 | 5,869 |
| | | 738,149 |
Health Care (13.9%) | | |
| Amgen Inc. | 829,499 | 136,096 |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 2,399,362 | 130,477 |
* | Celgene Corp. | 846,452 | 105,324 |
| Allergan plc | 366,137 | 87,477 |
* | BioMarin Pharmaceutical | | |
| Inc. | 893,405 | 78,423 |
| Aetna Inc. | 504,138 | 64,303 |
| Gilead Sciences Inc. | 913,453 | 62,042 |
* | Alexion Pharmaceuticals | | |
| Inc. | 489,846 | 59,389 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 437,260 | 54,461 |
* | Illumina Inc. | 314,654 | 53,693 |
| CR Bard Inc. | 208,436 | 51,805 |
| Anthem Inc. | 294,279 | 48,668 |
* | HCA Holdings Inc. | 532,004 | 47,343 |
| Cardinal Health Inc. | 547,652 | 44,661 |
| Shire plc ADR | 248,266 | 43,255 |
| Merck & Co. Inc. | 667,450 | 42,410 |
| Danaher Corp. | 493,601 | 42,218 |
| Cooper Cos. Inc. | 209,018 | 41,781 |
* | Incyte Corp. | 298,498 | 39,900 |
| UnitedHealth Group Inc. | 198,554 | 32,565 |
| Zoetis Inc. | 607,032 | 32,397 |
* | ICON plc | 307,414 | 24,507 |
* | Varian Medical Systems | | |
| Inc. | 220,066 | 20,055 |
* | Align Technology Inc. | 161,403 | 18,515 |
| Teleflex Inc. | 87,009 | 16,856 |
| AbbVie Inc. | 253,935 | 16,546 |
* | QIAGEN NV | 566,561 | 16,413 |
* | Express Scripts Holding Co. | 224,421 | 14,792 |
* | Edwards Lifesciences Corp. | 154,149 | 14,501 |
| STERIS plc | 202,771 | 14,084 |
| Eli Lilly & Co. | 165,266 | 13,901 |
| McKesson Corp. | 93,289 | 13,831 |
* | Boston Scientific Corp. | 551,200 | 13,708 |
| Medtronic plc | 167,201 | 13,470 |
| Baxter International Inc. | 237,071 | 12,294 |
| Acadia Healthcare Co. Inc. | 273,180 | 11,911 |
* | IDEXX Laboratories Inc. | 73,586 | 11,377 |
* | PAREXEL International | | |
| Corp. | 175,287 | 11,062 |
* | Alkermes plc | 188,371 | 11,020 |
* | Quintiles IMS Holdings Inc. | 131,945 | 10,626 |
* | Mettler-Toledo | | |
| International Inc. | 21,701 | 10,393 |
* | Medicines Co. | 93,078 | 4,551 |
* | DexCom Inc. | 48,025 | 4,069 |
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| | | Market |
| | | Value• |
| | Shares | ($000) |
| AmerisourceBergen Corp. | | |
| Class A | 45,813 | 4,054 |
* | Biogen Inc. | 13,161 | 3,598 |
| Abbott Laboratories | 54,301 | 2,411 |
| Agilent Technologies Inc. | 22,759 | 1,203 |
| Thermo Fisher Scientific | | |
| Inc. | 5,825 | 895 |
| | | 1,609,331 |
Industrials (9.3%) | | |
| Parker-Hannifin Corp. | 603,006 | 96,674 |
| Boeing Co. | 460,861 | 81,508 |
| Honeywell International | | |
| Inc. | 494,315 | 61,725 |
* | IHS Markit Ltd. | 1,393,919 | 58,475 |
| Rockwell Automation Inc. | 357,331 | 55,640 |
| Cummins Inc. | 334,987 | 50,650 |
| TransDigm Group Inc. | 226,851 | 49,943 |
| Caterpillar Inc. | 464,500 | 43,087 |
| Equifax Inc. | 304,715 | 41,667 |
| Cintas Corp. | 301,399 | 38,139 |
| CH Robinson Worldwide | | |
| Inc. | 483,701 | 37,385 |
| Dover Corp. | 443,717 | 35,653 |
| CSX Corp. | 663,306 | 30,877 |
| Waste Connections Inc. | 349,127 | 30,800 |
| Emerson Electric Co. | 474,562 | 28,407 |
| Experian plc | 1,265,018 | 25,808 |
| Fortive Corp. | 427,775 | 25,761 |
| KAR Auction Services Inc. | 529,934 | 23,142 |
* | HD Supply Holdings Inc. | 550,278 | 22,630 |
* | United Continental | | |
| Holdings Inc. | 293,111 | 20,705 |
* | Beacon Roofing Supply Inc. | 413,977 | 20,351 |
| Lockheed Martin Corp. | 73,251 | 19,602 |
| AO Smith Corp. | 343,034 | 17,550 |
| Union Pacific Corp. | 160,300 | 16,979 |
| Woodward Inc. | 218,478 | 14,839 |
| Northrop Grumman Corp. | 61,902 | 14,723 |
| JB Hunt Transport Services | | |
| Inc. | 143,519 | 13,166 |
* | United Rentals Inc. | 87,908 | 10,993 |
| Huntington Ingalls | | |
| Industries Inc. | 52,487 | 10,510 |
| Spirit AeroSystems | | |
| Holdings Inc. Class A | 175,384 | 10,158 |
| Owens Corning | 156,129 | 9,582 |
| Delta Air Lines Inc. | 185,676 | 8,534 |
* | JetBlue Airways Corp. | 399,572 | 8,235 |
| Waste Management Inc. | 107,320 | 7,826 |
* | Verisk Analytics Inc. | | |
| Class A | 87,457 | 7,096 |
| Wabtec Corp. | 89,353 | 6,969 |
| 3M Co. | 28,272 | 5,409 |
| Quanta Services Inc. | 140,148 | 5,201 |
| TransUnion | 83,587 | 3,206 |
| United Parcel Service Inc. | | |
| Class B | 27,173 | 2,916 |
| Southwest Airlines Co. | 17,912 | 963 |
| | | 1,073,484 |
Information Technology (41.7%) | |
| Apple Inc. | 4,638,199 | 666,324 |
* | Alphabet Inc. Class C | 500,350 | 415,070 |
| Microsoft Corp. | 5,931,959 | 390,679 |
* | Facebook Inc. Class A | 2,451,306 | 348,208 |
| Visa Inc. Class A | 2,366,360 | 210,298 |
* | Alibaba Group Holding | | |
| Ltd. ADR | 1,368,248 | 147,538 |
| Oracle Corp. | 3,259,621 | 145,412 |
* | Alphabet Inc. Class A | 145,962 | 123,747 |
| Mastercard Inc. Class A | 1,034,983 | 116,405 |
* | Electronic Arts Inc. | 1,026,955 | 91,933 |
| Texas Instruments Inc. | 1,109,134 | 89,352 |
* | Check Point Software | | |
| Technologies Ltd. | 818,151 | 83,991 |
| NVIDIA Corp. | 718,698 | 78,288 |
* | salesforce.com Inc. | 887,613 | 73,219 |
* | Vantiv Inc. Class A | 1,135,957 | 72,838 |
| Tencent Holdings Ltd. | 2,434,196 | 70,128 |
| Global Payments Inc. | 864,393 | 69,739 |
* | eBay Inc. | 2,049,773 | 68,811 |
* | Adobe Systems Inc. | 528,231 | 68,739 |
* | PayPal Holdings Inc. | 1,570,639 | 67,569 |
| Maxim Integrated | | |
| Products Inc. | 1,496,794 | 67,296 |
* | F5 Networks Inc. | 447,726 | 63,832 |
| Applied Materials Inc. | 1,639,107 | 63,761 |
| Alliance Data Systems | | |
| Corp. | 244,026 | 60,762 |
| Analog Devices Inc. | 731,307 | 59,931 |
| QUALCOMM Inc. | 1,008,234 | 57,812 |
* | Red Hat Inc. | 594,423 | 51,418 |
| Cisco Systems Inc. | 1,474,840 | 49,850 |
* | Gartner Inc. | 454,706 | 49,104 |
| Activision Blizzard Inc. | 974,056 | 48,566 |
| CDK Global Inc. | 746,376 | 48,522 |
| Jack Henry & Associates | | |
| Inc. | 520,753 | 48,482 |
* | Workday Inc. Class A | 571,006 | 47,553 |
* | Cadence Design Systems | | |
| Inc. | 1,358,300 | 42,651 |
* | Yandex NV Class A | 1,731,018 | 37,961 |
* | Euronet Worldwide Inc. | 425,760 | 36,411 |
| Xilinx Inc. | 606,753 | 35,125 |
| Intuit Inc. | 284,814 | 33,036 |
| Paychex Inc. | 547,917 | 32,272 |
| Lam Research Corp. | 234,380 | 30,085 |
* | Fiserv Inc. | 248,531 | 28,658 |
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| | | Market |
| | | Value• |
| | Shares | ($000) |
* | Advanced Micro Devices | | |
| Inc. | 1,913,355 | 27,839 |
* | Qorvo Inc. | 398,047 | 27,290 |
* | Splunk Inc. | 436,570 | 27,194 |
| Computer Sciences Corp. | 361,877 | 24,973 |
| Amdocs Ltd. | 406,749 | 24,808 |
| Universal Display Corp. | 287,383 | 24,744 |
| SS&C Technologies | | |
| Holdings Inc. | 650,095 | 23,013 |
* | Palo Alto Networks Inc. | 196,793 | 22,175 |
| Accenture plc Class A | 169,048 | 20,265 |
| NetApp Inc. | 474,339 | 19,851 |
* | Cirrus Logic Inc. | 314,451 | 19,084 |
| Amphenol Corp. Class A | 230,512 | 16,406 |
* | Integrated Device | | |
| Technology Inc. | 642,367 | 15,205 |
| Conduent Inc. | 700,003 | 11,746 |
| Genpact Ltd. | 460,594 | 11,404 |
* | Flex Ltd. | 661,195 | 11,108 |
| CDW Corp. | 184,292 | 10,635 |
*,^ | VMware Inc. Class A | 115,200 | 10,614 |
* | Synopsys Inc. | 141,930 | 10,237 |
* | Fortinet Inc. | 263,788 | 10,116 |
* | First Data Corp. Class A | 639,721 | 9,916 |
* | Teradata Corp. | 302,291 | 9,407 |
*,^ | Nutanix Inc. | 389,376 | 7,309 |
| LogMeIn Inc. | 68,142 | 6,644 |
^ | Snap Inc. | 237,000 | 5,340 |
| MercadoLibre Inc. | 24,746 | 5,233 |
* | GoDaddy Inc. Class A | 129,471 | 4,907 |
* | Micron Technology Inc. | 143,633 | 4,151 |
| Broadcom Ltd. | 18,540 | 4,059 |
* | Zillow Group Inc. Class A | 58,823 | 1,989 |
| | | 4,819,038 |
Materials (2.6%) | | |
^ | Rio Tinto plc ADR | 1,532,277 | 62,333 |
| Nucor Corp. | 896,388 | 53,532 |
| Martin Marietta Materials | | |
| Inc. | 99,304 | 21,673 |
| Eagle Materials Inc. | 220,775 | 21,446 |
* | Cliffs Natural Resources | | |
| Inc. | 2,506,522 | 20,579 |
| Vulcan Materials Co. | 164,347 | 19,801 |
* | Berry Plastics Group Inc. | 388,666 | 18,878 |
| Sherwin-Williams Co. | 56,115 | 17,406 |
| FMC Corp. | 244,074 | 16,985 |
| Ball Corp. | 182,254 | 13,534 |
| Steel Dynamics Inc. | 245,298 | 8,527 |
* | Crown Holdings Inc. | 147,198 | 7,794 |
| CF Industries Holdings Inc. | 249,540 | 7,324 |
^ | Valvoline Inc. | 291,859 | 7,165 |
* | Freeport-McMoRan Inc. | 490,051 | 6,547 |
| | | 303,524 |
Other (1.0%) | | |
2 | Vanguard Growth ETF | 974,900 | 118,606 |
|
Real Estate (0.7%) | | |
* | SBA Communications | | |
| Corp. Class A | 205,934 | 24,788 |
| Prologis Inc. | 251,193 | 13,032 |
| Crown Castle International | | |
| Corp. | 111,303 | 10,513 |
* | CBRE Group Inc. Class A | 265,683 | 9,243 |
* | Uniti Group Inc. | 331,786 | 8,577 |
| Brixmor Property Group | | |
| Inc. | 374,878 | 8,045 |
| Alexandria Real Estate | | |
| Equities Inc. | 8,760 | 968 |
| | | 75,166 |
Telecommunication Services (0.2%) | |
| Cogent Communications | | |
| Holdings Inc. | 305,401 | 13,148 |
* | Sprint Corp. | 768,259 | 6,668 |
* | T-Mobile US Inc. | 28,240 | 1,824 |
| | | 21,640 |
Total Common Stocks | | |
(Cost $7,875,069) | | 11,444,235 |
Temporary Cash Investments (1.7%)1 | |
Money Market Fund (1.6%) | | |
3,4 | Vanguard Market Liquidity | | |
| Fund, 0.965% | 1,900,603 | 190,098 |
|
| | Face | |
| | Amount | |
| | ($000) | |
Repurchase Agreement (0.1%) | |
| Bank of America Securities, | |
| LLC 0.800%, 4/3/17 | | |
| (Dated 3/31/17, | | |
| Repurchase Value | | |
| $5,800,000, collateralized | | |
| by Government National | | |
| Mortgage Assn. 3.500%, | | |
| 2/20/47, with a value of | | |
| $5,916,000) | 5,800 | 5,800 |
|
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (0.0%) |
5 | United States Treasury Bill, | | |
| 0.454%, 4/20/17 | 2,100 | 2,099 |
5 | United States Treasury Bill, | | |
| 0.501%, 5/4/17 | 1,100 | 1,100 |
5 | United States Treasury Bill, | | |
| 0.741%, 6/8/17 | 400 | 400 |
5 | United States Treasury Bill, | | |
| 0.751%–0.761%, 6/22/17 | 400 | 399 |
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| | Face | Market |
| | Amount | Value• |
| | ($000) | ($000) |
5 | United States Treasury Bill, | | |
| 0.593%, 7/13/17 | 200 | 200 |
5 | United States Treasury Bill, | | |
| 0.602%, 7/20/17 | 750 | 748 |
| United States Treasury Bill, | | |
| 0.647%, 8/10/17 | 300 | 299 |
| | | 5,245 |
Total Temporary Cash Investments | |
(Cost $201,121) | | 201,143 |
Total Investments (100.8%) | | |
(Cost $8,076,190) | | 11,645,378 |
|
| | | Amount |
| | | ($000) |
Other Assets and Liabilities (-0.8%) | |
Other Assets | | |
Investment in Vanguard | | 799 |
Receivables for Investment Securities Sold 47,604 |
Receivables for Accrued Income | | 6,163 |
Receivables for Capital Shares Issued | 5,687 |
Other Assets | | 1,249 |
Total Other Assets | | 61,502 |
Liabilities | | |
Payables for Investment Securities | |
| Purchased | | (44,013) |
Collateral for Securities on Loan | | (80,355) |
Payable for Capital Shares Redeemed | (3,795) |
Payables to Investment Advisor | | (4,021) |
Payables to Vanguard | | (20,145) |
Other Liabilities | | (565) |
Total Liabilities | | (152,894) |
Net Assets (100%) | | 11,553,986 |
| |
At March 31, 2017, net assets consisted of: |
| Amount |
| ($000) |
Paid-in Capital | 7,618,234 |
Undistributed Net Investment Income | 7,309 |
Accumulated Net Realized Gains | 359,665 |
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | |
Investment Securities | 3,569,188 |
Futures Contracts | (410) |
Net Assets | 11,553,986 |
|
|
Investor Shares—Net Assets | |
Applicable to 148,160,800 outstanding | |
$.001 par value shares of beneficial | |
interest (unlimited authorization) | 3,945,658 |
Net Asset Value Per Share— | |
Investor Shares | $26.63 |
|
|
Admiral Shares—Net Assets | |
Applicable to 92,222,025 outstanding | |
$.001 par value shares of beneficial | |
interest (unlimited authorization) | 7,608,328 |
Net Asset Value Per Share— | |
Admiral Shares | $82.50 |
• See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements.
* Non-income-producing security.
^ Includes partial security positions on loan to broker-dealers. The total value of securities on loan is $76,738,000.
1 The fund invests a portion of its cash reserves in equity markets through the use of index futures contracts. After giving effect to futures
investments, the fund’s effective common stock and temporary cash investment positions represent 99.8% and 1.0%, respectively, of
net assets.
2 Considered an affiliated company of the fund as the issuer is another member of The Vanguard Group.
3 Affiliated money market fund available only to Vanguard funds and certain trusts and accounts managed by Vanguard. Rate shown is the
7-day yield.
4 Includes $80,355,000 of collateral received for securities on loan.
5 Securities with a value of $3,696,000 have been segregated as initial margin for open futures contracts.
ADR—American Depositary Receipt.
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Statement of Operations
| |
| Six Months Ended |
| March 31, 2017 |
| ($000) |
Investment Income | |
Income | |
Dividends1,2 | 71,921 |
Interest2 | 436 |
Securities Lending—Net | 741 |
Total Income | 73,098 |
Expenses | |
Investment Advisory Fees—Note B | |
Basic Fee | 8,589 |
Performance Adjustment | (832) |
The Vanguard Group—Note C | |
Management and Administrative—Investor Shares | 3,996 |
Management and Administrative—Admiral Shares | 3,998 |
Marketing and Distribution—Investor Shares | 341 |
Marketing and Distribution—Admiral Shares | 274 |
Custodian Fees | 49 |
Shareholders’ Reports—Investor Shares | 61 |
Shareholders’ Reports—Admiral Shares | 24 |
Trustees’ Fees and Expenses | 13 |
Total Expenses | 16,513 |
Expenses Paid Indirectly | (189) |
Net Expenses | 16,324 |
Net Investment Income | 56,774 |
Realized Net Gain (Loss) | |
Investment Securities Sold2 | 468,151 |
Futures Contracts | 5,532 |
Realized Net Gain (Loss) | 473,683 |
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | |
Investment Securities | 464,091 |
Futures Contracts | (673) |
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | 463,418 |
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations | 993,875 |
1 Dividends are net of foreign withholding taxes of $104,000.
2 Dividend income, interest income, and realized net gain (loss) from affiliated companies of the fund were $884,000, $411,000, and $4,468,000, respectively.
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Statement of Changes in Net Assets
| | |
| Six Months Ended | Year Ended |
| March 31, | September 30, |
| 2017 | 2016 |
| ($000) | ($000) |
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets | | |
Operations | | |
Net Investment Income | 56,774 | 98,177 |
Realized Net Gain (Loss) | 473,683 | 497,232 |
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | 463,418 | 515,933 |
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations | 993,875 | 1,111,342 |
Distributions | | |
Net Investment Income | | |
Investor Shares | (31,763) | (28,118) |
Admiral Shares | (63,618) | (58,129) |
Realized Capital Gain1 | | |
Investor Shares | (179,416) | (316,049) |
Admiral Shares | (317,116) | (539,822) |
Total Distributions | (591,913) | (942,118) |
Capital Share Transactions | | |
Investor Shares | (258,209) | (81,629) |
Admiral Shares | 224,960 | 214,073 |
Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions | (33,249) | 132,444 |
Total Increase (Decrease) | 368,713 | 301,668 |
Net Assets | | |
Beginning of Period | 11,185,273 | 10,883,605 |
End of Period2 | 11,553,986 | 11,185,273 |
1 Includes fiscal 2017 and 2016 short-term gain distributions totaling $0 and $6,527,000, respectively. Short-term gain distributions are treated as ordinary income dividends for tax purposes.
2 Net Assets—End of Period includes undistributed (overdistributed) net investment income of $7,309,000 and $45,916,000.
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Financial Highlights
| | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | | | | | | |
| Six Months | | | | | |
| | Ended | | | | | |
For a Share Outstanding | March 31, | | | Year Ended September 30, |
Throughout Each Period | | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | $25.74 | $25.29 | $27.07 | $24.26 | $20.31 | $16.06 |
Investment Operations | | | | | | | |
Net Investment Income | | .127 | .207 | .219 | .187 | .230 | .141 |
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) | | | | | | |
on Investments | | 2.146 | 2.385 | 1.017 | 3.785 | 3.925 | 4.209 |
Total from Investment Operations | | 2.273 | 2.592 | 1.236 | 3.972 | 4.155 | 4.350 |
Distributions | | | | | | | |
Dividends from Net Investment Income | (. 208) | (.175) | (.191) | (.172) | (. 205) | (.100) |
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains | (1.175) | (1.967) | (2.825) | (.990) | — | — |
Total Distributions | | (1.383) | (2.142) | (3.016) | (1.162) | (.205) | (.100) |
Net Asset Value, End of Period | | $26.63 | $25.74 | $25.29 | $27.07 | $24.26 | $20.31 |
|
Total Return1 | | 9.26% | 10.48% | 4.76% | 16.85% | 20.69% | 27.18% |
|
Ratios/Supplemental Data | | | | | | | |
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) | $3,946 | $4,063 | $4,077 | $4,580 | $4,922 | $5,283 |
Ratio of Total Expenses to | | | | | | | |
Average Net Assets2 | | 0.36% | 0.38% | 0.40% | 0.40% | 0.39% | 0.40% |
Ratio of Net Investment Income to | | | | | | |
Average Net Assets | | 0.96% | 0.81% | 0.80% | 0.72% | 1.06% | 0.74% |
Portfolio Turnover Rate | | 51% | 51% | 41% | 52% | 53% | 49% |
The expense ratio, net investment income ratio, and turnover rate for the current period have been annualized.
1 Total returns do not include account service fees that may have applied in the periods shown. Fund prospectuses provide information about any applicable account service fees.
2 Includes performance-based investment advisory fee increases (decreases) of (0.02%), 0.01%, (0.01%), (0.04%), (0.05%), and (0.04%).
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Morgan Growth Fund
Financial Highlights
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Admiral Shares | | | | | | | |
| Six Months | | | | | |
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For a Share Outstanding | March 31, | | | Year Ended September 30, |
Throughout Each Period | | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | $79.80 | $78.42 | $83.97 | $75.26 | $63.02 | $49.84 |
Investment Operations | | | | | | | |
Net Investment Income | | . 439 | .726 | . 804 | .719 | . 831 | . 535 |
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) | | | | | | |
on Investments | | 6.630 | 7.402 | 3.123 | 11.722 | 12.144 | 13.036 |
Total from Investment Operations | | 7.069 | 8.128 | 3.927 | 12.441 | 12.975 | 13.571 |
Distributions | | | | | | | |
Dividends from Net Investment Income | (.730) | (. 656) | (.727) | (. 664) | (.735) | (. 391) |
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains | (3.639) | (6.092) | (8.750) | (3.067) | — | — |
Total Distributions | | (4.369) | (6.748) | (9.477) | (3.731) | (.735) | (.391) |
Net Asset Value, End of Period | | $82.50 | $79.80 | $78.42 | $83.97 | $75.26 | $63.02 |
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Total Return1 | | 9.30% | 10.60% | 4.88% | 17.03% | 20.86% | 27.35% |
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Ratios/Supplemental Data | | | | | | | |
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) | $7,608 | $7,122 | $6,806 | $6,250 | $5,019 | $3,725 |
Ratio of Total Expenses to | | | | | | | |
Average Net Assets2 | | 0.26% | 0.28% | 0.27% | 0.26% | 0.25% | 0.26% |
Ratio of Net Investment Income to | | | | | | |
Average Net Assets | | 1.06% | 0.91% | 0.93% | 0.86% | 1.20% | 0.88% |
Portfolio Turnover Rate | | 51% | 51% | 41% | 52% | 53% | 49% |
The expense ratio, net investment income ratio, and turnover rate for the current period have been annualized.
1 Total returns do not include account service fees that may have applied in the periods shown. Fund prospectuses provide information about any applicable account service fees.
2 Includes performance-based investment advisory fee increases (decreases) of (0.02%), 0.01%, (0.01%), (0.04%), (0.05%), and (0.04%).
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Notes to Financial Statements
Vanguard Morgan Growth Fund is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as an open-end investment company, or mutual fund. The fund offers two classes of shares: Investor Shares and Admiral Shares. Investor Shares are available to any investor who meets the fund’s minimum purchase requirements. Admiral Shares are designed for investors who meet certain administrative, service, and account-size criteria.
A. The following significant accounting policies conform to generally accepted accounting principles for U.S. investment companies. The fund consistently follows such policies in preparing its financial statements.
1. 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 at their fair values calculated according to procedures adopted by the board of trustees. These procedures include obtaining quotations from an independent pricing service, monitoring news to identify significant market- or security-specific events, and evaluating changes in the values of foreign market proxies (for example, ADRs, futures contracts, or exchange-traded funds), between the time the foreign markets close and the fund’s pricing time. When fair-value pricing is employed, the prices of securities used by a fund to calculate its net asset value may differ from quoted or published prices for the same securities. Investments in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund are valued at that fund’s net asset value. Temporary cash investments are valued using the latest bid prices or using valuations based on a matrix system (which considers such factors as security prices, yields, maturities, and ratings), both as furnished by independent pricing services.
2. Foreign Currency: Securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars using exchange rates obtained from an independent third party as of the fund’s pricing time on the valuation date. Realized gains (losses) and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investment securities include the effects of changes in exchange rates since the securities were purchased, combined with the effects of changes in security prices. Fluctuations in the value of other assets and liabilities resulting from changes in exchange rates are recorded as unrealized foreign currency gains (losses) until the assets or liabilities are settled in cash, at which time they are recorded as realized foreign currency gains (losses).
3. Futures Contracts: The fund uses index futures contracts to a limited extent, with the objective of maintaining full exposure to the stock market while maintaining liquidity. The fund may purchase or sell futures contracts to achieve a desired level of investment, whether to accommodate portfolio turnover or cash flows from capital share transactions. The primary risks associated with the use of futures contracts are imperfect correlation between changes in market values of stocks held by the fund and the prices of futures contracts, and the possibility of an illiquid market. Counterparty risk involving futures is mitigated because a regulated clearinghouse is the counterparty instead of the clearing broker. To further mitigate counterparty risk, the fund trades futures contracts on an exchange, monitors the financial strength of its clearing brokers and clearinghouse, and has entered into clearing agreements with its clearing brokers. The clearinghouse imposes initial margin requirements to secure the fund’s performance and requires daily settlement of variation margin representing changes in the market value of each contract.
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Futures contracts are valued at their quoted daily settlement prices. The aggregate settlement values of the contracts are not recorded in the Statement of Net Assets. Fluctuations in the value of the contracts are recorded in the Statement of Net Assets as an asset (liability) and in the Statement of Operations as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until the contracts are closed, when they are recorded as realized futures gains (losses).
During the six months ended March 31, 2017, the fund’s average investments in long and short futures contracts represented less than 1% and 0% of net assets, respectively, based on the average of aggregate settlement values at each quarter-end during the period.
4. Repurchase Agreements: The fund enters into repurchase agreements with institutional counterparties. Securities pledged as collateral to the fund under repurchase agreements are held by a custodian bank until the agreements mature, and in the absence of a default, such collateral cannot be repledged, resold, or rehypothecated. Each agreement requires that the market value of the collateral be sufficient to cover payments of interest and principal. The fund further mitigates its counterparty risk by entering into repurchase agreements only with a diverse group of prequalified counterparties, monitoring their financial strength, and entering into master repurchase agreements with its counterparties. The master repurchase agreements provide that, in the event of a counterparty’s default (including bankruptcy), the fund may terminate any repurchase agreements with that counterparty, determine the net amount owed, and sell or retain the collateral up to the net amount owed to the fund. Such action may be subject to legal proceedings, which may delay or limit the disposition of collateral.
5. Federal Income Taxes: The fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company and distribute all of its taxable income. Management has analyzed the fund’s tax positions taken for all open federal income tax years (September 30, 2013–2016), and for the period ended March 31, 2017, and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements.
6. Distributions: Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date.
7. Securities Lending: To earn additional income, the fund lends its securities to qualified institutional borrowers. Security loans are subject to termination by the fund at any time, and are required to be secured at all times by collateral in an amount at least equal to the market value of securities loaned. Daily market fluctuations could cause the value of loaned securities to be more or less than the value of the collateral received. When this occurs, the collateral is adjusted and settled on the next business day. The fund further mitigates its counterparty risk by entering into securities lending transactions only with a diverse group of prequalified counterparties, monitoring their financial strength, and entering into master securities lending agreements with its counterparties. The master securities lending agreements provide that, in the event of a counterparty’s default (including bankruptcy), the fund may terminate any loans with that borrower, determine the net amount owed, and sell or retain the collateral up to the net amount owed to the fund; however, such actions may be subject to legal proceedings. While collateral mitigates counterparty risk, in the event of a default the fund may experience delays and costs in recovering the securities loaned. The fund invests cash collateral received in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund, and records a liability in the Statement of Net Assets for the return of the collateral, during the period the securities are on loan. Securities lending income represents fees charged to borrowers plus income earned on invested cash collateral, less expenses associated with the loan. During the term of the loan, the fund is entitled to all distributions made on or in respect of the loaned securities.
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8. Credit Facility: The fund and certain other funds managed by The Vanguard Group (“Vanguard”) participate in a $3.1 billion committed credit facility provided by a syndicate of lenders pursuant to a credit agreement that may be renewed annually; each fund is individually liable for its borrowings, if any, under the credit facility. Borrowings may be utilized for temporary and emergency purposes, and are subject to the fund’s regulatory and contractual borrowing restrictions. The participating funds are charged administrative fees and an annual commitment fee of 0.10% of the undrawn amount of the facility; these fees are allocated to the funds based on a method approved by the fund’s board of trustees and included in Management and Administrative expenses on the fund’s Statement of Operations. Any borrowings under this facility bear interest at a rate based upon the higher of the one-month London Interbank Offered Rate, federal funds effective rate, or overnight bank funding rate plus an agreed-upon spread.
The fund had no borrowings outstanding at March 31, 2017, or at any time during the period then ended.
9. Other: Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Interest income includes income distributions received from Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund and is accrued daily. Premiums and discounts on debt securities purchased are amortized and accreted, respectively, to interest income over the lives of the respective securities. Security transactions are accounted for on the date securities are bought or sold. Costs used to determine realized gains (losses) on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold.
Each class of shares has equal rights as to assets and earnings, except that each class separately bears certain class-specific expenses related to maintenance of shareholder accounts (included in Management and Administrative expenses) and shareholder reporting. Marketing and distribution expenses are allocated to each class of shares based on a method approved by the board of trustees. Income, other non-class-specific expenses, and gains and losses on investments are allocated to each class of shares based on its relative net assets.
B. The investment advisory firms Wellington Management Company LLP, Jennison Associates LLC, and Frontier Capital Management Co., LLC, each provide investment advisory services to a portion of the fund for a fee calculated at an annual percentage rate of average net assets managed by the advisor. The basic fee of Wellington Management Company LLP is subject to quarterly adjustments based on performance relative to the Russell 3000 Growth Index for the preceding three years. The basic fee of Jennison Associates LLC is subject to quarterly adjustments based on performance relative to the Russell 1000 Growth Index for the preceding three years. The basic fee of Frontier Capital Management Co., LLC, is subject to quarterly adjustments based on performance relative to the Russell Midcap Growth Index for the preceding three years.
Vanguard provides investment advisory services to a portion of the fund as described below; the fund paid Vanguard advisory fees of $468,000 for the six months ended March 31, 2017.
For the six months ended March 31, 2017, the aggregate investment advisory fee paid to all advisors represented an effective annual basic rate of 0.15% of the fund’s average net assets, before a decrease of $832,000 (0.02%) based on performance.
C. In accordance with the terms of a Funds’ Service Agreement (the “FSA”) between Vanguard and the fund, Vanguard furnishes to the fund investment advisory, corporate management, administrative, marketing, and distribution services at Vanguard’s cost of operations (as defined by the FSA). These costs of operations are allocated to the fund based on methods and guidelines approved by the board
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of trustees. Vanguard does not require reimbursement in the current period for certain costs of operations (such as deferred compensation/benefits and risk/insurance costs); the fund’s liability for these costs of operations is included in Payables to Vanguard on the Statement of Net Assets.
Upon the request of Vanguard, the fund may invest up to 0.40% of its net assets as capital in Vanguard. At March 31, 2017, the fund had contributed to Vanguard capital in the amount of $799,000, representing 0.01% of the fund’s net assets and 0.32% of Vanguard’s capitalization. The fund’s trustees and officers are also directors and employees, respectively, of Vanguard.
D. The fund has asked its investment advisors to direct certain security trades, subject to obtaining the best price and execution, to brokers who have agreed to rebate to the fund part of the commissions generated. Such rebates are used solely to reduce the fund’s management and administrative expenses. For the six months ended March 31, 2017, these arrangements reduced the fund’s expenses by $189,000 (an annual rate of 0.00% of average net assets).
E. Various inputs may be used to determine the value of the fund’s investments. 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).
The following table summarizes the market value of the fund’s investments as of March 31, 2017, based on the inputs used to value them
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| Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 |
Investments | ($000) | ($000) | ($000) |
Common Stocks | 11,282,949 | 161,286 | — |
Temporary Cash Investments | 190,098 | 11,045 | — |
Futures Contracts—Liabilities1 | (190) | — | — |
Total | 11,472,857 | 172,331 | — |
1 Represents variation margin on the last day of the reporting period. | | | |
F. At March 31, 2017, the aggregate settlement value of open futures contracts and the related unrealized appreciation (depreciation) were:
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| | Number of | Settlement | Unrealized |
| | Long (Short) | Value | Appreciation |
Futures Contracts | Expiration | Contracts | Long (Short) | (Depreciation) |
E-mini S&P 500 Index | June 2017 | 704 | 83,044 | (410) |
Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on open futures contracts is required to be treated as realized gain (loss) for tax purposes.
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G. Distributions are determined on a tax basis and may differ from net investment income and realized capital gains for financial reporting purposes. Differences may be permanent or temporary. Permanent differences are reclassified among capital accounts in the financial statements to reflect their tax character. Temporary differences arise when certain items of income, expense, gain, or loss are recognized in different periods for financial statement and tax purposes. These differences will reverse at some time in the future. Differences in classification may also result from the treatment of short-term gains as ordinary income for tax purposes. The fund’s tax-basis capital gains and losses are determined only at the end of each fiscal year.
At March 31, 2017, the cost of investment securities for tax purposes was $8,076,190,000. Net unrealized appreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $3,569,188,000, consisting of unrealized gains of $3,644,218,000 on securities that had risen in value since their purchase and $75,030,000 in unrealized losses on securities that had fallen in value since their purchase.
H. During the six months ended March 31, 2017, the fund purchased $2,785,346,000 of investment securities and sold $3,322,919,000 of investment securities, other than temporary cash investments.
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I. Capital share transactions for each class of shares were: | | | |
| Six Months Ended | | Year Ended |
| March 31, 2017 | September 30, 2016 |
| Amount | Shares | Amount | Shares |
| ($000) | (000) | ($000) | (000) |
Investor Shares | | | | |
Issued | 157,816 | 6,130 | 442,809 | 17,724 |
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions | 207,382 | 8,416 | 338,254 | 13,492 |
Redeemed | (623,407) | (24,210) | (862,692) | (34,608) |
Net Increase (Decrease)—Investor Shares | (258,209) | (9,664) | (81,629) | (3,392) |
Admiral Shares | | | | |
Issued | 500,251 | 6,275 | 992,705 | 12,715 |
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions | 352,218 | 4,614 | 554,245 | 7,138 |
Redeemed | (627,509) | (7,921) | (1,332,877) | (17,390) |
Net Increase (Decrease)—Admiral Shares | 224,960 | 2,968 | 214,073 | 2,463 |
J. Management has determined that no material events or transactions occurred subsequent to March 31, 2017, that would require recognition or disclosure in these financial statements.
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About Your Fund’s Expenses
As a shareholder of the fund, you incur ongoing costs, which include costs for portfolio management, administrative services, and shareholder reports (like this one), among others. Operating expenses, which are deducted from a fund’s gross income, directly reduce the investment return of the fund.
A fund’s expenses are expressed as a percentage of its average net assets. This figure is known as the expense ratio. The following examples are intended to help you understand the ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in your fund and to compare these costs with those of other mutual funds. The examples are based on an investment of $1,000 made at the beginning of the period shown and held for the entire period.
The accompanying table illustrates your fund’s costs in two ways:
• Based on actual fund return. This section helps you to estimate the actual expenses that you paid over the period. The ”Ending Account Value“ shown is derived from the fund‘s actual return, and the third column shows the dollar amount that would have been paid by an investor who started with $1,000 in the fund. You may use the information here, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period.
To do so, simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number given for your fund under the heading ”Expenses Paid During Period.“
• Based on hypothetical 5% yearly return. This section is intended to help you compare your fund‘s costs with those of other mutual funds. It assumes that the fund had a yearly return of 5% before expenses, but that the expense ratio is unchanged. In this case—because the return used is not the fund’s actual return—the results do not apply to your investment. The example is useful in making comparisons because the Securities and Exchange Commission requires all mutual funds to calculate expenses based on a 5% return. You can assess your fund’s costs by comparing this hypothetical example with the hypothetical examples that appear in shareholder reports of other funds.
Note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight and help you compare ongoing costs only and do not reflect transaction costs incurred by the fund for buying and selling securities. Further, the expenses do not include any purchase, redemption, or account service fees described in the fund prospectus. If such fees were applied to your account, your costs would be higher. Your fund does not carry a “sales load.”
The calculations assume no shares were bought or sold during the period. Your actual costs may have been higher or lower, depending on the amount of your investment and the timing of any purchases or redemptions.
You can find more information about the fund’s expenses, including annual expense ratios, in the Financial Statements section of this report. For additional information on operating expenses and other shareholder costs, please refer to your fund’s current prospectus.
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Six Months Ended March 31, 2017 | | | |
| Beginning | Ending | Expenses |
| Account Value | Account Value | Paid During |
Morgan Growth Fund | 9/30/2016 | 3/31/2017 | Period |
Based on Actual Fund Return | | | |
Investor Shares | $1,000.00 | $1,092.64 | $1.88 |
Admiral Shares | 1,000.00 | 1,093.01 | 1.36 |
Based on Hypothetical 5% Yearly Return | | | |
Investor Shares | $1,000.00 | $1,023.14 | $1.82 |
Admiral Shares | 1,000.00 | 1,023.64 | 1.31 |
The calculations are based on expenses incurred in the most recent six-month period. The fund’s annualized six-month expense ratios for that period are 0.36% for Investor Shares and 0.26% for Admiral Shares. The dollar amounts shown as “Expenses Paid” are equal to the annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent six-month period, then divided by the number of days in the most recent 12-month period (182/365).
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Trustees Approve Advisory Arrangements
The board of trustees of Vanguard Morgan Growth Fund has renewed the fund’s investment advisory arrangements with Frontier Capital Management Co., LLC (Frontier), Jennison Associates LLC (Jennison), Wellington Management Company LLP (Wellington Management), and The Vanguard Group, Inc. (Vanguard)—through its Quantitative Equity Group. The board determined that renewing the fund’s advisory arrangements was in the best interests of the fund and its shareholders.
The board based its decisions upon an evaluation of each advisor’s investment staff, portfolio management process, and performance. This evaluation included information provided to the board by Vanguard’s Portfolio Review Department, which is responsible for fund and advisor oversight and product management. The Portfolio Review Department met regularly with the advisors and made monthly presentations to the board during the fiscal year that directed the board’s focus to relevant information and topics.
The board, or an investment committee made up of board members, also received information throughout the year during advisor presentations. For each advisor presentation, the board was provided with letters and reports that included information about, among other things, the advisory firm and the advisor’s assessment of the investment environment, portfolio performance, and portfolio characteristics.
In addition, the board received monthly reports, which included a Market and Economic Report, a Fund Dashboard Monthly Summary, and a Fund Performance Report.
Prior to their meeting, the trustees were provided with a memo and materials that summarized the information they received over the course of the year. They also considered the factors discussed below, among others. However, no single factor determined whether the board approved the arrangements. Rather, it was the totality of the circumstances that drove the board’s decisions.
Nature, extent, and quality of services
The board reviewed the quality of the fund’s investment management services over both the short and long term and took into account the organizational depth and stability of each advisor. The board considered the following:
Frontier. Founded in 1980, Frontier employs a fundamental, research-intensive investment approach focused on small- and mid-sized companies. The firm’s bottom-up, collaborative investment approach seeks to identify companies with a combination of superior growth potential and attractive valuation. Frontier’s investment process emphasizes companies with understandable business models, good franchises, accelerating sales and margins, and healthy balance sheets, ideally seeking companies that can grow earnings in multiple ways. Analysts regularly interact with management and other companies in the supply chain. Frontier has managed a portion of the fund since 2008.
Jennison. Founded in 1969, Jennison is an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential Financial, Inc. The firm currently oversees a wide range of equity and fixed income strategies. The investment team at Jennison uses internal fundamental research and a highly interactive bottom-up stock selection process to identify companies that exhibit above-average growth in units, revenues, earnings, and cash flows. When evaluating a company for purchase or sale, the analysis focuses on the duration of the growth opportunity and seeks to capture inflection points in the company’s growth. Jennison has managed a portion of the fund since 2007.
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Wellington Management. Founded in 1928, Wellington Management is among the nation’s oldest and most respected institutional investment managers. The investment team at Wellington Management seeks to create a portfolio with balanced exposure to growth, quality, and valuation in an attempt to deliver consistent results over time. Bottom-up fundamental research focuses on large- and mid-capitalization companies with a proven record of sales and earnings growth, profitability, and cash-flow generation. This research seeks to incorporate multiple projections of future revenue and cash flow growth to avoid overreliance on any single data point. Wellington Management has advised the fund since 1968.
Vanguard. Vanguard has been managing investments for more than three decades. The Quantitative Equity Group adheres to a sound, disciplined investment management process; the team has considerable experience, stability, and depth. Vanguard has managed a portion of the fund since 1993.
The board concluded that each advisor’s experience, stability, depth, and performance, among other factors, warranted continuation of the advisory arrangements.
Investment performance
The board considered the short- and long-term performance of the fund and each advisor, including any periods of outperformance or underperformance compared with a relevant benchmark index and peer group. The board concluded that the performance was such that each advisory arrangement should continue. Information about the fund’s most recent performance can be found in the Performance Summary section of this report.
Cost
The board concluded that the fund’s expense ratio was well below the average expense ratio charged by funds in its peer group and that the fund’s advisory expense rates were also well below its peer-group average. Information about the fund’s expenses appears in the About Your Fund’s Expenses section of this report as well as in the Financial Statements section, which also includes information about the fund’s advisory expenses.
The board did not consider the profitability of Frontier, Jennison, and Wellington Management in determining whether to approve the advisory fees, because the firms are independent of Vanguard and the advisory fees are the result of arm’s-length negotiations. The board does not conduct a profitability analysis of Vanguard because of Vanguard’s unique “at-cost” structure. Unlike most other mutual fund management companies, Vanguard is owned by the funds it oversees and produces “profits” only in the form of reduced expenses for fund shareholders.
The benefit of economies of scale
The board concluded that the fund’s shareholders benefit from economies of scale because of breakpoints in the advisory fee schedules for Frontier, Jennison, and Wellington Management. The breakpoints reduce the effective rate of the fees as the fund’s assets managed by each advisor increase. The board also concluded that the fund’s at-cost arrangement with Vanguard ensures that the fund will realize economies of scale as it grows, with the cost to shareholders declining as fund assets managed by Vanguard increase.
The board will consider whether to renew the advisory arrangements again after a one-year period.
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Glossary
30-Day SEC Yield. A fund’s 30-day SEC yield is derived using a formula specified by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Under the formula, data related to the fund’s security holdings in the previous 30 days are used to calculate the fund’s hypothetical net income for that period, which is then annualized and divided by the fund’s estimated average net assets over the calculation period. For the purposes of this calculation, a security’s income is based on its current market yield to maturity (for bonds), its actual income (for asset-backed securities), or its projected dividend yield (for stocks). Because the SEC yield represents hypothetical annualized income, it will differ—at times significantly—from the fund’s actual experience. As a result, the fund’s income distributions may be higher or lower than implied by the SEC yield.
Beta. A measure of the magnitude of a fund’s past share-price fluctuations in relation to the ups and downs of a given market index. The index is assigned a beta of 1.00. Compared with a given index, a fund with a beta of 1.20 typically would have seen its share price rise or fall by 12% when the index rose or fell by 10%. For this report, beta is based on returns over the past 36 months for both the fund and the index. Note that a fund’s beta should be reviewed in conjunction with its R-squared (see definition). The lower the R-squared, the less correlation there is between the fund and the index, and the less reliable beta is as an indicator of volatility.
Dividend Yield. Dividend income earned by stocks, expressed as a percentage of the aggregate market value (or of net asset value, for a fund). The yield is determined by dividing the amount of the annual dividends by the aggregate value (or net asset value) at the end of the period. For a fund, the dividend yield is based solely on stock holdings and does not include any income produced by other investments.
Earnings Growth Rate. The average annual rate of growth in earnings over the past five years for the stocks now in a fund.
Equity Exposure. A measure that reflects a fund’s investments in stocks and stock futures. Any holdings in short-term reserves are excluded.
Expense Ratio. A fund’s total annual operating expenses expressed as a percentage of the fund’s average net assets. The expense ratio includes management and administrative expenses, but does not include the transaction costs of buying and selling portfolio securities.
Foreign Holdings. The percentage of a fund represented by securities or depositary receipts of companies based outside the United States.
Inception Date. The date on which the assets of a fund (or one of its share classes) are first invested in accordance with the fund’s investment objective. For funds with a subscription period, the inception date is the day after that period ends. Investment performance is measured from the inception date.
Median Market Cap. An indicator of the size of companies in which a fund invests; the midpoint of market capitalization (market price x shares outstanding) of a fund’s stocks, weighted by the proportion of the fund’s assets invested in each stock. Stocks representing half of the fund’s assets have market capitalizations above the median, and the rest are below it.
Price/Book Ratio. The share price of a stock divided by its net worth, or book value, per share. For a fund, the weighted average price/book ratio of the stocks it holds.
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Price/Earnings Ratio. The ratio of a stock’s current price to its per-share earnings over the past year. For a fund, the weighted average P/E of the stocks it holds. P/E is an indicator of market expectations about corporate prospects; the higher the P/E, the greater the expectations for a company’s future growth.
R-Squared. A measure of how much of a fund’s past returns can be explained by the returns from the market in general, as measured by a given index. If a fund’s total returns were precisely synchronized with an index’s returns, its R-squared would be 1.00. If the fund’s returns bore no relationship to the index’s returns, its R-squared would be 0. For this report, R-squared is based on returns over the past 36 months for both the fund and the index.
Return on Equity. The annual average rate of return generated by a company during the past five years for each dollar of shareholder’s equity (net income divided by shareholder’s equity). For a fund, the weighted average return on equity for the companies whose stocks it holds.
Short-Term Reserves. The percentage of a fund invested in highly liquid, short-term securities that can be readily converted to cash.
Turnover Rate. An indication of the fund’s trading activity. Funds with high turnover rates incur higher transaction costs and may be more likely to distribute capital gains (which may be taxable to investors). The turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions, which have minimal impact on costs.
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The People Who Govern Your Fund
The trustees of your mutual fund are there to see that the fund is operated and managed in your best interests since, as a shareholder, you are a part owner of the fund. Your fund’s trustees also serve on the board of directors of The Vanguard Group, Inc., which is owned by the Vanguard funds and provides services to them on an at-cost basis.
A majority of Vanguard’s board members are independent, meaning that they have no affiliation with Vanguard or the funds they oversee, apart from the sizable personal investments they have made as private individuals. The independent board members have distinguished backgrounds in business, academia, and public service. Each of the trustees and executive officers oversees 195 Vanguard funds.
The following table provides information for each trustee and executive officer of the fund. The mailing address of the trustees and officers is P.O. Box 876, Valley Forge, PA 19482. More information about the trustees is in the Statement of Additional Information, which can be obtained, without charge, by contacting Vanguard at 800-662-7447, or online at vanguard.com.
InterestedTrustee1
F. William McNabb III
Born 1957. Trustee Since July 2009. Chairman of the Board. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Experience: Chairman of the Board of The Vanguard Group, Inc., and of each of the investment companies served by The Vanguard Group, since January 2010; Director of The Vanguard Group since 2008; Chief Executive Officer and President of The Vanguard Group, and of each of the investment companies served by The Vanguard Group, since 2008; Director of Vanguard Marketing Corporation; Managing Director of The Vanguard Group (1995–2008).
IndependentTrustees
Emerson U. Fullwood
Born 1948. Trustee Since January 2008. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Experience: Executive Chief Staff and Marketing Officer for North America and Corporate Vice President (retired 2008) of Xerox Corporation (document management products and services); Executive in Residence and 2009–2010 Distinguished Minett Professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology; Lead Director of SPX FLOW, Inc. (multi-industry manufacturing); Director of the United Way of Rochester, the University of Rochester Medical Center, Monroe Community College Foundation, North Carolina A&T University, and Roberts Wesleyan College.
Rajiv L. Gupta
Born 1945. Trustee Since December 2001.2 Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Experience: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (retired 2009) and President (2006–2008) of Rohm and Haas Co. (chemicals); Director of Arconic Inc. (diversified manufacturer), HP Inc. (printer and personal computer manufacturing), and Delphi Automotive plc (automotive components); Senior Advisor at New Mountain Capital.
Amy Gutmann
Born 1949. Trustee Since June 2006. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Experience: President of the University of Pennsylvania; Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Political Science, School of Arts and Sciences, and Professor of Communication, Annenberg School for Communication, with secondary faculty appointments in the Department of Philosophy, School of Arts and Sciences, and at the Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania; Trustee of the National Constitution Center; Chair of the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues.
JoAnn Heffernan Heisen
Born 1950. Trustee Since July 1998. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Experience: Corporate Vice President and Chief Global Diversity Officer (retired 2008) and Member of the Executive Committee (1997–2008) of Johnson & Johnson (pharmaceuticals/medical devices/consumer products); Director of Skytop Lodge Corporation (hotels) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; Member of the Advisory Board of the Institute for Women’s Leadership at Rutgers University.
F. Joseph Loughrey
Born 1949. Trustee Since October 2009. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Experience: President and Chief Operating Officer (retired 2009) of Cummins Inc. (industrial machinery); Chairman of the Board of Hillenbrand, Inc. (specialized consumer services), Oxfam America, and the Lumina
Foundation for Education; Director of SKF AB (industrial machinery), Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc. (forklift trucks), and the V Foundation for Cancer Research; Member of the Advisory Council for the College of Arts and Letters and Chair of the Advisory Board to the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, both at the University of Notre Dame.
Mark Loughridge
Born 1953. Trustee Since March 2012. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Experience: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (retired 2013) at IBM (information technology services); Fiduciary Member of IBM’s Retirement Plan Committee (2004–2013); Director of the Dow Chemical Company; Member of the Council on Chicago Booth.
Scott C. Malpass
Born 1962. Trustee Since March 2012. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Experience: Chief Investment Officer and Vice President at the University of Notre Dame; Assistant Professor of Finance at the Mendoza College of Business at Notre Dame; Member of the Notre Dame 403(b) Investment Committee, the Board of Advisors for Spruceview Capital Partners, and the Investment Advisory Committee of Major League Baseball; Board Member of TIFF Advisory Services, Inc., and Catholic Investment Services, Inc. (investment advisors); Member of the Board of Superintendence of the Institute for the Works of Religion.
André F. Perold
Born 1952. Trustee Since December 2004. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Experience: George Gund Professor of Finance and Banking, Emeritus at the Harvard Business School (retired 2011); Chief Investment Officer and Co-Managing Partner of HighVista Strategies LLC (private investment firm); Overseer of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston.
Peter F. Volanakis
Born 1955. Trustee Since July 2009. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Experience: President and Chief Operating Officer (retired 2010) of Corning Incorporated (communications equipment); Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Colby-Sawyer College; Member of the Board of Hypertherm, Inc. (industrial cutting systems, software, and consumables).
Executive Officers
Glenn Booraem
Born 1967. Investment Stewardship Officer Since February 2017. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Experience: Principal of The Vanguard Group, Inc.; Treasurer (2015–2017),
Controller (2010–2015), and Assistant Controller (2001–2010) of each of the investment companies served by The Vanguard Group.
Thomas J. Higgins
Born 1957. Chief Financial Officer Since September 2008. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Experience: Principal of The Vanguard Group, Inc.; Chief Financial Officer of each of the investment companies served by The Vanguard Group; Treasurer of each of the investment companies served by The Vanguard Group (1998–2008).
Peter Mahoney
Born 1974. Controller Since May 2015. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Experience: Principal of The Vanguard Group, Inc.; Controller of each of the investment companies served by The Vanguard Group; Head of International Fund Services at The Vanguard Group (2008–2014).
Anne E. Robinson
Born 1970. Secretary Since September 2016. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Experience: Managing Director of The Vanguard Group, Inc.; General Counsel of The Vanguard Group; Secretary of The Vanguard Group and of each of the investment companies served by The Vanguard Group; Director and Senior Vice President of Vanguard Marketing Corporation; Managing Director and General Counsel of Global Cards and Consumer Services at Citigroup (2014–2016); Counsel at American Express (2003–2014).
Michael Rollings
Born 1963. Treasurer Since February 2017. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Experience: Managing Director of The Vanguard Group, Inc.; Treasurer of each of the investment companies served by The Vanguard Group; Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of MassMutual Financial Group (2006–2016).
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Vanguard Senior ManagementTeam |
Mortimer J. Buckley John James Martha G. King John T. Marcante Chris D. McIsaac | James M. Norris Thomas M. Rampulla Glenn W. Reed Karin A. Risi |
Chairman Emeritus and Senior Advisor
John J. Brennan
Chairman, 1996–2009
Chief Executive Officer and President, 1996–2008
Founder
John C. Bogle
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, 1974–1996
1 Mr. McNabb is considered an “interested person,” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, because he is an officer of the Vanguard funds.
2 December 2002 for Vanguard Equity Income Fund, the Vanguard Municipal Bond Funds, and the Vanguard State Tax-Exempt Funds.
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(a) Certifications.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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BY: | /s/ F. WILLIAM MCNABB III* F. WILLIAM MCNABB III CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER |
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Date: May 18, 2017 |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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BY: | /s/ F. WILLIAM MCNABB III* F. WILLIAM MCNABB III CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER |
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Date: May 18, 2017 |
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BY: | /s/ THOMAS J. HIGGINS* THOMAS J. HIGGINS CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER |
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Date: May 18, 2017 |
* By: /s/ Anne E. Robinson
Anne E. Robinson, pursuant to a Power of Attorney filed on October 4, 2016 see file Number 33-
32548, Incorporated by Reference.