Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Index Fund Admiral Shares (VFWAX)

NASDAQ · Mutual Fund · Delayed Price · Currency is USD
35.58
0.00 (0.00%)
Dec 20, 2024, 8:01 PM EST
3.67%
Fund Assets 58.22B
Expense Ratio 0.11%
Min. Investment $3,000
Turnover 4.00%
Dividend (ttm) 0.56
Dividend Yield 1.55%
Dividend Growth -0.24%
Payout Frequency Quarterly
Ex-Dividend Date Dec 20, 2024
Previous Close 35.58
YTD Return 5.15%
1-Year Return 6.98%
5-Year Return 24.30%
52-Week Low 33.58
52-Week High 39.53
Beta (5Y) 1.02
Holdings 3859
Inception Date Sep 27, 2011

About VFWAX

The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the FTSE All-World ex US Index. The advisor attempts to replicate the target index by investing all, or substantially all, of its assets in the stocks that make up the index, holding each stock in approximately the same proportion as its weighting in the index.

Fund Family Vanguard
Category Foreign Large Blend
Performance Rating Average
Risk Rating Below Average
Stock Exchange NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol VFWAX
Index FTSE All World ex USA TR

Performance

VFWAX had a total return of 6.98% in the past year. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 6.04%, including dividends.

Equivalent ETF

VFWAX has an equivalent ETF with the ticker symbol VEU, the Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Index Fund. This is an ETF from the same fund company that follows the same index. It has an expense ratio of 0.07% compared to 0.11% for VFWAX.

Symbol Name Expense Ratio
VEU Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Index Fund 0.07%

Other Share Classes

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

Symbol Share Class Expense Ratio
VFWPX Institutional Plus Shares 0.06%
VFWSX Institutional Shares 0.08%

Top 10 Holdings

10.64% of assets
Name Symbol Weight
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 2330 2.62%
Novo Nordisk A/S NOVO.B 1.21%
Tencent Holdings Limited 0700 1.13%
ASML Holding N.V. ASML 0.93%
SAP SE SAP 0.90%
Nestlé S.A. NESN 0.85%
Novartis AG NOVN 0.77%
Roche Holding AG ROG 0.75%
AstraZeneca PLC AZN 0.75%
Shell plc SHEL 0.74%
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Dividend History

Ex-Dividend Amount Pay Date
Dec 20, 2024 $0.5808 Dec 23, 2024
Sep 20, 2024 $0.1498 Sep 23, 2024
Jun 21, 2024 $0.2814 Jun 24, 2024
Mar 15, 2024 $0.1304 Mar 18, 2024
Dec 15, 2023 $0.5209 Dec 18, 2023
Sep 15, 2023 $0.1831 Sep 18, 2023
Full Dividend History