VIGI vs VYMI: Grades, Fees and Holdings Compared

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF

VIGIANasdaq

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF

VYMIANasdaq

Overlap

15.6%by weight

Expense ratio

VIGI0.07%VYMI0.07%

Avg volume · 30D

VYMI 3.3×the volume

VIGI259KVYMI862K

10Y return · a year

VYMI +1.9pt

VIGI+8.9%VYMI+10.8%

VIGI vs VYMI Performance

Nov 9, 2021 – Nov 9, 2026

+28.2%VIGI+88.2%VYMI

Expense ratio: VIGI 0.07%; VYMI 0.07%
Fund size: VIGI $8.8B; VYMI $21.4B
1Y total return: VIGI +14.8%; VYMI +24.1%, better
Yield (12M): VIGI 2.09%; VYMI 3.62%, better
Holdings: VIGI 399; VYMI 1553
Avg volume (30D): VIGI 259K sh; VYMI 862K sh, better
NAV per share: VIGI $97.52; VYMI $100.39
52W range

ETF.net Grade

Pillar letters and Scores for VIGI, VYMI, with each pillar’s weight
Pillar	VIGI	VYMI
Cost30% weight	A97	A97
Mission25% weight	A94	A100Higher
Risk15% weight	D31	B56Higher
Tradability15% weight	C54	B61Higher
Holdings10% weight	C40	A81Higher
Durability5% weight	A83	A88Higher

Rank among International Dividend Index funds

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Same Category. VIGI and VYMI are both graded against the same 34 International Dividend Index funds, so their Grades compare head to head.

International Dividend Index⁠

Category · 34 funds

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VYMI ranks 1st and VIGI 8th of 34 funds in the International Dividend Index Category.

Rank 1AVYMIVanguard International High Dividend Yield ETFScore 84
Rank 2ADIVIFranklin International Core Dividend Tilt Index ETFScore 79
Rank 6ALVHIFranklin International Low Volatility High Dividend Index ETFScore 75
Rank 8AVIGIVanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETFScore 73
Rank 8AXIDVFranklin International Dividend Booster Index ETFScore 73

Our read on each fund

ETF.net Research

VIGIAVanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF

VYMIAVanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF

In short

VIGI Vanguard'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.

VYMI Most 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.

Stated mandate

VIGI 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.

VYMI 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

VIGI 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.

VYMI 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.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

VIGI 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.

VYMI No currency hedge. Dividends and prices arrive in foreign currencies, and exchange-rate swings show up in dollar results either way.vanguard.com
The emerging-market sleeve adds political, liquidity and currency risk that developed-only dividend funds sidestep.vanguard.com
Screening on forecast yield tilts toward value and cyclical names, a different ride than dividend-growth peers like VIGI and IGRO.

Full VIGI profile⁠

Full VYMI profile⁠

VIGI vs VYMI Holdings

How VIGI and VYMI differ

Overlap by weight

15.6%

Shared holdings make up 47.6% of VIGI and 16.4% of VYMI.

Level by level

Holdings69 in both15.6%
Countryby domicile54.0%
Sector11 Sectors70.9%
Asset classStocks100%

Sector

Sector weights in VIGI and VYMI, widest gap first
Sector	Gap	VIGI	VYMI
Financials	VYMI +14.4 points	30.0%	44.4%
Industrials	VIGI +10.9 points	17.2%	6.3%
Technology	VIGI +8.5 points	14.0%	5.5%
Health Care	VIGI +7.1 points	13.5%	6.3%
Energy	VYMI +6.7 points	2.3%	9.0%
Consumer Discretionary	VYMI +3.2 points	2.6%	5.8%
Consumer Staples	VIGI +2.6 points	9.0%	6.4%
Communication	VYMI +2.2 points	1.5%	3.7%
Materials	VYMI +2.1 points	4.3%	6.4%
Utilities	VYMI +0.5 points	4.6%	5.0%
Real Estate	VYMI +0.1 points	1.0%	1.1%

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Country weights in VIGI and VYMI, widest gap first
Country	Gap	VIGI	VYMI
Japan	VIGI +20.1 points	32.7%	12.6%
Canada	VIGI +13.7 points	22.5%	8.8%
Switzerland	VIGI +6.7 points	13.7%	7.0%
Australia	VYMI +5.7 points	1.4%	7.1%
United Kingdom	VYMI +5.7 points	5.3%	11.0%
Taiwan	VYMI +5.6 points	0.3%	6.0%
China	VYMI +5.4 points	0.4%	5.8%
South Africa	VYMI +4.5 points	0.1%	4.6%
Other countries (29)	VYMI +13.3 points	23.7%	37.0%

Outside the US: VIGI 95% developed, 5% emerging. VYMI 74% developed, 26% emerging.

Concentration

Weight in the 10 largest Holdings

VIGI35.8%
VYMI13.7%

Securities held

VIGI374
VYMI1,515

Asset class

VIGI: Stocks
VYMI: Stocks

Holdings

Only in VIGI305
In both69
Only in VYMI1,446

Only in VIGI

305 securities, 52.9% of VIGI by weight

Sap SE3.80%
Schneider Electric SE3.18%
Hitachi Ltd2.80%
Sony Group Corp2.53%
Mitsubishi Corp2.00%
AIA Group Ltd1.71%
Murata Manufacturing Co Ltd1.62%
Reliance Industries Ltd1.50%
Brookfield Corp1.39%
BAE Systems PLC1.39%
Canadian National Railway Co1.17%
Deutsche Boerse AG1.08%
Relx PLC1.03%
London Stock Exchange Group PLC0.83%
Franco-Nevada Corp0.82%
Fujitsu Ltd0.78%
NEC Corp0.73%
Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc0.72%
Waste Connections Inc0.69%
Sandoz Group AG0.66%
TDK Corp0.66%
Sika AG0.63%
Assa Abloy AB0.63%
Dollarama Inc0.62%
Givaudan SA0.59%
Intact Financial Corp0.54%
Ucb SA0.50%
Seven & i Holdings Co Ltd0.47%
FUJIFILM Holdings Corp0.47%
Chugai Pharmaceutical Co Ltd0.45%
Northern Star Resources Ltd0.43%
Loblaw Cos Ltd0.42%
Geberit AG0.39%
Lasertec Corp0.38%
Terumo Corp0.38%
Hexagon AB0.37%
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd0.37%
Kao Corp0.36%
Sumitomo Realty & Development Co Ltd0.34%
Imperial Oil Ltd0.33%
Halma PLC0.31%
Kerry Group PLC0.27%
Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corp Ltd0.27%
Nitto Denko Corp0.27%
Logitech International SA0.26%
Shionogi & Co Ltd0.26%
Olympus Corp0.25%
Symrise AG0.25%
Diploma PLC0.24%
Metro Inc/CN0.24%

Only in VYMI

1,446 securities, 83.5% of VYMI by weight

HSBC Holdings PLC1.80%
Shell PLC1.47%
MediaTek Inc1.20%
BHP Group Ltd1.14%
Banco Santander SA1.07%
Toyota Motor Corp1.02%
Allianz SE0.95%
Commonwealth Bank of Australia0.93%
TotalEnergies SE0.92%
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA0.83%
UBS Group AG0.79%
UniCredit SpA0.70%
Mizuho Financial Group Inc0.69%
Unilever PLC0.67%
DBS Group Holdings Ltd0.65%
Bank of Montreal0.63%
Bp PLC0.61%
Intesa Sanpaolo SpA0.60%
Bank of Nova Scotia/The0.60%
British American Tobacco PLC0.59%
China Construction Bank Corp0.58%
BNP Paribas SA0.55%
Enbridge Inc0.55%
ING Groep NV0.54%
Deutsche Telekom AG0.54%
Zurich Insurance Group AG0.53%
Rio Tinto PLC0.52%
Gsk PLC0.51%
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd0.51%
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd0.51%
Sanofi SA0.47%
National Australia Bank Ltd0.45%
Westpac Banking Corp0.44%
Lloyds Banking Group PLC0.44%
Barclays PLC0.43%
Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp Ltd0.43%
Suncor Energy Inc0.43%
ANZ Group Holdings Ltd0.42%
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd0.42%
Axa SA0.41%
National Grid PLC0.40%
Enel SpA0.40%
Glencore PLC0.39%
NatWest Group PLC0.38%
Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG in Muenchen0.38%
Manulife Financial Corp0.38%
Industria de Diseno Textil SA0.36%
ASE Technology Holding Co Ltd0.35%
Nordea Bank Abp0.34%
Deutsche Bank AG0.33%

Weight gaps

All 69 Holdings in both funds, largest gap first.

Holding weights in VIGI and VYMI, widest gap first
Holding	Gap	VIGI	VYMI
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc	VIGI +3.59 points	4.93%	1.34%
Royal Bank of Canada	VIGI +3.13 points	4.59%	1.46%
Toronto-Dominion Bank/The	VIGI +2.42 points	3.45%	1.03%
Nestle SA	VIGI +2.19 points	3.43%	1.24%
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc	VIGI +2.16 points	3.01%	0.85%
Novartis AG	VIGI +1.86 points	3.27%	1.41%
Roche Holding AG	VIGI +1.83 points	3.38%	1.55%
Iberdrola SA	VIGI +1.67 points	2.50%	0.83%
Novo Nordisk A/S	VIGI +1.51 points	2.15%	0.64%
Tokio Marine Holdings Inc	VIGI +1.26 points	1.76%	0.50%
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce	VIGI +1.25 points	1.79%	0.54%
National Bank of Canada	VIGI +0.69 points	0.98%	0.29%
SLBBH1142	VYMI +0.56 points	0.11%	0.67%
E.on SE	VIGI +0.53 points	0.75%	0.22%
MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings Inc	VIGI +0.52 points	0.74%	0.22%
Sompo Holdings Inc	VIGI +0.46 points	0.65%	0.19%
Infosys Ltd	VIGI +0.45 points	0.65%	0.20%
NTT Inc	VIGI +0.42 points	0.58%	0.16%
Nutrien Ltd	VIGI +0.42 points	0.60%	0.18%
Fortis Inc/Canada	VIGI +0.34 points	0.48%	0.14%
Astellas Pharma Inc	VIGI +0.33 points	0.47%	0.14%
Restaurant Brands International Inc	VIGI +0.31 points	0.44%	0.13%
America Movil SAB de CV	VIGI +0.25 points	0.34%	0.09%
Kweichow Moutai Co Ltd	VIGI +0.24 points	0.33%	0.09%
MSCI EAFE Dec26	VIGI +0.24 points	0.68%	0.44%
Wistron Corp	VIGI +0.24 points	0.33%	0.09%
Bank Central Asia Tbk PT	VIGI +0.24 points	0.33%	0.09%
Wolters Kluwer NV	VIGI +0.23 points	0.32%	0.09%
Brookfield Asset Management Ltd	VIGI +0.21 points	0.30%	0.09%
Magna International Inc	VIGI +0.20 points	0.29%	0.09%
Tourmaline Oil Corp	VIGI +0.20 points	0.28%	0.08%
Asahi Group Holdings Ltd	VIGI +0.19 points	0.27%	0.08%
Computershare Ltd	VIGI +0.19 points	0.27%	0.08%
Usd/Chf Fwd 20261216	VIGI +0.18 points	0.24%	0.06%
Sekisui House Ltd	VIGI +0.18 points	0.25%	0.07%
Chiba Bank Ltd/The	VIGI +0.16 points	0.22%	0.06%
Coca-Cola HBC AGCCH.L	VIGI +0.14 points	0.20%	0.06%
Bunzl PLCBNZL.L	VIGI +0.14 points	0.20%	0.06%
Usd/Jpy Fwd 20261216	VIGI +0.14 points	0.30%	0.16%
Hulic Co Ltd	VIGI +0.10 points	0.13%	0.03%
DCC Energy plcDCC.L	VIGI +0.09 points	0.13%	0.04%
Usd/Aud Fwd 20261216	VYMI +0.09 points	<0.01%	0.09%
Recordati Industria Chimica e Farmaceutica SpA	VIGI +0.08 points	0.11%	0.03%
Italgas SpA	VIGI +0.08 points	0.11%	0.03%
CAR Group Ltd	VIGI +0.07 points	0.10%	0.03%
Roche Holding AG	VIGI +0.07 points	0.14%	0.07%
Croda International PLCCRDA.L	VIGI +0.07 points	0.10%	0.03%
Yamaguchi Financial Group Inc	VIGI +0.06 points	0.08%	0.02%
Tokyo Tatemono Co Ltd	VIGI +0.06 points	0.08%	0.02%
Air Water Inc	VIGI +0.05 points	0.07%	0.02%
Tokyo Century Corp	VIGI +0.04 points	0.05%	0.01%
Hankook Tire & Technology Co Ltd	VIGI +0.04 points	0.06%	0.02%
EXEO Group Inc	VIGI +0.04 points	0.06%	0.02%
Fuchs Se-Pref	VIGI +0.04 points	0.06%	0.02%
Usd/Eur Fwd 20261216	VYMI +0.04 points	0.01%	0.05%
Grupo De Inv Suramericana-Pf	VIGI +0.04 points	0.05%	0.01%
Nisshin Seifun Group Inc	VIGI +0.03 points	0.05%	0.02%
Mphasis Ltd	VIGI +0.03 points	0.05%	0.02%
Nomura Real Estate Holdings Inc	VIGI +0.03 points	0.05%	0.02%
Alfresa Holdings Corp	VIGI +0.03 points	0.04%	0.01%
Zenkoku Hosho Co Ltd	VIGI +0.02 points	0.03%	0.01%
Usd/Hkd Fwd 20261216	VYMI +0.02 points	<0.01%	0.02%
Sundrug Co Ltd	VIGI +0.02 points	0.03%	<0.01%
Mouwasat Medical Services Co	VIGI +0.02 points	0.03%	<0.01%
Fuchs SE	VIGI +0.01 points	0.02%	<0.01%
Usd/Inr Fwd 20261216	Same weight	<0.01%	0.01%
Enerjisa Enerji AS	VIGI +0.01 points	<0.01%	<0.01%
Jiangsu King's Luck Brewery JSC Ltd	VIGI +0.01 points	<0.01%	<0.01%
New Israeli Sheqel	Same weight	<0.01%	<0.01%

All 337 VIGI holdings⁠All 1,502 VYMI holdings⁠

How we measure overlap

Each holding counts at its smaller weight in the two funds, summed over the full Holdings. Sector, country and asset class use the same rule on each fund’s split. Cash, FX and derivative lines stay out of the counts. Two bond funds get no overlap figure.

VIGI vs VYMI Cost

Same expense ratio

$1,480

On $10,000 over 30 years. 7% growth a year before fees, expense ratio only.

VIGI 0.07%
$1,480
VYMI 0.07%
$1,480

Amount$10,000

Years30 years

Cost over time

VIGI 0.07%
VYMI 0.07%

Year by year

Year	VIGI	VYMI
10	$128	$128
20	$503	$503
30	$1,480	$1,480

Expense ratio

0.07%VIGI
0.07%VYMI

VIGI0.07%VYMI0.07%

0.07%0.60%

Middle half of International Dividend Index funds
Median 0.49%

VIGI cheapest of 34 funds

VYMI cheapest of 34 funds

VIGI vs VYMI Dividends

Last 12 months to Nov 9, 2026

Yield (12M): VIGI 2.09%; VYMI 3.62%, better
Payout (12M): VIGI $2.09; VYMI $3.72
Last payment: VIGI $0.46; VYMI $0.82
Ex-dividend: VIGI Sep 18, 2026; VYMI Sep 18, 2026
Paid on: VIGI Sep 22, 2026; VYMI Sep 22, 2026
Frequency: VIGI Quarterly; VYMI Quarterly

Distribution history

Per share, 2017 to 2026, same scale for both

VIGIQuarterly · 39 paymentsAll VIGI payments⁠

VYMIQuarterly · 39 paymentsAll VYMI payments⁠

VIGI vs VYMI Risk

Fall from peak · 5 years

VIGI
VYMI

Risk facts

VolatilityStd dev, 3 years: VIGI 11.4%VYMI 10.5%, better
Return per unit of riskSharpe ratio, 3 years: VIGI 0.85VYMI 1.71, better
Worst fallMax drawdown, 5 years: VIGI −27.7%VYMI −24.1%, better
Market sensitivityBeta, 5 years: VIGI 0.69VYMI 0.74; Market = 1

VIGI and VYMI in the news

All news⁠

Category Review
International high-yield funds beat the S&P 500. Foreign stocks did not.
Updated Nov 3, 2026VIGIVYMI
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Schwab's dividend ETF returned 22.8% in a year. Its income rate still trails a one-month bill.
Updated Oct 2, 2026VYMI

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VIGI vs VYMI

In short

Stated mandate

Why people hold it

Worth knowing

How VIGI and VYMI differ

Level by level

Sector

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Concentration

Asset class

Holdings

Only in VIGI

Only in VYMI

Weight gaps

Cost over time

Year by year

Distribution history

Fall from peak · 5 years

Risk facts

International high-yield funds beat the S&P 500. Foreign stocks did not.

Schwab's dividend ETF returned 22.8% in a year. Its income rate still trails a one-month bill.

How VIGI and VYMI differ

Level by level

Sector

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Concentration

Asset class

Holdings

Only in VIGI

Only in VYMI

Weight gaps