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Vanguard MSCI Index International Shares ETF VGS.AX · ASX

$163.20 -0.22% (-$0.36)

Summary

Vanguard MSCI Index International Shares ETF is an ETF - a fund traded on an exchange like a stock - run by Vanguard. Positions inside: 1,205. The ten largest make up 28% of the fund.

Yearly costs
0.18%
Fund size
$18.6B
Positions
1,205
Dividend yield
0.68%
Running since
2014

What speaks for it

  • Costs of 0.18% a year are below the middle of comparable funds (0.44%).
  • Widely spread: the ten largest positions make up only 28% of the fund.
  • A large fund with $18.6B under management.
  • Easy to buy and sell: about $36.7M changes hands a day.
  • Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 12%.
  • It has been running since 2014.

What to watch

Nothing here calls for caution.

A fund has no Bulios Score and no Fair Price of its own - both are computed from the results of a single company. This page shows what is inside the fund and what it costs instead.

Price

Performance

1 month
-1.3%
3 months
-0.6%
This year
+5.4%
1 year
+4.8%
3 years
+54%
5 years
+55%
10 years
+202%
Avg. market cap
$2.38T
P/E
23.6x
Forward P/E
22.4x
P/S
5.8x
P/B
7.1x
P/FCF
31.4x
EV/EBITDA
17.5x
Dividend yield
0.68%
ROIC
29.4%
ROE
59.0%
Gross margin
59.5%
Operating margin
35.4%
Net margin
33.1%
Payout ratio
16.2%
Net debt/EBITDA
0.3x
Beta
1.00

Weighted average of the 50 largest companies, which make up 47% of the fund. Banks and insurers are left out of the gross margin, the ROIC and the EBITDA figures.

What is inside?

Widely spread
  1. 1
    NV
    Nvidia NVDA 5.8%
  2. 2
    AA
    Apple AAPL 5.4%
  3. 3
    MS
    Microsoft MSFT 4.0%
  4. 4
    AM
    Amazon AMZN 2.7%
  5. 5
    GO
    Alphabet GOOGL 2.2%
  6. 6
    ME
    Meta META 1.8%
  7. 7
    AV
    Broadcom AVGO 1.8%
  8. 8
    GO
    Alphabet GOOG 1.8%
  9. 9
    MU
    Micron MU 1.3%
  10. 10
    TS
    Tesla TSLA 1.1%

Positions in the fund: 1,205. The ten largest make up 28% of it.

Composition as of Oct 31, 2026.

Where is it spread?

Spread out

By sector

By country

By company size

By the company's market value: Mega cap from $200B, Large cap from $10B, Mid cap from $2B, Small cap from $300M, Micro cap below $300M. Counted from the companies that make up 93% of the fund.

Largest sector: Technology (33%). Largest country: United States (74%). Largest size group: Mega cap (55%).

What does it cost me?

Cheap
A year from $10,000
$18.00
Over 20 years
$895

From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $18.00 a year. You do not pay it separately - it is taken out of the fund's value. Over 20 years at 5% yearly growth that adds up to about $895.

How has it done?

Growing over the long run
A year on average, 10 years
+12%
Deepest drop
-21%
Yearly volatility
10%

Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 12%. Deepest drop in these years: 21% below the earlier high.

Does it pay dividends?

Yes, it pays out
Yield
0.68%
Last payment
$0.29

Over the last 12 months it paid $1.10 per share, which is 0.68% of today's price. The last payment was $0.29 on Oct 1, 2026.

Is it easy to buy and sell?

Very easy
Traded a day
$36.7M
Shares a day
225K

On an average day about $36.7M of the fund changes hands.

How expensive are the companies inside?

Usual valuation
P/E of the companies inside
23.6
Average Bulios Score
74 out of 100

Weight by Bulios Fair Price

On average the companies inside trade for 23.6 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 88% of the rated weight comes out as overvalued.

Counted from its largest companies (50), which make up 47% of the fund. Each company counts by its weight. We use the metrics, the Bulios Score and the Fair Price of the companies themselves.

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