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Schwab's dividend ETF returned 22.8% in a year. Its income rate still trails a one-month bill.
Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF
$101.52+0.72 (+0.71%)
- 0.07%
- $22.8B
- +26.4%
- 3.69%
- 0.9M sh
- $100.40
- low $83.32high $107.29
The ETF.net VYMI Grade
A
Score 84 out of 100
- 1 of 35
Score 84 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.A100 out of 100Rank 1 of 29Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.B60 out of 100Rank 11 of 35Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.B61 out of 100Rank 14 of 35Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.A81 out of 100Rank 5 of 33Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.A89 out of 100Rank 1 of 35
Our read on VYMI
AMost international dividend funds hold a hundred-odd developed-market names. VYMI casts a far wider net: roughly 1,600 high-yielders across developed and emerging markets outside the US, at seven basis points.
VYMI seeks to track the FTSE All-World ex US High Dividend Yield Index through passive sampling, targeting international stocks forecast to have above-average dividend yields.
Why people hold it
- 0.07% a year, a fraction of the typical international dividend fund's fee and a shade under screened rivals like SCHY (0.08%) and IGRO (0.15%).
- Roughly 1,600 stocks across developed and emerging markets ex-US, so no single name, sector or country carries the income load.investor.vanguard.com
- Samples the FTSE All-World ex US High Dividend Yield Index and has stayed unusually close to it, among the tightest trackers in its peer group.
- Live since 2016, now a multi-billion-dollar fund that trades actively, and it pays out quarterly.
Worth knowing
- No currency hedge. Dividends and prices arrive in foreign currencies, and exchange-rate swings show up in dollar results either way.fund-docs.vanguard.com
- The emerging-market sleeve adds political, liquidity and currency risk that developed-only dividend funds sidestep.fund-docs.vanguard.com
- Screening on forecast yield tilts toward value and cyclical names, a different ride than dividend-growth peers like VIGI and IGRO.
VYMI Holdings
- Stocks
- 1,594
- 14%
- HSBA.L
Sectors
- Financials44.1%
- Energy8.8%
- Materials6.8%
- Consumer Staples6.5%
- Health Care6.4%
- Industrials6.4%
- Consumer Discretionary6.2%
- Technology5.1%
- Utilities5.0%
- Communication3.7%
- Real Estate1.1%
Geography
- Japan12.17%
- United Kingdom10.97%
- Canada8.84%
- Australia7.24%
- Switzerland7.21%
- China5.78%
- Taiwan5.36%
- France5.23%
- 37.20%
Developed 75% · Emerging 25%
VYMI Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
VYMI$12,636
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 | VYMI |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +15.2% |
| 1 month | −3.8% |
| 3 months | +1.0% |
| 1 year | +26.4% |
| 3 years | +23.0% |
| 5 years | +13.4% |
| 10 years | +10.6% |
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 | VYMI |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +15.2% | |
| 2025 | +38.1% | |
| 2024 | +7.1% | |
| 2023 | +17.1% | |
| 2022 | −7.1% | |
| 2021 | +15.4% | |
| 2020 | −1.0% |
VYMI in the news
VYMI Dividends
- 3.69%
- $3.72
- $0.82 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
VYMI Risk
- 10.9%
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.
- 1.56
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.
- −24.1%
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.
- 0.74
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
VYMI Cost
0.07%
VYMI0.07%
- The middle half of International Dividend Index funds
- Median 0.50%
No International Dividend Index fund charges less.
Other funds in International Dividend Index
- ADIVIFranklin International Core Dividend Tilt Index ETFExpense ratio 0.09%1 year return +19.5%
- AIGROiShares International Dividend Growth ETFExpense ratio 0.15%1 year return +16.0%
- ASCHYSchwab International Dividend Equity ETFExpense ratio 0.08%1 year return +18.7%
- AHDEFXtrackers MSCI EAFE High Dividend Yield Equity ETFExpense ratio 0.09%1 year return +15.7%
- ALVHIFranklin International Low Volatility High Dividend Index ETFExpense ratio 0.40%1 year return +27.0%