Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF
Summary Prospectus
February 27, 2023
Exchange-traded fund shares that are not individually redeemable and are
listed on NYSE Arca
Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares (VYM)
The Fund’s statutory Prospectus and Statement of Additional
Information dated February 27, 2023, as may be amended or
supplemented, are incorporated into and made part of this Summary
Prospectus by reference.
Before you invest, you may want to review the Fund’s Prospectus,
which contains more information about the Fund and its risks. You can
find the Fund’s Prospectus and other information about the Fund online
at www.vanguard.com/prospectus and https://personal.vanguard.com/
us/literature/reports/ETFs. You can also obtain this information at no
cost by calling 866-499-8473 or by sending an email request to
online@vanguard.com.
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has not approved or disapproved these
securities or passed upon the adequacy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is
a criminal offense.
Investment Objective
The Fund seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures
the investment return of common stocks of companies that are characterized by
high dividend yield.
Fees and Expenses
The following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy,
hold, and sell ETF Shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage
commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected
in the table and example below.
Shareholder Fees
(Fees paid directly from your investment)
Transaction Fee on Purchases and Sales None*
Transaction Fee on Reinvested Dividends None*
Transaction Fee on Conversion to ETF Shares None*
* None through Vanguard (Broker fees vary)
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(Expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Management Fees 0.05%
12b-1 Distribution Fee None
Other Expenses 0.01%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 0.06%
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Example
The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in
the Fund’s ETF Shares with the cost of investing in other funds. It illustrates the
hypothetical expenses that you would incur over various periods if you were to
invest $10,000 in the Fund’s shares. This example assumes that the shares
provide a return of 5% each year and that total annual fund operating expenses
remain as stated in the preceding table. You would incur these hypothetical
expenses whether or not you were to sell your shares at the end of the given
period. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these
assumptions your costs would be:
1 Year 3 Years 5 Years 10 Years
$6 $19 $34 $77
This example does not include the brokerage commissions that you may pay to
buy and sell ETF Shares of the Fund.
Portfolio Turnover
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells
securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may
indicate higher transaction costs and may result in more taxes when Fund
shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in
annual fund operating expenses or in the previous expense example, reduce the
Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio
turnover rate was 9% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies
The Fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the
performance of the FTSE High Dividend Yield Index, which consists of common
stocks of companies that pay dividends that generally are higher than average.
The Fund 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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Principal Risks
An investment in the Fund could lose money over short or long periods of time.
You should expect the Fund’s share price and total return to fluctuate within a
wide range. The Fund is subject to the following risks, which could affect the
Fund’s performance:
• Stock market risk, which is the chance that stock prices overall will decline.
Stock markets tend to move in cycles, with periods of rising prices and periods
of falling prices. The Fund’s target index tracks a subset of the U.S. stock market,
which could cause the Fund to perform differently from the overall stock market.
In addition, the Fund’s target index may, at times, become focused in stocks of a
particular market sector, which would subject the Fund to proportionately higher
exposure to the risks of that sector.
• Investment style risk, which is the chance that returns from
high-dividend-paying stocks will trail returns from the overall stock market.
Specific types of stocks tend to go through cycles of doing better—or
worse—than the stock market in general. These periods have, in the past, lasted
for as long as several years.
• Index replicating risk, which is the chance that the Fund may be prevented
from holding one or more securities in the same proportion as in its target index.
Because ETF Shares are traded on an exchange, they are subject to
additional risks:
• The Fund’s ETF Shares are listed for trading on NYSE Arca and are bought and
sold on the secondary market at market prices. Although it is expected that the
market price of an ETF Share typically will approximate its net asset value (NAV),
there may be times when the market price and the NAV differ significantly. Thus,
you may pay more or less than NAV when you buy ETF Shares on the secondary
market, and you may receive more or less than NAV when you sell those shares.
• Although the Fund’s ETF Shares are listed for trading on NYSE Arca, it is
possible that an active trading market may not be maintained.
• Trading of the Fund’s ETF Shares may be halted by the activation of individual
or marketwide trading halts (which halt trading for a specific period of time when
the price of a particular security or overall market prices decline by a specified
percentage). Trading of the Fund’s ETF Shares may also be halted if (1) the
shares are delisted from NYSE Arca without first being listed on another
exchange or (2) NYSE Arca officials determine that such action is appropriate in
the interest of a fair and orderly market or for the protection of investors.
An investment in the Fund is not a deposit of a bank and is not insured or
guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other
government agency.
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Annual Total Returns
The following bar chart and table are intended to help you understand the risks
of investing in the Fund. The bar chart shows how the performance of the Fund’s
ETF Shares (based on NAV) has varied from one calendar year to another over
the periods shown. The table shows how the average annual total returns of the
ETF Shares compare with those of the Fund’s target index and another
comparative index, which have investment characteristics similar to those of the
Fund. Keep in mind that the Fund’s past performance (before and after taxes)
does not indicate how the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance
information is available on our website at vanguard.com/performance or by
calling Vanguard toll-free at 800-662-7447.
Annual Total Returns — Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
40%
30.26
30% 24.20 26.14
20% 16.87 16.42
13.47
10%
0.33 1.14
0%
–0.42
-10% –5.87
-20%
During the periods shown in the bar chart, the highest and lowest returns for a
calendar quarter were:
Total Return Quarter
Highest 15.14% December 31, 2022
Lowest -23.96% March 31, 2020
Average Annual Total Returns for Periods Ended December 31, 2022
1 Year 5 Years 10 Years
Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares
Based on NAV
Return Before Taxes -0.42% 8.23% 11.60%
Return After Taxes on Distributions -1.15 7.41 10.78
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares 0.23 6.35 9.44
Based on Market Price
Return Before Taxes -0.44 8.22 11.60
FTSE High Dividend Yield Index
(reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) -0.32% 8.28% 11.66%
Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Float Adjusted Index
(reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) -19.53 8.65 12.03
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Actual after-tax returns depend on your tax situation and may differ from those
shown in the preceding table. When after-tax returns are calculated, it is
assumed that the shareholder was in the highest individual federal marginal
income tax bracket at the time of each distribution of income or capital gains or
upon redemption. State and local income taxes are not reflected in the
calculations. Please note that after-tax returns are not relevant for a shareholder
who holds fund shares in a tax-deferred account, such as an individual retirement
account or a 401(k) plan. Also, figures captioned Return After Taxes on
Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares may be higher than other figures for the
same period if a capital loss occurs upon redemption and results in an assumed
tax deduction for the shareholder.
Investment Advisor
The Vanguard Group, Inc. (Vanguard)
Portfolio Managers
Nick Birkett, CFA, Portfolio Manager at Vanguard. He has co-managed the Fund
since February 2023.
Gerard C. O’Reilly, Principal of Vanguard. He has co-managed the Fund
since 2016.
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
ETF Shares may only be bought and sold in the secondary market through a
brokerage firm. The price you pay or receive for ETF Shares will be the prevailing
market price, which may be more (premium) or less (discount) than the NAV of
the shares. The brokerage firm may charge you a commission to execute the
transaction. Unless imposed by your brokerage firm, there is no minimum dollar
amount you must invest and no minimum number of shares you must buy. ETF
Shares of the Fund cannot be directly purchased from or redeemed with the
Fund, except by certain authorized broker-dealers. These broker-dealers may
purchase and redeem ETF Shares only in large blocks (Creation Units), typically
in exchange for baskets of securities.
An investor may incur costs attributable to the difference between the highest
price a buyer is willing to pay to purchase ETF Shares (bid) and the lowest price a
seller is willing to accept for ETF Shares (ask) when buying or selling shares in
the secondary market (bid-ask spread). Recent information, including information
on the Fund’s NAV, market price, premiums and discounts, and bid-ask spreads,
is available online at vanguard.com.
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Tax Information
The Fund’s distributions may be taxable as ordinary income or capital gain. If you
are investing through a tax-advantaged account, such as an IRA or an
employer-sponsored retirement or savings plan, special tax rules apply.
Payments to Financial Intermediaries
The Fund and its investment advisor do not pay financial intermediaries for sales
of Fund shares.
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Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares—Fund Number 923
To request additional information about the Fund, please visit vanguard.com or contact us at 866-499-8473.
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