Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF (ASX: VAS) - Share Price and Research

Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF's (VAS) current share price is $101.91. This constitutes a price movement of 1% when compared to the share price 7 days ago and is -1.70% below VAS's 12-month high of $103.67 per share. Prices are delayed by at least 20 minutes.

Relative to the previous close share price of $102.56, Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF's (VAS) current share price of $101.91 constitutes a movement of -$0.65 or -0.63%. Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF's (VAS) share price movement is 1% when compared to 7 days ago and is -1.70% below VAS's 52-week high of $103.67.

Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF's (VAS) 52-week high is $103.67 which was reached on 17 Oct 2024. Relative to this, VAS's current share price of $101.91 constitutes a -$1.76 or -1.70% drop since that high of $103.67 per VAS share.

Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF's (VAS) 52-week low is $86.80 which was reached on 27 Nov 2023. Relative to this, VAS's current share price of $101.91 constitutes a $15.11 or 17.41% gain since that low of $86.80 per VAS share.

Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF's (VAS) current market capitalisation is $16,962,391,912. 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 Shares Index ETF (VAS) last distribution or dividend was $1.04 per share and was paid on 16 Oct 2024. This last VAS distribution or dividend included 71.15% franking.

Upcoming ex-distribution date: 1 Oct 2024

Upcoming record date: 2 Oct 2024

Upcoming payment date: 16 Oct 2024

ETFs, such as Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF (VAS), 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 Shares Index ETF (VAS), 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 Shares Index ETF (VAS).

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 Shares Index ETF (VAS) has a franking level of 37.50%. Franking represents the tax a company has already paid on any profit it distributes to shareholders as a dividend. Only Australian companies pay franking credits therefore you will not see franking on ETFs that invest internationally. For ETFs that are diversified across asset classes, you may see partial franking.

Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF (VAS) has a current dividend yield of 3.60% this year. Last year's dividend yield was 4.10%. The dividend yield for VAS is a ratio that tells you the percentage of Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF (VAS)'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.

The "management expense ratio" (MER) for Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF (VAS) is 0.14%. This is the total expense for operating an ETF or managed fund like Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF (VAS). This includes management fees and other operating expenses which all come out of an investor's return.