Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF
$88.02−1.42 (−1.58%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.06%
- Fund size
- $39.1B
- 1Y return
- +16.0%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 2.89%
- Holdings
- 1247
- Volume · 30D
- 2.3M sh
- NAV per share
- $89.25
- 52W range
The ETF.net VGK Grade
Score 74 of 100 sits in the A band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.
Cost
What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.AScore 76Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 100Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.CScore 41Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.AScore 80Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.CScore 50Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 79Category rank
Our read on VGK
AMost cheap international funds blend Europe with Japan, Canada and the rest. VGK is the Europe-only cut: roughly 1,200 developed European stocks, large-cap down to small-cap, for 0.06% a year.
The fund seeks to track the FTSE Developed Europe All Cap Index through passive, full replication of European common stocks across developed markets.
Why people hold it
- 0.06% a year, one third the typical fee in its developed-international peer group.
- All-cap and fully replicated: it owns the index's roughly 1,200 names outright rather than sampling a slice of them.
- Tracks the FTSE Developed Europe All Cap Index tightly, one of the strongest implementations among its 26 developed-market peers.
- Trading since 2005 and now a multi-billion-dollar fund that changes hands actively every session.
Worth knowing
- One region, full stop. No US, Japan or emerging markets here, so it behaves like a slice of a portfolio, not the whole thing.
- Broad developed-market siblings like VEA, SCHF and SPDW run at 0.03%. The European focus costs a few extra basis points.
- Income arrives quarterly, not monthly.
VGK Holdings
- Stocks
- 1,247
- 18%
- ASML.AS
Sectors
- Financials25.3%
- Industrials19.8%
- Health Care12.1%
- Technology9.0%
- Cons. Staples7.5%
- Consumer Discr.6.9%
- Materials5.5%
- Energy5.1%
- Utilities4.3%
- Communication2.9%
- Real Estate1.5%
Geography
- United Kingdom21.52%
- Switzerland14.67%
- Germany13.27%
- France12.43%
- Netherlands9.32%
- Spain5.98%
- Sweden5.54%
- Italy5.42%
- 11.86%
Developed 99% · Emerging 1%
VGK Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
VGK$11,600
Returns run to the Sep 22, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | VGK |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +9.2% |
| 1 month | −3.3% |
| 3 months | +1.6% |
| 1 year | +16.0% |
| 3 years | +18.7% |
| 5 years | +9.2% |
| 10 years | +9.5% |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | VGK |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +9.2% | |
| 2025 | +35.8% | |
| 2024 | +1.9% | |
| 2023 | +20.2% | |
| 2022 | −16.0% | |
| 2021 | +16.9% | |
| 2020 | +5.5% |
VGK in the news
VGK Dividends
- 2.89%
- $2.58
- $0.22 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 2026 | Sep 22, 2026 | $0.22 |
| Jun 18, 2026 | Jun 23, 2026 | $1.20 |
| Mar 20, 2026 | Mar 24, 2026 | $0.38 |
| Dec 19, 2025 | Dec 23, 2025 | $0.78 |
| Sep 19, 2025 | Sep 23, 2025 | $0.21 |
| Jun 20, 2025 | Jun 24, 2025 | $1.11 |
| Mar 21, 2025 | Mar 25, 2025 | $0.29 |
| Dec 20, 2024 | Dec 24, 2024 | $0.72 |
| Sep 20, 2024 | Sep 24, 2024 | $0.17 |
| Jun 21, 2024 | Jun 25, 2024 | $1.03 |
| Mar 15, 2024 | Mar 20, 2024 | $0.37 |
| Dec 18, 2023 | Dec 21, 2023 | $0.46 |
VGK Risk
- 13.1%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- 1.01
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −32.6%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 0.85
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
VGK Cost
0.06%
VGK0.06%
- The middle half of Developed International Core funds
- Median 0.09%
5 of the 21 Developed International Core funds charge less.