Vanguard Australian Fixed Interest Index ETF (ASX: VAF) - Share Price and Research

Vanguard Australian Fixed Interest Index ETF's (VAF) current share price is $45.56. This constitutes a price movement of 0.53% when compared to the share price 7 days ago and is -1.92% below VAF's 12-month high of $46.45 per share. Prices are delayed by at least 20 minutes.

Relative to the previous close share price of $45.64, Vanguard Australian Fixed Interest Index ETF's (VAF) current share price of $45.56 constitutes a movement of -$0.08 or -0.18%. Vanguard Australian Fixed Interest Index ETF's (VAF) share price movement is 0.53% when compared to 7 days ago and is -1.92% below VAF's 52-week high of $46.45.

Vanguard Australian Fixed Interest Index ETF's (VAF) 52-week high is $46.45 which was reached on 13 Sep 2024. Relative to this, VAF's current share price of $45.56 constitutes a -$0.89 or -1.92% drop since that high of $46.45 per VAF share.

Vanguard Australian Fixed Interest Index ETF's (VAF) 52-week low is $44.41 which was reached on 26 Apr 2024. Relative to this, VAF's current share price of $45.56 constitutes a $1.15 or 2.59% gain since that low of $44.41 per VAF share.

Vanguard Australian Fixed Interest Index ETF's (VAF) current market capitalisation is $2,319,683,072. Market capitalisation, sometimes referred to as "market cap", is the total value of a company's or ETF's issued shares or units owned by shareholders or unitholders. Market capitalisation is equal to the market price per share or unit multiplied by the number of shares or units outstanding.

Vanguard Australian Fixed Interest Index ETF (VAF) last distribution or dividend was $0.41 per share and was paid on 17 Jan 2025. This last VAF distribution or dividend included 0% franking.

Upcoming ex-distribution date: 2 Jan 2025

Upcoming record date: 3 Jan 2025

Upcoming payment date: 17 Jan 2025

ETFs, such as Vanguard Australian Fixed Interest Index ETF (VAF), pay distributions instead of dividends. The difference is that dividends are declared by companies from part of the profits made during any given year and the company’s management decide the amount of earnings retained verses how much to pay out to investors. An ETF, like Vanguard Australian Fixed Interest Index ETF (VAF), must pay out all realised income. This is a combination of any dividends received plus capital gains realised from the buying and selling of underlying holdings within Vanguard Australian Fixed Interest Index ETF (VAF).

A distribution has three key dates:

Ex-distribution date: Date the distribution value leaves the ETF. This will normally correspond with the ETF unit price dropping in value by the same amount as the distribution.

Record date: Date someone must be on the unit registry to receive the distribution.

Payment date date: Date the distribution is paid to the unit holder.

Vanguard Australian Fixed Interest Index ETF (VAF) has a current dividend yield of n/a this year. Last year's dividend yield was 2.50%. The dividend yield for VAF is a ratio that tells you the percentage of Vanguard Australian Fixed Interest Index ETF (VAF)'s share price that it pays out in dividends each year. The dividend yield is calculated by dividing the annual dividends by the current share price.