VTMFX Vanguard Tax-Managed Balanced Fund Admiral Shares

Management style

Index

Asset class

Balanced

Category

Moderate Allocation

Risk / reward scale

Start of Risk Scale. On a scale of 1 to 5, 1 is less risk less reward, 5 is more risk more reward
The fund risk level is a 3

Less

More

End of Risk Scale.

Expense ratio

0.09%

as of 04/26/2024

as of 02/28/2025

Investment minimum

$10,000

as of 03/28/2025

NAV price

$43.80

as of 03/28/2025

Overview

Key facts

CUSIP

921943304

Management style

Index

Asset class

Balanced

Category

Moderate Allocation

Inception date

09/06/1994

Fund Number

0103

Ratings

Risk / reward scale

Start of Risk Scale. On a scale of 1 to 5, 1 is less risk less reward, 5 is more risk more reward
The fund risk level is a 3

Less

More

End of Risk Scale.
Price

Minimum Investment

$10,000

NAV Price

$43.80

as of 03/28/2025

NAV change

decreased-$0.36 (-0.82%)

as of 03/28/2025

Expense Ratio

0.09%

as of 04/26/2024

Performance

YTD returns

-2.58%

as of 03/28/2025

Product summary

As part of Vanguard’s series of tax-managed investments, this fund provides exposure to the mid- and large-capitalization segments of the U.S. stock market with about 50% of assets, while the balance of assets are invested in federally tax-exempt municipal bonds. The stock component’s unique index-oriented approach attempts to track its benchmark, while minimizing taxable dividend income. Investors in higher tax brackets who are seeking some growth of principal and who are able to tolerate the risks that come from the volatility of the stock and bond markets may wish to consider this fund.

Please note: It is possible that the fund will not meet its objective of being tax-efficient.

Fund management

Vanguard Fixed Income Group

Vanguard Equity Index Group

Performance & fees

Total returns
Month-end/Quarterly Pre-Tax Toggle

as of 02/28/2025

Recent returns

Average annual

Month-end3-Month totalYTD1-yr3-yr5-yr10-yr

Since inception

09/06/1994

VTMFX2

-0.41%-0.55%1.37%10.07%6.69%8.55%7.45%7.67%

Benchmark

-0.38%-0.35%1.56%10.47%7.02%9.04%7.72%7.86%

as of 12/31/2024

Year1st Qtr2nd Qtr3rd Qtr4th QtrYear-end

Benchmark

2025
20244.92%1.89%4.18%0.71%12.17% 12.32%
20234.78%4.07%-2.92%9.14%15.53% 15.65%
2022-5.27%-9.40%-3.48%5.44%-12.66% -12.14%
20212.62%4.82%0.09%5.05%13.10% 13.19%
2020-10.24%11.64%5.30%7.38%13.30% 14.15%
20198.01%3.07%1.33%4.62%18.01% 18.53%
2018-0.73%2.10%3.40%-5.94%-1.43% -1.29%
20173.58%2.44%2.76%3.31%12.64% 12.75%
20161.46%2.36%1.76%0.24%5.94% 6.12%
20151.47%-0.24%-2.57%3.79%2.35% 2.19%

as of 12/31/2024

Year

Capital return by NAV

Income return by NAV

Total return by NAV

Benchmark

20249.81% 2.36%12.17%12.32%
202313.19% 2.34%15.53%15.65%
2022-14.24% 1.58%-12.66%-12.14%
202111.48% 1.61%13.10%13.19%
202011.12% 2.18%13.30%14.15%
201915.51% 2.50%18.01%18.53%
2018-3.51% 2.09%-1.43%-1.29%
201710.34% 2.30%12.64%12.75%
20163.69% 2.26%5.94%6.12%
20150.26% 2.09%2.35%2.19%
20147.59% 2.22%9.81%9.95%
201311.91% 2.43%14.34%14.95%
20128.27% 2.60%10.87%10.68%
20112.96% 2.63%5.58%5.88%
20106.45% 2.76%9.22%9.81%

as of 02/28/2025

1-yr3-yr5-yr10-yr

Since inception

09/06/1994

VTMFX10.07% 21.43%50.71% 105.12% 851.15%

Benchmark

10.47%22.57%54.15%110.45%

Expense ratio

VTMFX

0.09%

Average expense ratio of similar funds3

0.78%

Historical volatility measures
as of 02/28/2025
BenchmarkR-Squared4Beta4
Tax-Managed Balanced Composite Index11.001.00
Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index0.950.61
Fund-specific fees

Purchase fee

None

Fund family redemption fee

None

The performance data shown represent past performance, which is not a guarantee of future results. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate so that investors' shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data cited.

Performance data do not reflect the deduction of the $25 annual account service fee that may be applied to certain accounts. If this fee was included, performance would be lower.

Price

Closing price

Closing price as of 03/28/2025

NAV

$43.80

NAV change

decreased-$0.36 (-0.82%)

52-week High

$46.68

as of 12/06/2024

52-week Low

$41.66

as of 04/19/2024

52-week Difference

$5.02 (12.05%)

30 day SEC yield

2.23%

 

B SEC yield footnote code

 

as of 02/28/2025

Historical prices
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VTMFX 03/28/2025
$43.80

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Portfolio composition

Characteristics

as of 02/28/2025

FundamentalVTMFX
Benchmark
Number of stocks 756 1007
Median market cap $233.2 B $217.8 B
Earnings growth rate 19.7% 18.9%
P/E ratio 26.0x 26.4x
P/B ratio 4.6x 4.6x
Return on equity 27.0% 24.0%
Foreign holdings 0.0%
FundamentalVTMFX
Benchmark
Number of bonds 3360 46754
Yield to maturity 3.8% 3.6%
Average coupon 4.4% 4.6%
Average stated maturity 9.9 years 8.2 years
Average duration 5.7 years 4.7 years
FundamentalVTMFX
Benchmark
Fund total net assets as of 02/28/2025 $10.5 B
Asset allocation

as of 02/28/2025

46.75%Stock
Asset class VTMFXStock 46.75%Bond 53.25%
Stylebox

Equity

Market Captialization Large Investment Style Blend

Fixed Income

Quality

Trsy/
Agcy
Inv Grd
Corp
Below
Inv
Grade

Duration

Short

Medium

Long

Weighted exposures

as of 02/28/2025

1.40%Basic Materials
Sectors8VTMFX Benchmark Benchmark+/- Weight Basic Materials1.40%1.40%0.00%Consumer Discretionary15.20%15.50%-0.30%Consumer Staples4.00%4.00%0.00%Energy3.30%3.30%0.00%Financials11.70%11.10%0.60%Health Care10.10%9.70%0.40%Industrials13.00%12.30%0.70%Real Estate2.40%2.40%0.00%Technology34.20%35.70%-1.50%Telecommunications2.10%2.10%0.00%Utilities2.60%2.50%0.10%

Weighted equity exposures exclude any temporary cash investments and equity index futures. Some short-term fixed income securities are classified as cash and are excluded from the weighted bond exposures.

Holding details

as of 02/28/2025

Ticker Holdings Shares Market value
AAPL Apple Inc. 1,342,370 $324,638,761
MSFT Microsoft Corp. 699,194 $277,573,026
NVDA NVIDIA Corp. 2,160,279 $269,862,053
AMZN Amazon.com Inc. 855,096 $181,519,779
META Facebook Inc. Class A 216,043 $144,359,933
BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B 178,962 $91,956,044
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A 533,906 $90,913,514
GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C 505,280 $87,019,322
LLY Eli Lilly & Co. 84,163 $77,482,983
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. 287,472 $76,079,465
Name

of issuer

Title of issuer Coupon/Yield Category of investment Cusip/Other id Effective maturity date Final maturity date Principal amount Amortized cost
037833100
594918104
67066G104
023135106
30303M102
084670702
02079K305
02079K107
532457108
46625H100
Ticker Description Shares
AAPL
MSFT
NVDA
AMZN
META
BRK.B
GOOGL
GOOG
LLY
JPM
Ticker Holdings Shares Market value
AAPL Apple Inc. 1,342,370 $324,638,761
MSFT Microsoft Corp. 699,194 $277,573,026
NVDA NVIDIA Corp. 2,160,279 $269,862,053
AMZN Amazon.com Inc. 855,096 $181,519,779
META Facebook Inc. Class A 216,043 $144,359,933
BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B 178,962 $91,956,044
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A 533,906 $90,913,514
GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C 505,280 $87,019,322
LLY Eli Lilly & Co. 84,163 $77,482,983
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. 287,472 $76,079,465
Name

of issuer

Title of issuer Coupon/Yield Category of investment Cusip/Other id Effective maturity date Final maturity date Principal amount Amortized cost
037833100
594918104
67066G104
023135106
30303M102
084670702
02079K305
02079K107
532457108
46625H100
Ticker Description Shares
AAPL
MSFT
NVDA
AMZN
META
BRK.B
GOOGL
GOOG
LLY
JPM
Ticker Holdings Shares Market value
AAPL Apple Inc. 1,342,370 $324,638,761
MSFT Microsoft Corp. 699,194 $277,573,026
NVDA NVIDIA Corp. 2,160,279 $269,862,053
AMZN Amazon.com Inc. 855,096 $181,519,779
META Facebook Inc. Class A 216,043 $144,359,933
BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B 178,962 $91,956,044
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A 533,906 $90,913,514
GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C 505,280 $87,019,322
LLY Eli Lilly & Co. 84,163 $77,482,983
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. 287,472 $76,079,465
Name

of issuer

Title of issuer Coupon/Yield Category of investment Cusip/Other id Effective maturity date Final maturity date Principal amount Amortized cost
037833100
594918104
67066G104
023135106
30303M102
084670702
02079K305
02079K107
532457108
46625H100
Ticker Description Shares
AAPL
MSFT
NVDA
AMZN
META
BRK.B
GOOGL
GOOG
LLY
JPM

Distributions

Realized/Unrealized gains

as of 02/28/2025

Realized gain

-$0.57

% of NAV

decreased-1.25%

Unrealized gains of NAV

$16.22

% of NAV

increased35.39%

Fiscal year end

12/31/2025

Distribution schedule

Quarterly

How your fund can affect your taxes

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How your fund can affect your taxes

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Learn about realized and unrealized gains and losses
Dividend income and capital gains
Type$/Share Payable date Record date Reinvest date Reinvest price
Dividend$0.26300003/28/202503/26/202503/27/2025$44.16
Dividend$0.24240012/31/202412/27/202412/30/2024$45.31
Dividend$0.24200009/27/202409/25/202409/26/2024$45.06
Dividend$0.23390006/28/202406/26/202406/27/2024$43.65
Dividend$0.22430003/22/202403/20/202403/21/2024$42.95
Dividend$0.21510012/21/202312/19/202312/20/2023$40.83
Dividend$0.19870009/21/202309/19/202309/20/2023$38.76

Fund management

Vanguard Tax-Managed Balanced Fund seeks a tax-efficient total return, consisting of federally tax-exempt income, capital growth, and modest taxable current income. Fund assets are allocated to maintain approximately 50% in stocks and 50% in municipal bonds.

Equity Component: The fund’s stock portfolio seeks to track the investment performance of the Russell 1000 Index—an unmanaged benchmark representing large- and mid-cap U.S. stocks—using a tax-efficient approach. The advisor uses a proprietary portfolio-optimization technique to select a sample of stocks that, in aggregate, reflect the characteristics of the benchmark index. The technique emphasizes stocks with low dividend yields to minimize taxable dividend distributions. In addition, a disciplined sell process minimizes the realization of net capital gains and may include the realization of losses to offset unavoidable gains. The experience and stability of Vanguard’s Equity Index Group have permitted continuous refinement of indexing techniques designed to minimize tracking error and provide tax-efficient returns.

Fixed Income Component: The fund’s bond portfolio is invested in intermediate-term, tax-exempt municipal securities issued by state and local governments. The fund advisor adds value through active management, primarily by emphasizing specific issues and sectors that appear attractively priced. Turnover is low to minimize the realization of capital gains.

The Vanguard Group
Launched in 1975, The Vanguard Group, Malvern, Pennsylvania, is among the world’s largest equity and fixed income managers. As chief investment officer, Gregory Davis, CFA, oversees Vanguard’s Equity Index, Investment Strategy, Quantitative Equity, and Fixed Income Groups. The group has advised Vanguard Tax-Managed Balanced Fund since 1994.

Vanguard Equity Index Group

Michael R. Roach
CFA, Portfolio manager.
Advised the fund since 2023. Worked in investment management since 2000. B.S., Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. M.S., Drexel University.
Walter Nejman
Portfolio manager.
Advised the fund since 2021. Worked in investment management since 2008. B.A., Arcadia University. M.B.A., Villanova University.
Aurelie Denis
CFA, Portfolio manager.
Advised the fund since 2023. Worked in investment management since 2017. B.S., Pennsylvania State University.
Vanguard Fixed Income Group

Sara Devereux, principal and global head of Fixed Income Group, has direct oversight responsibility for all money market, bond, and stable value portfolios managed by the Fixed Income Group. The Fixed Income Group offers actively managed investments in U.S. Treasury, corporate, and tax-exempt securities, as well as passively managed index portfolios. Since 1981, it has refined techniques in total-return management, credit research, and index sampling to seek to deliver consistent performance with transparency and risk control.

Investment Manager Biographies

James M. D'Arcy
CFA, Portfolio manager.
Advised the fund since 2013. Worked in investment management since 1996. B.A., University of Colorado.
Grace Boraas
Portfolio manager.
Advised the fund since 2023. Worked in investment management since 2005. B.S., Stetson University.

Performance & fees

1
Weighted 50% Russell 1000 Index and 50% Bloomberg 7 Year Municipal Bond Index through January 31, 2002, and 50% Russell 1000 Index and 50% Bloomberg 1–15 Year Municipal Bond Index thereafter.
2

The inception date for the fund's Investor Shares was September 6, 1994; Investor Shares were renamed Admiral Shares on May 13, 2011.

3

Most recent data available. © 2023 Morningstar, Inc. All rights reserved. The information contained herein: (1) is proprietary to Morningstar and/or its content providers; (2) may not be copied or distributed; (3) does not constitute investment advice offered by Morningstar; and (4) is not warranted to be accurate, complete, or timely. Neither Morningstar nor its content providers are responsible for any damages or losses arising from any use of this information. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

4

R-squared and beta are calculated from trailing 36-month fund returns relative to the associated benchmark.

Portfolio composition

5
Weighted 50% Russell 1000 Index and 50% Bloomberg 7 Year Municipal Bond Index through January 31, 2002, and 50% Russell 1000 Index and 50% Bloomberg 1–15 Year Municipal Bond Index thereafter.
6

Credit-quality ratings are measured on a scale that generally ranges from AAA (highest) to D (lowest). "NR" is used to classify securities for which a rating is not available. NR securities may include a fund's investment in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund or Vanguard Municipal Low Duration Fund, each of which invests in high-quality money market instruments and may serve as a cash management vehicle for the Vanguard funds, trusts, and accounts. U.S. Treasury, U.S. Agency, and U.S. Agency mortgage-backed securities appear under "U.S. Government." Credit-quality ratings for each issue are obtained from Bloomberg using ratings derived from Moody's Investors Service (Moody's), Fitch Ratings (Fitch), and Standard & Poor's (S&P). When ratings from all three agencies are available, the median rating is used. When ratings are available from two of the agencies, the lower rating is used. When one rating is available, that rating is used.

7

Alternative minimum tax (AMT) percentage represents the fund's income subject to the AMT as of the date indicated.

8

Sector categories are based on the Industry Classification Benchmark system (“ICB”), except for the “Other” category (if applicable), which includes securities that have not been provided an ICB classification as of the effective reporting period.

© 2023 Morningstar, Inc. All Rights Reserved. The information contained herein: (1) is proprietary to Morningstar; (2) may not be copied or distributed; and (3) is not warranted to be accurate, complete or timely. Neither Morningstar nor its content providers are responsible for any damages or losses arising from any use of this information. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

Vanguard average mutual fund expense ratio: 0.09%. Industry average mutual fund expense ratio: 0.50%. All averages are asset-weighted. Industry average excludes Vanguard. Sources: Vanguard and Morningstar, Inc., as of December 31, 2023.

Total returns: Short-term total return information is provided only as a service. Historical performance—particularly short-term performance—is no guarantee of future returns. Price, yield, and return on an actual investment will fluctuate, and you may have a gain or loss when you sell. Average annual returns include changes in price and reinvestments of dividends and capital gains. Since-inception returns for less than 1 year and year-to-date returns aren't annualized. Index performance is provided as a benchmark but isn't illustrative of any particular investment. You can't invest in an index.

Standardized returns: To see quarterly fee-adjusted returns, refer to the Price & Performance details.

Expense ratios: Expense ratios are displayed on Overview. For investments that are less than 1 fiscal year old, expense ratios are estimated.

Risk: All investing is subject to risk, including the possible loss of the money you invest. Funds that concentrate on a relatively narrow market sector face the risk of higher share-price volatility. Investments in stocks or bonds issued by non-U.S. companies are subject to risks including country/regional risk and currency risk.

The fund is subject to the risks associated with the stock and bond markets, any of which could cause an investor to lose money, and the level of risk may vary based on market conditions. However, because stock and bond prices can move in different directions or to different degrees, the fund’s bond holdings may counteract some of the volatility experienced by the fund’s stock holdings.

  • With 50% to 55% of its assets in municipal securities, the fund is proportionately subject to bond risks, including the following: interest rate risk, which is the chance that bond prices overall will decline because of rising interest rates; credit risk, which is the chance that a bond issuer will fail to pay interest or principal in a timely manner or that negative perceptions of the issuer’s ability to make such payments will cause the price of that bond to decline; call risk, which is the chance that during periods of falling interest rates, issuers of callable bonds may call (redeem) securities with higher coupon rates or interest rates before their maturity dates, causing the fund to lose any price appreciation above the bond’s call price and forcing it to reinvest the unanticipated proceeds at lower interest rates that may result in a decline in the fund’s income; income risk, which is the chance that the fund’s income will decline because of falling interest rates; liquidity risk, which is the chance that the fund may not be able to sell a security in a timely manner at a desired price; manager risk, which is the chance that poor security selection will cause the fund to underperform relevant benchmarks or other funds with a similar investment objective; and tax risk, which is the chance that all or a portion of the tax-exempt income from municipal bonds held by the fund will be declared taxable, possibly with retroactive effect, because of unfavorable changes in tax laws, adverse interpretations by the Internal Revenue Service or state or local tax authorities, or noncompliant conduct of a bond issuer.
  • With 45% to 50% of its assets in stocks, the fund is proportionately subject to stock risks, including stock market risk and investment style risk. Stock market risk 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 benchmark index for the stock portion of the fund 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 benchmark 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 is the chance that returns from large- and mid-capitalization stocks will trail returns from the overall stock market. Large- and mid-cap stocks each tend to go through cycles of doing better—or worse—than other segments of the stock market or the stock market in general. These periods have, in the past, lasted for as long as several years. Historically, mid-cap stocks have been more volatile in price than large-cap stocks. The stock prices of mid-size companies tend to experience greater volatility because, among other things, these companies tend to be more sensitive to changing economic conditions.