Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund (VEMAX)

NASDAQ · Mutual Fund · Delayed Price · Currency is USD
42.66
+0.11 (0.26%)
Aug 15, 2025, 4:00 PM EDT
0.26%
Fund Assets126.56B
Expense Ratio0.13%
Min. Investment$3,000
Turnover8.00%
Dividend (ttm)1.13
Dividend Yield2.63%
Dividend Growth-1.35%
Payout FrequencyQuarterly
Ex-Dividend DateJun 20, 2025
Previous Close42.55
YTD Return16.44%
1-Year Return20.15%
5-Year Return36.63%
52-Week Low33.54
52-Week High42.88
Beta (5Y)0.92
Holdings5041
Inception DateJun 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
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 20.15% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 5.52%.

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.

SymbolNameExpense Ratio
VWOVanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF0.07%

Other Share Classes

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

SymbolShare ClassExpense Ratio
VEMRXInstitutional Plus Shares0.07%
VEMIXInstitutional Shares0.09%
VEIEXInvestor Shares0.29%

Top 10 Holdings

24.70% of assets
NameSymbolWeight
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited23309.16%
Tencent Holdings Limited07004.11%
Alibaba Group Holding LimitedBABAF2.61%
Mktliq 12/31/2049n/a1.54%
Slcmt1142n/a1.42%
Xiaomi Corporation18101.37%
HDFC Bank LimitedHDFCBANK1.36%
Reliance Industries LimitedRELIANCE1.23%
China Construction Bank CorporationCICHF0.99%
ICICI Bank LimitedICICIBANK0.92%
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Dividend History

Ex-DividendAmountPay Date
Jun 20, 2025$0.1095Jun 23, 2025
Mar 21, 2025$0.0333Mar 24, 2025
Dec 20, 2024$0.8802Dec 23, 2024
Sep 20, 2024$0.1063Sep 23, 2024
Jun 21, 2024$0.1361Jun 24, 2024
Mar 15, 2024$0.027Mar 18, 2024
Full Dividend History