Registry rank 1638 · Portfolio as of 2026-05-31

Mid Cap Index Fund

VMIDX (Mid Cap Index Fund)

The verdict

What the numbers say

92.4% of this portfolio matches the S&P MidCap 400, which costs $100 a year per $100,000 to own outright. This fund charges $350 a year.

7.6%: 17th percentile of 154 available values · source as of 2026-05-31vs the S&P MidCap 400 · fund as of 2026-05-31 · measured against the filed holdings of iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF (IJH), as of 2026-03-31
95.0%Russell 3000® Index · benchmark mismatch · fund as of 2026-05-31 · measured against the filed holdings of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI), as of 2026-03-31 · declared source as of 2025-05-31
0.35%: 26th percentile of 153 available values · source as of 2025-05-31SEC expense filing · as of 2025-05-31
VMIDX fee per active unit4.59%expense as of 2025-05-31; fund as of 2026-05-31; proxy as of 2026-03-31
Computed from SEC filings · fund portfolio as of 2026-05-31.
Data provenance

Run 363649da-fcfb-4007-87ef-de06de7710ca; method closet-index@2.0.0; fund accession 0001410368-26-075963; comparison periods and expense-filing links appear with their figures. Machine capture time: 2026-07-29T14:22:09.616Z.

Computed rule checks

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· Rule 1

The fund’s filed benchmark and its closest approved index control point to different comparisons.

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· Rule 2

92.4% of this portfolio matches the S&P MidCap 400, which costs $100 a year per $100,000 to own outright. This fund charges $350 a year.

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· Rule 3

No complete licensed window and filed headline fee are available together for this check.

Computed on licensed market-return history · filed fee as of 2025-05-31

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Filed fees in dollars

SEC-convention illustration

Computed from SEC filings

Assumptions for each dollar figure: $100,000 starting amount · 5.0% annual return · annual compounding · fees deducted annually · 0.01% computed index-control baseline. Methodology.

Illustrated difference between each class’s filed expense ratio and the computed index-control baseline. Lowest-cost classes are omitted rather than compared with themselves. Computed from SEC filings.
Share class and filing10 years20 years30 years
VMIDX0.35% · SEC expense filing · as of 2025-05-31$5,194$16,635$39,961

Real trailing windows

Computed on licensed market-return history

Trailing windows use iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF (IJH) adjusted-close total-return history through 2026-07-29 and the same filed index-control fee baseline as the convention table. Methodology.

Dollar fee drag over actual trailing proxy-return windows. Lowest-cost classes are omitted rather than compared with themselves. Each result below is computed on licensed market-return history.
Share class and filing10 years20 years30 years
VMIDXFiled fee as of 2025-05-31$8,484Computed on licensed market-return history
2016-07-29 to 2026-07-29 · proxy return 10.88% annualized
$40,719Computed on licensed market-return history
2006-07-31 to 2026-07-29 · proxy return 10.06% annualized
Proxy history begins 2000 — no full 30-year window

Index-control tracking difference

Annualized fund NAV return minus the matched proxy return. Positive means the fund NAV return was higher over that window.

Derived annualized percentages only. Each result below is computed on licensed market-return history.
Fund NAV class10 years20 years30 years
VMIDXno exact shared fund NAV/proxy anchors for a full 10-year windowno exact shared fund NAV/proxy anchors for a full 20-year windowno exact shared fund NAV/proxy anchors for a full 30-year window

These figures are illustrations, not predictions or personalized advice. Returns and fees can differ. Read the research disclaimer.

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Return mode

Computed from SEC filings

Assumptions for the dollar figures below: $100,000 starting amount; 5.0% annual return; 20 years; annual compounding; fees deducted annually; 0.01% computed index-control baseline. VMIDX SEC expense filing, as of 2025-05-31. Methodology.

SEC-convention illustration for VMIDX; expense ratio filed as of 2025-05-31.
ResultAmount
Ending value at baseline$264,825
Ending value at filed expense ratio$248,190
Difference attributed to fee drag$16,635

This is an illustration, not a prediction or personalized advice. Returns and fees can differ. Read the research disclaimer.

Largest active differences vs the S&P MidCap 400

The bars are labeled and repeated in the table; color is not the only signal. Linked company names open Buy Like Buffett’s company record; Sensible Investor does not score stocks.

HoldingFundS&P MidCap 400Difference
Casey'S General Stores Inc.0.00%0.85%-0.85%
FLEX LTD1.57%0.76%+0.82%
State Street Institutional US Government Money Market Fund0.41%0.00%+0.41%
Sterling Infrastructure Inc0.75%0.39%+0.36%
DigitalOcean Holdings Inc0.35%0.00%+0.35%
SharkNinja Inc0.25%0.00%+0.25%
Twilio Inc0.82%0.60%+0.22%
MACOM TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS INC0.67%0.45%+0.22%
SITIME CORP0.45%0.24%+0.21%
TTM Technologies Inc0.51%0.32%+0.19%

Source and verification

SEC N-PORT filing · filed 2026-07-28 · period 2026-05-31

SEC expense filing · period 2025-05-31

Immutable verification record · Active-share method

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Best-fit active share

Sensible Investor, “Mid Cap Index Fund — best-fit active share,” 7.6% versus the S&P MidCap 400, fund portfolio as of 2026-05-31; measured against the filed holdings of iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF (IJH), as of 2026-03-31. https://sensible-investor.com/registry/vmidx/as-of/363649da-fcfb-4007-87ef-de06de7710ca

VMIDX filed expense ratio

Sensible Investor, “Mid Cap Index Fund — filed expense ratio,” 0.35% for VMIDX, as of 2025-05-31. https://sensible-investor.com/registry/vmidx/as-of/363649da-fcfb-4007-87ef-de06de7710ca

VMIDX fee per active unit

Sensible Investor, “Mid Cap Index Fund — fee per unit of active management,” 4.59% using the VMIDX expense ratio as of 2025-05-31 and fund portfolio as of 2026-05-31. https://sensible-investor.com/registry/vmidx/as-of/363649da-fcfb-4007-87ef-de06de7710ca