Vanguard Total International Stock ETF
$84.54+0.10 (+0.12%)
- 0.05%
- $665.7B
- +20.0%
- 2.35%
- 5.5M sh
- $84.17
- low $72.11high $88.62
The ETF.net VXUS Grade
A
Score 81 out of 100
- 1 of 8
Score 81 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.A81 out of 100Rank 2 of 8Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A100 out of 100Rank 1 of 7Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.C54 out of 100Rank 1 of 8Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.A77 out of 100Rank 2 of 8Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.A79 out of 100Rank 2 of 8Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.A86 out of 100Rank 1 of 8
Our read on VXUS
AEverything outside the US in one ticker: roughly 8,600 stocks across developed and emerging markets, large caps down to small, for 0.05% a year. Vanguard's answer to international investing is to just own the whole thing.
The fund uses a passive indexing strategy to track the FTSE Global All Cap ex US Index, which measures the performance of large-, mid-, and small-cap stocks in developed and emerging markets outside the United States.
Why people hold it
- 0.05% a year, a small fraction of the median fee among its international peers.
- One ticker, roughly 8,600 companies: developed and emerging markets, large caps down to small caps, weighted by market size.fund-docs.vanguard.com
- Tracks the FTSE Global All Cap ex US Index tightly, one of the cleanest index builds among the international funds we grade.
- Trading since 2011, well over $100 billion in assets and one of the busiest names in its category, which usually shows up as tight bid-ask spreads.
Worth knowing
- No US stocks by design. This is the other half of a global portfolio, not the whole portfolio.fund-docs.vanguard.com
- Foreign currency moves feed straight into dollar returns, and Vanguard flags country and currency risk as especially high in emerging markets.fund-docs.vanguard.com
- Market-cap weighting means the largest developed markets and their megacaps steer the fund; the thousands of small names barely move it.fund-docs.vanguard.com
VXUS Holdings
- Stocks
- 8,784
- 14%
- 2330.TW
Sectors
- Financials23.3%
- Technology20.3%
- Industrials15.0%
- Materials7.9%
- Consumer Discretionary7.7%
- Health Care6.9%
- Consumer Staples4.9%
- Energy4.6%
- Communication4.1%
- Utilities2.9%
- Real Estate2.2%
Geography
- Japan15.53%
- Taiwan8.66%
- United Kingdom8.29%
- Canada8.11%
- China6.97%
- Korea6.36%
- France5.03%
- Switzerland5.02%
- 36.02%
Developed 66% · Emerging 34%
VXUS Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
VXUS$12,001
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 | VXUS |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +12.7% |
| 1 month | −2.9% |
| 3 months | −0.9% |
| 1 year | +20.0% |
| 3 years | +19.9% |
| 5 years | +9.2% |
| 10 years | +9.3% |
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 | VXUS |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +12.7% | |
| 2025 | +32.3% | |
| 2024 | +5.1% | |
| 2023 | +15.9% | |
| 2022 | −16.1% | |
| 2021 | +9.0% | |
| 2020 | +10.7% |
VXUS in the news
VXUS Dividends
- 2.35%
- $1.98
- $0.16 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
VXUS Risk
- 12.0%
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.
- 1.23
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.
- −28.9%
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.
- 0.92
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
VXUS Cost
0.05%
VXUS0.05%
- The middle half of Total International Market funds
- Median 0.23%
1 of the 8 Total International Market funds charge less.
Other funds in Total International Market
- AVEUVanguard FTSE All-World ex-US ETFExpense ratio 0.04%1 year return +20.6%
- AIXUSiShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETFExpense ratio 0.07%1 year return +20.2%
- BDFAXDimensional World ex U.S. Core Equity 2 ETFExpense ratio 0.28%1 year return +23.3%
- BACWXiShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETFExpense ratio 0.32%1 year return +20.7%
- BCWIState Street SPDR MSCI ACWI ex-US ETFExpense ratio 0.30%1 year return +20.1%