Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund (VEMRX)

NASDAQ · Mutual Fund · Delayed Price · Currency is USD
111.28
+0.89 (0.81%)
At close: Dec 19, 2025
16.58%
Fund Assets141.20B
Expense Ratio0.07%
Min. Investment$100,000,000
Turnover8.00%
Dividend (ttm)3.22
Dividend Yield2.86%
Dividend Growth6.26%
Payout FrequencyQuarterly
Ex-Dividend DateDec 19, 2025
Previous Close110.39
YTD Return23.12%
1-Year Return22.84%
5-Year Return25.36%
52-Week Low82.54
52-Week High114.66
Beta (5Y)0.87
Holdings5044
Inception DateDec 13, 2010

About VEMRX

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 Above Average
Risk Rating Below Average
Stock Exchange NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol VEMRX
Share Class Institutional Plus Shares
Index FTSE EM All Cap China A Inc NT (US RIC) TR

Performance

VEMRX had a total return of 22.84% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 6.90%.

Equivalent ETF

VEMRX 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 0.07% for VEMRX.

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
VEMIXInstitutional Shares0.09%
VEMAXAdmiral Shares0.13%
VEIEXInvestor Shares0.29%

Top 10 Holdings

26.76% of assets
NameSymbolWeight
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited233010.38%
Tencent Holdings Limited07004.53%
Alibaba Group Holding LimitedBABAF3.26%
Mktliq 12/31/2049n/a1.86%
Slcmt1142n/a1.81%
HDFC Bank LimitedHDFCBANK1.19%
Reliance Industries LimitedRELIANCE1.11%
China Construction Bank CorporationCICHF0.94%
Xiaomi Corporation18100.85%
PDD Holdings Inc.PDD0.82%
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Dividend History

Ex-DividendAmountPay Date
Dec 19, 2025$2.172Dec 22, 2025
Sep 19, 2025$0.588Sep 22, 2025
Jun 20, 2025$0.2912Jun 23, 2025
Mar 21, 2025$0.0984Mar 24, 2025
Dec 20, 2024$2.2414Dec 23, 2024
Sep 20, 2024$0.2829Sep 23, 2024
Full Dividend History