VAS
Vanguard Australian Shares Index Etf
🇦🇺 ASX
NULL AUSTRALIA
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👑 Overview
📈 Performance
📙 Holdings
💰 Distributions
💵 Cost
🍃 Esg
🤓 Advanced
👨👩👧👦 Community
📈
N/A
Annual Growth
5 years average annual growth
💰
5.50%
Annual distribution yield
Based on the most recent distribution
💵
$ 500
Minimum Order
Due to regulatory requirements
🌏
10,610
Pearlers Invested
Since January 2020
👑 Overview
Key information
🔎 Fund Overview
VAS.AX was created on 2009-05-04 by Vanguard. The fund's investment portfolio concentrates primarily on total market equity. Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF seeks to track the return of the S&P/ASX 300 Index before taking into account fees, expenses and tax.
VAS ETF Overview
Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF (ASX: VAS) seeks to track the performance of the ASX 300 index before account fees, expenses, and taxes. The index tracks the top 300 companies on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). These are mostly large and established Australian companies. It is a popular choice among passive individual investors who don't have the time or the expertise to actively invest in stocks. VAS has one of the lowest management fees in the ASX. It also has a high average dividend yield of 4.2%. So, it has historically been a good option for investors wanting stable dividend income with some capital gains.
About S&P / ASX 300 index
Since this ETF seeks to match the performance of the ASX 300 index, let's further discuss the underlying index and its composition. The ASX 300 index consists of the 200 largest companies listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX shares). It also consists of 100 small-cap companies, and property trusts based on float-adjusted market cap. This represents ~84-87% of Australia’s stock market, giving investors a broad and diversified exposure to the Australian markets. The largest sectors included in the index are financials and materials, representing ~50-55% of the index. 6 out of the top 10 companies are large banks and established mining companies. ~98%of the companies in the index are based in the Pacific region and ~2% are international shares.
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📈 Performance
Price History
+71.22%
1M
10Y
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Updated as of 30 April 2023
Industry Exposure
📙 Other
33%
🏦 Financials
27%
🧱 Materials
24%
🩺 Health
10%
🏭 Industrials
7%
Country Exposure
🇦🇺 Australia
98%
🇳🇿 New Zealand
1%
🇮🇪 Ireland
1%
💰 Distributions
Payouts
💰 Annual Distribution Yield*
5.50%
💰 Annual Distribution Earnings Per $1,000 invested**
$54.98
💰 Most Recent Distribution Franked Percentage Estimate
86.94%
💰 Average Distribution Franked Percentage Estimate
72.88 %
💰 Distribution reinvestment
* Based on the most recent distribution
** Calculated by multiplying the most recent distribution yield by $1,000
Distribution History
1Y
5Y
10Y
Graph
Table
Year
Yearly Distribution Earnings Per Share
Franking Estimate
2024
$0.00
0.00%
2023
$1.33
86.94%
2022
$6.30
27.24%
2021
$3.17
20.96%
2020
$2.17
26.39%
2019
$3.52
22.57%
2018
$3.49
25.65%
2017
$2.93
28.02%
2016
$3.00
30.65%
2015
$2.93
24.83%
💵 Costs
💼
0.10%
Management Fee
Included in unit price, not charged by Pearler
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Technical Info
💰 Price*
$90.18
💰 Price To Earnings Ratio
13.23
💰 Price To Book Ratio
2.09
💰 Leveraged
No
💰 Inverse
No
*Price may be up to 24 hours old
👩👩👦 Community Insights
How our community is investing
🌏 Pearlers invested in VAS
10,608
📊 Total Capital Earnings
N/A
🔃 Average investment frequency
N/A
💵 Average investment amount
N/A
⏰ Last time a customer invested in VAS
119 days
VAS investor breakdown
💵 Income of investors
More than 200k
150k - 200k
100k - 150k
17%
50k - 100k
43%
Less than 50k
28%
👶 Age of investors
18 - 25
14%
26 - 34
43%
35 - 90
44%
🙋 Legal gender of investors
Female
54%
Male
46%
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