Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF (VWO)

NYSEARCA: VWO · Real-Time Price · USD
50.49
-0.06 (-0.12%)
At close: Jul 18, 2025, 4:00 PM
50.49
0.00 (0.00%)
After-hours: Jul 18, 2025, 6:30 PM EDT
-0.12%
Assets$92.78B
Expense Ratio0.07%
PE Ratio15.03
Shares Out2.60B
Dividend (ttm)$1.39
Dividend Yield2.74%
Ex-Dividend DateJun 20, 2025
Payout FrequencyQuarterly
Payout Ratio41.24%
Volume5,384,675
Open50.71
Previous Close50.55
Day's Range50.46 - 50.79
52-Week Low39.53
52-Week High50.79
Beta0.58
Holdings5007
Inception DateMar 4, 2005

About VWO

Fund Home Page

The Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF (VWO) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in total market equity. The fund is passively managed to provide exposure to the emerging markets equity space. It holds stocks of any market capitalization. VWO was launched on Mar 4, 2005 and is issued by Vanguard.

Asset Class Equity
Category Diversified Emerging Mkts
Region Global
Stock Exchange NYSEARCA
Ticker Symbol VWO
ETF Provider Vanguard
Index Tracked FTSE Custom Emerging Markets All Cap China A Inclusion Net Tax (US RIC) Index

Top 10 Holdings

23.87% of assets
NameSymbolWeight
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited23308.20%
Tencent Holdings Limited07004.14%
Alibaba Group Holding LimitedBABAF2.58%
Mktliq 12/31/2049n/a1.76%
Slcmt1142n/a1.49%
HDFC Bank LimitedHDFCBANK1.37%
Reliance Industries LimitedRELIANCE1.18%
Xiaomi Corporation18101.18%
Meituan36901.02%
ICICI Bank LimitedICICIBANK0.95%
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Dividends

Ex-DividendAmountPay Date
Jun 20, 2025$0.1385Jun 24, 2025
Mar 21, 2025$0.0468Mar 25, 2025
Dec 20, 2024$1.0656Dec 24, 2024
Sep 20, 2024$0.1344Sep 24, 2024
Jun 21, 2024$0.1704Jun 25, 2024
Mar 15, 2024$0.0385Mar 20, 2024
Full Dividend History

Performance

VWO had a total return of 16.33% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 6.24%.

News

VEE:CA: Buy Emerging Markets Ahead Of Global Trade Realignments

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10 days ago - Seeking Alpha

VWO: Emerging Markets Offer Several Benefits

Relying solely on past performance for Emerging Markets can be misleading when making portfolio decisions. Comparing Emerging Markets to US Total Market indices highlights significant performance and ...

5 weeks ago - Seeking Alpha

VWO: Emerging Markets Extremely Cheap With 2025 Alpha

Emerging markets have outperformed the S&P 500 in 2025, with VWO delivering a 1.5% total return YTD, beating SPY by nearly 10 percentage points. Despite recent declines, VWO remains a buy due to its a...

3 months ago - Seeking Alpha

Foreign Stocks, Commodities Lead Major Asset Classes This Year

Global equities ex-US are the leaders, along with a broad measure of commodities, based on a set of ETFs through Friday's close. Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF has rallied 7.2% so far this year.

5 months ago - Seeking Alpha

3 Charts On VWO That Help Me Invest In Emerging Markets

VWO ETF, with its low expense ratio and high dividend yield, serves as a benchmark for analyzing emerging markets. Emerging markets' performance is complex, influenced by factors like the DXY index, T...

5 months ago - Seeking Alpha

VWO: Emerging Markets Are Good And So Is This Fund

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5 months ago - Seeking Alpha

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7 months ago - Seeking Alpha

VWO: Emerging Markets Face A Slew Of Risks In 2025

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8 months ago - Seeking Alpha

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8 months ago - Seeking Alpha

VWO: Buy The Post-China-Stimulus Dip

I am upgrading my rating on VWO from hold to buy due to improved fundamentals and technicals, despite questions about China's stimulus impact. VWO has shown strong performance, returning 20.7% since l...

9 months ago - Seeking Alpha

Emerging Markets Stocks Tied With U.S. Equities Year To Date

Exclude China and broadly defined EM stocks are posting substantially softer results, based on a set of ETFs through Friday's close. US shares are effectively neck and next with EM so far in 2024.

10 months ago - Seeking Alpha

Market strengths here… and abroad

Market strengths here… and abroad.

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10 months ago - CNBC Television

VWO: Potentially Better Macros, And Decent Risk-Reward On Offer

VWO, the largest and one of the more cost-efficient EM ETFs, but lagged global markets over the past year, by generating returns of only mid-single-digits. VWO's dominant regions - China and India, wh...

1 year ago - Seeking Alpha

VWO: Simple Emerging Market Equities ETF, But Better Choices Out There

International and emerging market equities currently trade with extremely cheap valuations and somewhat above-average yields. VWO is the largest emerging market equities ETF in the market. Although th...

1 year ago - Seeking Alpha

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1 year ago - Morningstar

VWO: An International Investor's Perspective On Avoiding Emerging Markets

VWO ETF has underperformed US and global equities in the past decade due to the decline of emerging markets. Investors were sold a growth story that did not materialize. I believe the Fund will contin...

1 year ago - Seeking Alpha

Emerging Markets Growth Remains Solid Amid Intensifying Inflationary Pressures

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VWO: Declining China Exposure To Hurt Returns

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1 year ago - Seeking Alpha

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How to Find the Best Emerging Market Stocks

Emerging market stocks often get overlooked, but adding them to your portfolio allows for diversification and potentially big returns. Just tread lightly.

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Emerging Markets Conclude 2023 On Better Note Than Developed Markets

Emerging markets will also be looking closely at economic conditions in mainland China, which will be a key determinant of broader emerging market growth in 2024. A key reason for diverging emerging a...

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1 year ago - Seeking Alpha

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1 year ago - Market Watch

VWO: Finishing A Disappointing 2023, Risks Remain In The Year Ahead

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1 year ago - Seeking Alpha

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