VGS
Vanguard MSCI Index International Shares Etf
🇦🇺 ASX
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👑 Overview
📈 Performance
📙 Holdings
💰 Distributions
💵 Cost
🍃 Esg
🤓 Advanced
👨👩👧👦 Community
📈
N/A
Annual Growth
5 years average annual capital growth
💰
1.43%
Annual distribution yield
Based on the most recent distribution
💵
$ 500
Minimum Order
Due to regulatory requirements
🌏
6,425
Pearlers Invested
Since January 2020
👑 Overview
Key information
🔎 Fund Overview
VGS.AX was created on 2014-11-18 by Vanguard. The fund's investment portfolio concentrates primarily on total market equity. Vanguard MSCI International Shares Index ETF seeks to track the return of the MSCI World ex-Australia Index (with net dividends reinvested) in Australian dollars before taking into account fees, expenses and tax.
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📈 Performance
Price History
+104.56%
1M
All Time
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Show moreUpdated as of 30 April 2023
Industry Exposure
🤖 Information
20%
🏦 Financials
14%
🩺 Health
14%
🏭 Industrials
11%
📙 Other
11%
🛍️ Consumer
10%
📞 Communication
6%
🔋 Energy
5%
🧱 Materials
4%
⚡️ Utilities
3%
🏡 Real Estate
2%
Country Exposure
🇺🇸 United States of America (the)
67%
🇯🇵 Japan
6%
🇬🇧 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)
5%
🇨🇦 Canada
4%
🇫🇷 France
4%
🇨🇭 Switzerland
3%
🇩🇪 Germany
3%
🇳🇱 Netherlands (the)
2%
🇮🇪 Ireland
1%
🇸🇪 Sweden
1%
🇩🇰 Denmark
1%
🇪🇸 Spain
1%
🇭🇰 Hong Kong
1%
🇮🇹 Italy
1%
💰 Distributions
Payouts
💰 Annual Distribution Yield*
1.43%
💰 Annual Distribution Earnings Per $1,000 invested**
$14.29
💰 Most Recent Distribution Franked Percentage Estimate
0.00%
💰 Average Distribution Franked Percentage Estimate
0.00 %
💰 Distribution reinvestment
* Based on the most recent distribution
** Calculated by multiplying the most recent distribution yield by $1,000
Distribution History
1Y
5Y
10Y
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Table
Year
Yearly Distribution Earnings Per Share
Franking Estimate
2025
$0.00
0.00%
2024
$0.00
0.00%
2023
$0.53
0.00%
2022
$1.74
0.00%
2021
$1.87
0.00%
2020
$1.89
0.00%
2019
$1.97
0.00%
2018
$1.73
0.00%
2017
$1.84
0.00%
2016
$2.24
0.00%
💵 Costs
💼
0.18%
Management Fee
Included in unit price, not charged by Pearler
💸
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Technical Info
💰 Price*
$104.08
💰 Price To Earnings Ratio
16.58
💰 Price To Book Ratio
2.78
💰 Leveraged
No
💰 Inverse
No
*Price may be up to 24 hours old
👩👩👦 Community Insights
How our community is investing
🌏 Pearlers invested in VGS
6,425
📊 Total Capital Earnings
N/A
🔃 Average investment frequency
N/A
💵 Average investment amount
N/A
⏰ Last time a customer invested in VGS
172 days
VGS investor breakdown
💵 Income of investors
More than 200k
150k - 200k
100k - 150k
18%
50k - 100k
43%
Less than 50k
27%
👶 Age of investors
18 - 25
13%
26 - 34
44%
35 - 90
43%
🙋 Legal gender of investors
Female
52%
Male
48%
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