Vident International Equity Strategy ETF
$39.98−0.76 (−1.86%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.61%
- Fund size
- $452M
- 1Y return
- +31.7%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 3.86%
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $40.33
- 52W range
The ETF.net VIDI Grade
Score 58 of 100 sits in the B 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.CScore 41Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.Not scoredRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.AScore 79Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.CScore 54Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.AScore 82Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 72Category rank
Our read on VIDI
BMost international funds let market cap decide how much of each country you own. VIDI flips the order: its index ranks countries first on governance and fiscal health (government debt, spending, savings), then picks the stocks inside them.
The Fund seeks to track the performance of the Vident international equity index before fees and expenses.
Why people hold it
- Country-first design: the index leans toward countries scoring well on governance markers such as lower government debt, lower government spending and higher savings rates.videntam.com
- Developed and emerging markets in one ticket, with stocks inside each country screened on quality, valuation and price trend.sec.gov
- Running since 2013, so these country-ranking rules have been tested through real market cycles rather than a backtest.
- Spread broadly across countries, regions and individual stocks instead of leaning on a handful of mega-caps. Pays quarterly.videntam.com
Worth knowing
- At 0.61%, it costs more than systematic international rivals like DFIC (0.22%), AVDE (0.23%) and JIRE (0.24%), though it sits near the middle of the actively run pack.
- Thinly traded next to the category's giants, so bid-ask spreads can run wider, especially in fast markets.
- A country-ranked portfolio can look very different from a cap-weighted international index, and that gap cuts both ways.videntam.com
VIDI Holdings
- Stocks
- —
- 7%
- 3406.TW
Sectors
- Industrials21.4%
- Financials19.3%
- Technology16.5%
- Consumer Discr.8.2%
- Materials7.7%
- Energy6.5%
- Communication6.1%
- Cons. Staples5.5%
- Health Care5.4%
- Utilities2.3%
- Real Estate1.1%
Geography
- Taiwan8.07%
- South Korea7.60%
- Norway6.68%
- Hong Kong6.46%
- Canada5.95%
- Denmark5.88%
- Singapore5.64%
- Australia4.88%
- 48.84%
Developed 62% · Emerging 38%
VIDI Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
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 | VIDI |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +23.2% |
| 1 month | +1.1% |
| 3 months | +1.9% |
| 1 year | +31.7% |
| 3 years | +26.6% |
| 5 years | +14.0% |
| 10 years | +10.4% |
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 | VIDI |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +23.2% | |
| 2025 | +41.9% | |
| 2024 | +6.1% | |
| 2023 | +18.9% | |
| 2022 | −13.8% | |
| 2021 | +12.0% | |
| 2020 | +1.2% |
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VIDI Dividends
- 3.86%
- $1.57
- $0.31 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | $0.31 |
| Jun 16, 2026 | Jun 17, 2026 | $0.51 |
| Mar 17, 2026 | Mar 18, 2026 | $0.06 |
| Dec 17, 2025 | Dec 18, 2025 | $0.68 |
| Sep 17, 2025 | Sep 18, 2025 | $0.30 |
| Jun 17, 2025 | Jun 18, 2025 | $0.46 |
| Mar 18, 2025 | Mar 19, 2025 | $0.0055 |
| Dec 17, 2024 | Dec 18, 2024 | $0.77 |
| Sep 17, 2024 | Sep 18, 2024 | $0.05 |
| Jun 11, 2024 | Jun 12, 2024 | $0.40 |
| Dec 15, 2023 | Dec 19, 2023 | $0.48 |
| Sep 12, 2023 | Sep 14, 2023 | $0.02 |
VIDI Risk
- 13.5%
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.
- 1.47
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.
- −27.8%
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.
- 1.00
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
VIDI Cost
- The middle half of International Active Equity funds
- Median 0.58%
32 of the 55 International Active Equity funds charge less.