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Vanguard Mega Cap 300 ETF seeks investment results that correspond to the MSCI US Large Cap 300 Index.

FUND BASICS
Category	US Equities
Fund Sponsor	Vanguard Group Inc/The
Website	www.vanguard.com
Inception date	Dec 21, 2007
Assets (mns)	$2,399
Currency	USD
Expense ratio	7 bp
Distributions	Quarterly

FUND STRUCTURE
Regulation	Open-Ended Fund
Custodian
Weighting	Market Cap
Index replication	Full
Uses derivatives	No
Options available	Yes

SECTOR BREAKDOWN

CONSTITUENT BREAKDOWN
No. of constituents	263
Wgt avg mkt cap (mns)	$354,543
Large cap (>$10bn)	99.9%
Mid cap ($2-10bn)	0.1%
Small cap (<$2bn)	0.0%
Developed mkts	100.0%
Emerging mkts	0.0%

TOP TEN HOLDINGS
Total	26.8 %
APPLE INC	5.4 %
MICROSOFT CORP	5.4 %
AMAZON.COM INC	3.3 %
FACEBOOK	2.2 %
ALPHABET INC. CLASS A	1.9 %
ALPHABET INC. CLASS C	1.8 %
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC-CL B	1.8 %
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO	1.8 %
JOHNSON & JOHNSON	1.7 %
VISA INC-CLASS A SHARES	1.5 %

TOP COUNTRY EXPOSURE
	UNITED STATES	96.7 %
	IRELAND	2.0 %
	BRITAIN	0.8 %
	SWITZERLAND	0.4 %

HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE info

	Custom date range	Compare to
	thru

Standardized Annual Returns (thru December 31)
Year-to-date	1 year	5 years	10 years	Since Incep.
31.1%	31.1%	12.0%	13.6%	9.1%

Market Correlations
versus...	Beta	R-squared
S&P500	0.98	100%
MSCI EAFE	0.90	69%
MSCI Emg. Mkts.	0.60	53%

Technical Indicators
Recent close	$115.47
30d moving avg.	$111.54
Annualized volatility	11.9%
Short interest (ETF)	0.1%
Short interest (Underlying)	1.9%
Relative strength (RSI)	77

Liquidity measures
Avg. volume (thou.)	64
Turnover	0.3%
Bid/Ask (% of price)	0.02%
ADV underlying (mns)	$116,851

Distributions

FINDING ALTERNATIVE FUNDS

Below is a list of 20 potential alternatives to the Vanguard Mega Cap 300 ETF ETF based on the alternatives' overlap in portfolio holdings with MGC. Consider funds with lower expense ratios and/or higher ALTAR Score™ ratings as possible alternatives.

Benchmark ticker:

MGC

Expense:

7 bp

ALTAR Score™:

5.5%

ALTERNATIVE ETFs BASED ON OVERLAP WITH MGC
Ticker	Fund Name	Overlap¹ vs MGC (%)	Expense ratio (bp)	Savings vs MGC (bp)	ALTAR Score™ (%)	ALTAR vs MGC (%)
IWL	iShares Russell Top 200	93.3	15	-8	5.3	-0.2
PBP	Invesco S&P 500 Buy/Write	88.3	49	-42	5.2	-0.3
HSPX	Global X S&P 500 Covered Call	85.9	65	-58	5.0	-0.5
VOO	Vanguard S&P 500 ETF	85.7	3	4	5.6	+0.1
SPYX	SPDR S&P 500 Fossil Fuel Reserves Free	85.7	20	-13	5.5	+0.1
SPY	S&P 500 SPDR	85.6	9	-2	5.5	+0.0
SPXE	ProShares S&P 500 Ex-Energy	85.5	27	-20	5.5	-0.0
IVV	iShares Core S&P 500	85.4	4	3	5.5	+0.1
SPXN	ProShares S&P 500 Ex-Financials	84.0	27	-20	5.5	+0.0
VV	Vanguard Large-Cap ETF	83.9	4	3	5.5	0.0
SPXV	ProShares S&P 500 Ex-Health Care	83.8	27	-20	5.3	-0.2
JUST	Goldman Sachs JUST U.S. Large Cap Equity	82.5	20	-13	5.2	-0.3
BBUS	JP Morgan Betabuilders U.S. Equity	81.9	2	5	5.5	+0.0
PBUS	Invesco PureBeta MSCI USA	81.8	4	3	5.6	+0.1
SCHX	Schwab U.S. Large-Cap	79.8	3	4	5.4	-0.0
SPLG	SPDR Portfolio Large Cap	79.3	3	4	5.4	-0.1
SFY	SoFi Select 500	79.0	0	7	5.2	-0.2
VONE	Vanguard Russell 1000	78.2	12	-5	5.4	-0.1
IWB	iShares Russell 1000	77.6	15	-8	5.3	-0.2
SCHK	Schwab 1000 Index	77.4	5	2	5.4	-0.0

¹Overlap is the percentage of holdings by weight that are identical. For example, if Fund A has a 2% position in Apple, Inc. (AAPL) and Fund B has a 5% position, their overlapping position in AAPL is 2%.

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RESULTS & ESTIMATES

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OTHER FUNDAMENTAL METRICS

Long term EPS growth est.	**%		Debt-to-equity	**x
Asset turnover	**%		Assets-to-equity	**x

Return on equity

Revision activity*

*Six months ago = 100

Net margins

Compound annual growth rates

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VALUATION METRICS

	2018	2019E	2020E
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Price-to-earnings	**	**	**
Price-to-cash flow	**	**	**
Price-to-growth	**	**	**
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Historical valuation trends

Forward multiple:	Vanguard Mega Cap 300 ETF
Relative to:	S&P500	MSCI EAFE	MSCI Emg. Mkts.	Other ETF:

NEUTRAL

Average appreciation potential. A rating of NEUTRAL is assigned to ETFs with ALTAR Scores in the middle quintile (ranking between 40%-60%) of their category. This indicates that valuations adequately reflect the fundamentals of stocks in these funds.

ALTAR Score™

Calculation of ALTAR Score™
Avg. Return on Equity	18.1	%
Divided by: Fwd. P/BV	3.3	x
Less: Expense ratio	7	bp
Equals: ALTAR Score	5.5	%

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MODERN PORTFOLIO THEORY info

CONSENSUS RECOMMENDATIONS: FUND CONSTITUENTS

COMPOSITE RATING	1.46	CATEGORY AVERAGE	1.55

The composite rating is a weighted average of analysts' consensus recommendations for individual ETF constituents, based on the following scale: BUY = 1; OVERWEIGHT = 1.5, HOLD = 2; UNDERWEIGHT = 2.5; and SELL = 3. Readers are cautioned that because analyst ratings tend to be inflated, the composite score may be more useful as a relative measure of sentiment between funds rather than as a stand-alone recommendation.