Vanguard Utilities Index Fund Manager Performance Evaluation

VUIAX Fund  USD 79.01  1.38  1.78%   
The entity has a beta of 1.0, which indicates a somewhat significant risk relative to the market. Vanguard Utilities returns are very sensitive to returns on the market. As the market goes up or down, Vanguard Utilities is expected to follow.

Risk-Adjusted Performance

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Compared to the overall equity markets, risk-adjusted returns on investments in Vanguard Utilities Index are ranked lower than 20 (%) of all funds and portfolios of funds over the last 90 days. In spite of fairly weak basic indicators, Vanguard Utilities showed solid returns over the last few months and may actually be approaching a breakup point.
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Vanguard Utilities Relative Risk vs. Return Landscape

If you would invest  6,771  in Vanguard Utilities Index on March 4, 2024 and sell it today you would earn a total of  1,130  from holding Vanguard Utilities Index or generate 16.69% return on investment over 90 days. Vanguard Utilities Index is currently producing 0.2456% returns and takes up 0.9246% volatility of returns over 90 trading days. Put another way, 8% of traded mutual funds are less volatile than Vanguard, and 96% of all traded equity instruments are likely to generate higher returns over the next 90 trading days.
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Assuming the 90 days horizon Vanguard Utilities is expected to generate 1.47 times more return on investment than the market. However, the company is 1.47 times more volatile than its market benchmark. It trades about 0.27 of its potential returns per unit of risk. The NYSE Composite is currently generating roughly 0.05 per unit of risk.

Vanguard Utilities Current Valuation

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79.01
Please note that Vanguard Utilities' price fluctuation is very steady at this time. At this time, the fund appears to be undervalued. Vanguard Utilities Index has a current Real Value of $84.65 per share. The regular price of the fund is $79.01. We determine the value of Vanguard Utilities Index from inspecting fund fundamentals and technical indicators as well as its Probability Of Bankruptcy. In general, we recommend acquiring undervalued mutual funds and dropping overvalued mutual funds since, at some point, mutual fund prices and their ongoing real values will draw towards each other.
Our valuation method for Vanguard Utilities Index is useful when determining the fair value of the Vanguard mutual fund, which is usually determined by what a typical buyer is willing to pay for full or partial control of Vanguard Utilities. Since Vanguard Utilities is currently traded on the exchange, buyers and sellers on that exchange determine the market value of Vanguard Mutual Fund. However, Vanguard Utilities' intrinsic value may or may not be the same as its current market price, in which case there is an opportunity to profit from the mispricing, assuming the market price will eventually merge with its intrinsic value.
Historical Market  79.01 Real  84.65 Hype  79.48 Naive  76.31
The real value of Vanguard Mutual Fund, also known as its intrinsic value, is the underlying worth of Vanguard Utilities Index Mutual Fund, which is reflected in its stock price. It is based on Vanguard Utilities' financial performance, assets, liabilities, growth prospects, management team, or industry conditions. The intrinsic value of Vanguard Utilities' stock can be calculated using various methods such as discounted cash flow analysis, price-to-earnings ratio, or price-to-book ratio. That value may differ from its current market price, which is determined by supply and demand factors such as investor sentiment, market trends, news, and other external factors that may influence Vanguard Utilities' stock price. It is important to note that the real value of any stock may change over time based on changes in the company's performance.
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Estimating the potential upside or downside of Vanguard Utilities Index helps investors to forecast how Vanguard mutual fund's addition to their portfolios will impact the overall performance. We also use other valuation drivers to help us estimate the true value of Vanguard Utilities more accurately as focusing exclusively on Vanguard Utilities' fundamentals will not take into account other important factors:
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Vanguard Utilities Market Risk Analysis

Today, many novice investors tend to focus exclusively on investment returns with little concern for Vanguard Utilities' investment risk. Standard deviation is the most common way to measure market volatility of mutual funds, such as Vanguard Utilities Index, and traders can use it to determine the average amount a Vanguard Utilities' price has deviated from the expected return over a period of time. It is calculated by determining the expected price for the established period and then subtracting this figure from each price point. The differences are then squared, summed, and averaged to produce the variance.

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Estimated Market Risk

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80% of assets perform better
Based on monthly moving average Vanguard Utilities is performing at about 20% of its full potential. If added to a well diversified portfolio the total return can be enhanced and market risk can be reduced. You can increase risk-adjusted return of Vanguard Utilities by adding it to a well-diversified portfolio.

Vanguard Utilities Fundamentals Growth

Vanguard Mutual Fund prices reflect investors' perceptions of the future prospects and financial health of Vanguard Utilities, and Vanguard Utilities fundamentals are critical determinants of its market performance. Overall, investors pay close attention to revenue and earnings growth, profit margins, and debt levels. These fundamentals can have a significant impact on Vanguard Mutual Fund performance.

About Vanguard Utilities Performance

To evaluate Vanguard Utilities Index Mutual Fund as a possible investment, you need to clearly understand its upside potential, downside risk, and overall future performance outlook. You may be satisfied when Vanguard Utilities generates a 15% return over the last few months, but what if the market is generating 25% over the same period? In this case, it makes sense to compare Vanguard Mutual Fund's performance with different market indexes, such as the Dow or NASDAQ Composite. These indexes can act as benchmarks that will help you to understand Vanguard Utilities Index market performance in a much more refined way. The Macroaxis performance score is an integer between 0 and 100 that represents Vanguard's market performance from a risk-adjusted return perspective. Generally speaking, the higher the score, the better is overall performance as compared to other investors. The score is normalized against the average investing universe (the best we can interpret from the data available). Within this methodology, scores of individual equity instruments will always be inferior to the scores of portfolios of equities as portfolios typically diversify a lot of unsystematic risks away. The formula to derive the Macroaxis score bases on multiple unequally-weighted factors. For more information, refer to our portfolio performance evaluation section.
Please also refer to our technical analysis and fundamental analysis pages.
The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the MSCI US Investable Market Index Utilities 2550, an index made up of stocks of large, mid-size, and small U.S. companies within the utilities sector, as classified under the GICS. The Advisor attempts to replicate the target index by seeking to invest all, or substantially all, of its assets in the stocks that make up the index, in order to hold each stock in approximately the same proportion as its weighting in the index. The fund is non-diversified.

Things to note about Vanguard Utilities Index performance evaluation

Checking the ongoing alerts about Vanguard Utilities for important developments is a great way to find new opportunities for your next move. Mutual Fund alerts and notifications screener for Vanguard Utilities Index help investors to be notified of important events, changes in technical or fundamental conditions, and significant headlines that can affect investment decisions.
The fund keeps 99.13% of its net assets in stocks
Evaluating Vanguard Utilities' performance can involve analyzing a variety of financial metrics and factors. Some of the key considerations to evaluate Vanguard Utilities' mutual fund performance include:
  • Analyzing Vanguard Utilities' financial statements, including its income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statement, helps in understanding its overall financial health and growth potential.
  • Getting a closer look at valuation ratios like price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio, price-to-sales (P/S) ratio, and price-to-book (P/B) ratio help in understanding whether Vanguard Utilities' stock is overvalued or undervalued compared to its peers.
  • Examining Vanguard Utilities' industry or sector and how it is performing can give you an idea of its growth potential and how it is positioned relative to its competitors.
  • Evaluating Vanguard Utilities' management team can have a significant impact on its success or failure. Reviewing the track record and experience of Vanguard Utilities' management team can help you assess the Mutual Fund's leadership.
  • Pay attention to analyst opinions and ratings of Vanguard Utilities' mutual fund. These opinions can provide insight into Vanguard Utilities' potential for growth and whether the stock is currently undervalued or overvalued.
It's essential to remember that evaluating Vanguard Utilities' mutual fund performance is not an exact science, and many factors can impact Vanguard Utilities' mutual fund market price. Therefore, it's also important to diversify your portfolio and not rely solely on one company or stock for your investments.
Check out World Market Map to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Vanguard Utilities Index. Also, note that the market value of any mutual fund could be tightly coupled with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in nation.
Note that the Vanguard Utilities Index information on this page should be used as a complementary analysis to other Vanguard Utilities' statistical models used to find the right mix of equity instruments to add to your existing portfolios or create a brand new portfolio. You can also try the Money Managers module to screen money managers from public funds and ETFs managed around the world.
Please note, there is a significant difference between Vanguard Utilities' value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Vanguard Utilities is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Vanguard Utilities' price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.