SeekingAlpha · Jul 10, 2026
VB: The Opportunity Outside The Magnificent Seven
VB is rated a Buy, offering broad, low-cost exposure to over 1,315 U.S. small-cap companies at a 0.03% expense ratio. Read more on VB ETF here.
NYSE · VB
Vanguard Small Cap Index Fund
Financial Services · Asset Management
$304.28
Up+$0.32 (+0.11%)
Updated Aug 28, 2026, 5:55 AM
SID Score
6.7/10
Composite research score
Smart Money
58/100
Neutral
- Market cap
- 167.75B
- P/E ratio
- —
- Dividend yield
- 1.12%
- 52-week range
- $241.17 – $309.51
- Volume
- 806.86K
- Avg. volume
- 716.74K
Price performance
VB price history
1M range · 21 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
VB closed at $304.28 after 21 trading sessions, up 2.87% for the selected period.
- Last close
- $304.28
- Period change
- +2.87%
- Period low
- $295.14
- Period high
- $309.29
Daily close
View OHLC price history
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 2026 | $304.35 | $304.88 | $303.29 | $304.28 | 806.86K |
| Aug 26, 2026 | $302.47 | $304.88 | $302.31 | $303.96 | 350.87K |
| Aug 25, 2026 | $304.26 | $304.514 | $302.13 | $303.01 | 453.41K |
| Aug 24, 2026 | $304.13 | $304.50 | $302.14 | $302.90 | 370.16K |
| Aug 21, 2026 | $304.45 | $305.11 | $303.59 | $304.76 | 460.93K |
| Aug 20, 2026 | $304.06 | $305.0854 | $302.59 | $302.83 | 433.26K |
| Aug 19, 2026 | $306.44 | $307.52 | $305.53 | $305.95 | 398.2K |
| Aug 18, 2026 | $306.31 | $307.2087 | $303.45 | $303.63 | 704.92K |
| Aug 17, 2026 | $308.64 | $309.07 | $307.64 | $307.97 | 582.44K |
| Aug 14, 2026 | $308.64 | $309.51 | $307.8101 | $309.29 | 398.54K |
| Aug 13, 2026 | $307.74 | $309.03 | $307.06 | $308.54 | 431.95K |
| Aug 12, 2026 | $307.25 | $308.00 | $305.48 | $307.12 | 480.16K |
| Aug 11, 2026 | $305.47 | $307.365 | $305.28 | $306.16 | 333.54K |
| Aug 10, 2026 | $305.41 | $306.1961 | $304.6865 | $305.18 | 357.94K |
| Aug 7, 2026 | $304.63 | $306.47 | $303.6101 | $306.09 | 352.64K |
| Aug 6, 2026 | $303.21 | $304.895 | $301.695 | $301.96 | 304.1K |
| Aug 5, 2026 | $305.68 | $306.54 | $303.08 | $303.08 | 687.04K |
| Aug 4, 2026 | $300.73 | $305.8284 | $300.41 | $305.55 | 436.07K |
| Aug 3, 2026 | $295.52 | $299.78 | $295.52 | $299.64 | 456.91K |
| Jul 31, 2026 | $297.15 | $297.71 | $292.57 | $295.14 | 401.35K |
| Jul 30, 2026 | $295.40 | $295.95 | $291.94 | $295.80 | 382.4K |
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Company profile
The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the CRSP US Small Cap Index, a broadly diversified index of stocks of small U.S. companies. The advisor attempts to replicate the target index by investing all, or substantially all, of its assets in the stocks that make up the index, holding each stock in approximately the same proportion as its weighting in the index.
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Vanguard Small Cap Index Fund (VB) Stock Performance
Vanguard Small Cap Index Fund has demonstrated strong momentum over the trailing twelve months, returning 20.05% per SID market data. Shorter-term performance remains positive but more modest, with gains of 3.45% over three months and 2.06% over the past month. The fund currently trades at $303.96, sitting above both its 50-day moving average of $299.92 and its 200-day moving average of $278.74, according to Massive/Polygon technical indicators. The 14-day RSI reads 49.9, placing VB in neutral territory and suggesting neither overbought nor oversold conditions. The fund carries a beta of 1.23, indicating higher volatility relative to the broader market, consistent with the small-cap asset class it tracks. Average daily trading volume stands at approximately 716,736 shares, reflecting robust liquidity for institutional and retail participants alike. The fund's market capitalization totals approximately $167.7 billion per SID market data.
Vanguard Small Cap Index Fund (VB) Valuation Analysis
Vanguard Small Cap Index Fund, classified within the Financial Services sector, currently offers a dividend yield of 1.28% according to SID market data. As a passively managed index fund tracking the CRSP US Small Cap Index, VB provides broad exposure to the U.S. small-cap equity universe. The fund's market capitalization of approximately $167.7 billion reflects substantial asset accumulation, underscoring investor demand for diversified small-cap exposure. At its current price of $303.96, VB trades approximately 9.05% above its 200-day moving average of $278.74, per SID market data. This premium to the longer-term trend suggests sustained capital inflows into the small-cap segment. Traditional single-stock valuation metrics such as price-to-earnings and price-to-book ratios apply at the underlying portfolio level rather than the fund level. The fund's dividend yield of 1.28% provides a modest income component alongside capital appreciation potential from its small-cap holdings.
Smart Money Activity for VB
Vanguard Small Cap Index Fund registers a composite smart money score of 58 out of 100, generating a neutral signal according to SID market data. The institutional sub-score stands at a perfect 25 out of 25, indicating maximum institutional participation and confidence in the fund as a core small-cap allocation vehicle. The insider activity sub-score registers at 12.5 out of 25, reflecting moderate levels of activity among those with direct fund oversight. Congressional trading activity scores 12 out of 25, suggesting average engagement from legislators tracked through public disclosure filings per SEC Form 4 and congressional trade reporting requirements. The dark pool sub-score of 8.5 out of 25 indicates below-average activity in off-exchange venues, which may reflect VB's high on-exchange liquidity reducing the need for alternative execution. The divergence between the perfect institutional score and the lower dark pool reading suggests that large holders predominantly execute through traditional exchange mechanisms according to 13F institutional filings.
Vanguard Small Cap Index Fund (VB) Earnings Outlook
As a passively managed exchange-traded fund, Vanguard Small Cap Index Fund does not report corporate earnings in the traditional sense, and no recent earnings data is available per company earnings reports. The fund's performance is driven by the aggregate earnings and financial health of its underlying small-cap constituents within the CRSP US Small Cap Index. VB's trailing twelve-month return of 20.05% reflects the collective earnings growth and multiple expansion across the small-cap universe, according to SID market data. The fund's dividend yield of 1.28% represents the pass-through of dividends from underlying portfolio companies. Investors monitoring VB's fundamental trajectory should focus on small-cap earnings trends broadly rather than individual fund-level reporting. The fund's beta of 1.23 indicates that VB amplifies broader market movements, making macroeconomic earnings cycles and aggregate corporate profitability trends particularly relevant to future performance assessment.
Wall Street Analyst Ratings for VB
As a broad-based index ETF, Vanguard Small Cap Index Fund does not typically receive individual analyst ratings or price targets in the manner of single equities. Wall Street coverage of VB focuses primarily on asset class allocation recommendations and small-cap market outlook rather than fund-specific buy or sell ratings. Per SID consensus data, the fund's current technical positioning shows a neutral RSI reading of 49.9, while its price of $303.96 remains 1.35% above the 50-day moving average of $299.92 and 9.05% above the 200-day moving average of $278.74. The fund's beta of 1.23 is a key consideration cited in Wall Street analyst reports when evaluating portfolio risk allocation to small-cap equities. With average daily volume of approximately 716,736 shares, VB maintains sufficient liquidity to accommodate institutional rebalancing flows. The fund's 1.28% dividend yield provides a quantifiable income benchmark for analysts comparing small-cap investment vehicles across the ETF landscape.
