Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund Admiral Shares (VEMAX)

NASDAQ · Mutual Fund · Delayed Price · Currency is USD
36.59
+0.50 (1.39%)
Apr 23, 2025, 8:09 AM EDT
6.58%
Fund Assets 76.97B
Expense Ratio 0.13%
Min. Investment $3,000
Turnover n/a
Dividend (ttm) 1.16
Dividend Yield 3.20%
Dividend Growth -3.04%
Payout Frequency Quarterly
Ex-Dividend Date Mar 21, 2025
Previous Close 36.09
YTD Return -0.40%
1-Year Return 9.94%
5-Year Return 44.11%
52-Week Low 33.54
52-Week High 40.81
Beta (5Y) 0.86
Holdings 5012
Inception Date Jun 23, 2006

About VEMAX

The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the FTSE Emerging Markets All Cap China A Inclusion Index. It invests by sampling the index, meaning that it holds a broadly diversified collection of securities that, in the aggregate, approximates the index in terms of key characteristics.

Fund Family Vanguard
Category Diversified Emerging Mkts
Performance Rating Average
Risk Rating Below Average
Stock Exchange NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol VEMAX
Share Class Admiral Shares
Index FTSE EM All Cap China A Inc NT (US RIC) TR

Performance

VEMAX had a total return of 9.94% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 4.75%.

Equivalent ETF

VEMAX has an equivalent ETF with the ticker symbol VWO, the Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF. This is an ETF from the same fund company that follows the same index. It has an expense ratio of 0.07% compared to 0.13% for VEMAX.

Symbol Name Expense Ratio
VWO Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF 0.07%

Other Share Classes

These are alternative share classes of the same fund, from the same provider.

Symbol Share Class Expense Ratio
VEMRX Institutional Plus Shares 0.07%
VEMIX Institutional Shares 0.09%
VEIEX Investor Shares 0.29%

Top 10 Holdings

24.11% of assets
Name Symbol Weight
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 2330 7.50%
Tencent Holdings Limited 0700 4.35%
Alibaba Group Holding Limited BABAF 3.11%
Slcmt1142 n/a 1.93%
Mktliq 12/31/2049 n/a 1.44%
HDFC Bank Limited HDFCBANK 1.33%
Meituan 3690 1.23%
Xiaomi Corporation 1810 1.20%
Reliance Industries Limited RELIANCE 1.10%
PDD Holdings Inc. PDD 0.93%
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Dividend History

Ex-Dividend Amount Pay Date
Mar 21, 2025 $0.0333 Mar 24, 2025
Dec 20, 2024 $0.8802 Dec 23, 2024
Sep 20, 2024 $0.1063 Sep 23, 2024
Jun 21, 2024 $0.1361 Jun 24, 2024
Mar 15, 2024 $0.027 Mar 18, 2024
Dec 15, 2023 $0.7143 Dec 18, 2023
Full Dividend History