John Hancock Retirement Plan Services

Vanguard Equity Income Fund (Admiral Shares)

AS OF 2025-03-31
INVESTMENT STRATEGY:

The investment seeks to provide an above-average level of current income and reasonable long-term capital appreciation. The fund invests mainly in common stocks of mid-size and large companies whose stocks typically pay above-average levels of dividend income and are, in the opinion of the purchasing advisor, undervalued relative to similar stocks. In addition, the advisors generally look for companies that they believe are committed to paying dividends consistently. Under normal circumstances, it will invest at least 80% of its assets in equity securities. The fund uses two investment advisors.

Fund Category:
Stock
Morningstar Categoryc23:
Large Value

PORTFOLIO DETAILS

Ticker VEIRX
Inception Date 2001-08-13
Gross Expense Ratiof1 (%) 0.18
Net Expense Ratiof1 (%) 0.18
Fund Total Net Assets ($M) 54,216.21
Management Company Wellington Management Company LLP
Portfolio Managers Sharon Hill
Matthew C Hand
Management Company Contact 800-662-7447
Blackout Holding Period (Days) 30
Blackout Minimum Amount ($) 0.00

TOP TEN HOLDINGS AS OF 2024-12-31

% of Assets

Broadcom Inc 4.75
JPMorgan Chase & Co 4.50
Johnson & Johnson 2.74
Merck & Co Inc 2.66
ConocoPhillips 2.22
Cisco Systems Inc 2.14
Bank of America Corp 2.13
Gilead Sciences Inc 1.92
Pfizer Inc 1.79
Procter & Gamble Co 1.39

Average Annual Total Returns %

As of 2025-03-31
Vanguard Equity Income Fund
YTD 2.77
1 Year 9.77
3 Year 8.04
5 Year 16.52
10 Year 10.37
Since Inception
Russell 1000 Value Indexi20
YTD 2.14
1 Year 7.18
3 Year 6.64
5 Year 16.15
10 Year 8.79
Since Inception --
Large Valueb25
YTD 1.49
1 Year 6.62
3 Year 6.86
5 Year 16.55
10 Year 8.91
Since Inception --
Performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Due to market volatility, current performance may be less or higher than the figures shown. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that upon redemption, shares may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance data does not reflect deduction of redemption fee, which, if such fee exists, would lower performance. For current to the most recent month-end performance information, please log onto myplan.johnhancock.com or call a John Hancock representative at (800) 294-3575.
  YTD 1 Year 3 Year 5 Year 10 Year Since Inception
Vanguard Equity Income Fund 2.77 9.77 8.04 16.52 10.37 --
Russell 1000 Value Indexi20 2.14 7.18 6.64 16.15 8.79 --
Large Valueb25 1.49 6.62 6.86 16.55 8.91 --
Performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Due to market volatility, current performance may be less or higher than the figures shown. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that upon redemption, shares may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance data does not reflect deduction of redemption fee, which, if such fee exists, would lower performance. For current to the most recent month-end performance information, please log onto myplan.johnhancock.com or call a John Hancock representative at (800) 294-3575.

Hypothetical Growth of $10,000

Portfolio Snapshotb2

  Long % Short % Net %

Top Sectorsb2 (%)

Top Countriesb2 (%)

Morningstar Category: Large Value

Large-value portfolios invest primarily in big U.S. companies that are less expensive or growing more slowly than other large-cap stocks. Stocks in the top 70% of the capitalization of the U.S. equity market are defined as large cap. Value is defined based on low valuations (low price ratios and high dividend yields) and slow growth (low growth rates for earnings, sales, book value, and cash flow).

Equity Style Box

Morningstar Ratingm1

Overall

Out of 1092 funds

4 Star Rating
3 Year

Out of 1092 funds

4 Star Rating
5 Year

Out of 1030 funds

3 Star Rating
10 Year

Out of 808 funds

5 Star Rating

m1. For each fund with at least a three-year history, Morningstar calculates a Morningstar RatingTM based on a Morningstar Risk-Adjusted Return measure that accounts for variation in a fund's monthly performance(not including the effects of sales charges, loads, and redemption fees), placing more emphasis on downward variations and rewarding consistent performance. Exchange traded funds and open-ended mutual funds are considered a single population for comparative purposes. The top 10% of funds in each category receive five stars, then next 22.5% receive four stars, the middle 35% receive three stars, the next 22.5% receive two stars, and the bottom 10% receive one star. The Overall Morningstar RatingTM for a fund is derived from a weighted average of the performance figures associated with its three-, five- and 10-year (if applicable) Morningstar RatingTM metrics. The rating formula most heavily weights the three year rating, using the following calculation: 100% three-year rating for 36-59 months of total returns, 60% five-year rating/40% three-year rating for 60-119 months of total returns, and 50% 10-year rating/30% five-year rating/20% three-year rating for 120 or more months of total returns. Past performance does not guarantee future results.

Key Statistics

Turnover Ratio (%) (annualized) 42
Betab1 (3y) (FTSE High Dividend Yield TR USD) 0.97
R-squaredb53 (%) (3y) (FTSE High Dividend Yield TR USD) 98.80
Sharpe Ratiob54 (3y) 0.29
# of Stock Holdings 196
# of Bond Holdings 0

Morningstar Volatility Analysis

Best 2-month Period Feb. 21 - Apr. 21 14.91
Worst 2-month Period Jan. 20 - Mar. 20 -23.06
Investment
Volatility
Category

This investment has shown a relatively moderate range of price fluctuations in the past. For this reason, it currently lands in the middle third of all investments with records of at least three years. However, this investment may experience larger or smaller price declines or price increases depending on market conditions. To offset some of the investment's risk, investors may wish to own investments with different portfolio makeups or investment strategies.