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Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF
$95.23+0.54 (+0.57%)
- 0.07%
- $9.5B
- +9.5%
- 2.21%
- 0.3M sh
- $94.40
- low $85.23high $99.99
The ETF.net VIGI Grade
A
Score 74 out of 100
- 7 of 35
Score 74 of 100 falls in the A band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.
Cost
The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.A97 out of 100Rank 1 of 35Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A93 out of 100Rank 14 of 29Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.D35 out of 100Rank 28 of 35Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.B59 out of 100Rank 15 of 35Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.C40 out of 100Rank 25 of 33Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.A85 out of 100Rank 2 of 35
Our read on VIGI
AVanguard's dividend-growth playbook, taken overseas: roughly 400 non-US companies chosen for a record of raising payouts rather than for fat current yields, wrapped in a seven-basis-point fee.
The fund passively tracks an index of non-U.S. companies with a history of increasing dividends, using the S&P Global Ex-U.S. Dividend Growers Index as its target index.
Why people hold it
- At 0.07% a year, it sits at the cheapest fee level in its peer group (matched only by sibling VYMI) and well under funds like IGRO at 0.15%.
- The screen asks for a history of increasing dividends, not the biggest payout, which tilts the basket toward companies with durable cash flow.
- Plain index plumbing: roughly 400 stocks across developed and emerging markets outside the US, and it stays close to its S&P target index.
- Running since 2016, now a multi-billion-dollar fund that trades steadily and pays quarterly.
Worth knowing
- Growth of the dividend, not the size of it. Income here runs lighter than yield-first peers such as VYMI or SCHY.
- Holdings are priced in foreign currencies, so dollar moves push returns around in both directions on top of the stocks themselves.
- Emerging markets ride along with developed ones here, a wider net than international dividend funds that stop at developed markets.
VIGI Holdings
- Stocks
- 366
- 36%
- 8306.T
Sectors
- Financials29.6%
- Industrials17.0%
- Health Care14.0%
- Technology13.8%
- Consumer Staples9.2%
- Utilities4.7%
- Materials4.4%
- Consumer Discretionary2.6%
- Energy2.4%
- Communication1.5%
- Real Estate1.0%
Geography
- Japan31.33%
- Canada22.77%
- Switzerland13.87%
- Germany6.19%
- United Kingdom5.51%
- France3.21%
- India3.18%
- Spain2.56%
- 11.37%
Developed 95% · Emerging 5%
VIGI Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
VIGI$10,953
Returns run to the Oct 12, 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 | VIGI |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +5.3% |
| 1 month | −1.9% |
| 3 months | +0.2% |
| 1 year | +9.5% |
| 3 years | +11.7% |
| 5 years | +5.0% |
| 10 years | +8.1% |
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 | VIGI |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +5.3% | |
| 2025 | +16.9% | |
| 2024 | +2.7% | |
| 2023 | +16.3% | |
| 2022 | −16.8% | |
| 2021 | +12.5% | |
| 2020 | +14.7% |
VIGI in the news
VIGI Dividends
- 2.21%
- $2.09
- $0.46 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
VIGI Risk
- 11.5%
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.
- 0.67
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.
- −27.7%
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.
- 0.69
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
VIGI Cost
0.07%
VIGI0.07%
- The middle half of International Dividend Index funds
- Median 0.50%
No International Dividend Index fund charges less.
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- AFIDIFidelity International High Dividend ETFExpense ratio 0.18%1 year return +20.5%
- AXIDVFranklin International Dividend Booster Index ETFExpense ratio 0.19%1 year return +25.5%
- AIDViShares International Select Dividend ETFExpense ratio 0.50%1 year return +22.6%
- BDWMWisdomTree International Equity FundExpense ratio 0.48%1 year return +14.9%