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Vanguard International Credit Securities Index (Hedged) ETF (ASX: VCF) - Share Price and Research

Current share price for VCF : $39.010 0.11 (0.28%)+

Vanguard International Credit Securities Index (Hedged) ETF (VCF) is an Exchange Traded Fund - commonly known as an ETF. For more details about how ETFs work, feel free to check out our What is an ETF? overview. The Vanguard International Credit Securities Index (Hedged) ETF (VCF) provides low-cost exposure to high-quality, income-generating securities issued by government-owned entities, government-guaranteed entities and investment-grade corporate issuers from around the world. The investments in the ETF are predominantly rated BBB- or higher by Standard & Poor's or equivalent ratings agency. The ETF is hedged to Australian dollars so the value of the ETF is unaffected by currency fluctuations.

VCF General Information +

ASX Code VCF
Website http://www.vanguard.com.au
Industry/Sector Asset Management & Custody Banks
Market Cap ($M) 176
VCF Share Price $39.010
Day High $39.120
Day Low $39.005
Last Close $39.120
VCF Share Price Movement $0.11 ( 0.28% )
Prices as at 16:40, 3 Mar 2025
+Security prices are delayed by at least 20 minutes and are indicative only.

VCF Fund Information

Diversified Credit
Bloomberg Global Aggregate TR Hdg AUD
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Investment Fund
4 Dec 2015
$173.97 million (as at 31 Jan 2025)

VCF ETF performance (31 Jan 2025)

NOTE : returns for periods greater than 1 year are annualised
  1 Month % 3 Month % 6 Month % 1 Year % p.a. 2 Year % p.a. 3 Year % p.a. 5 Year % p.a. 10 Year % p.a.
Total return 0.51 0.6 1.27 3.08 3.13 -1.58 -1.02 -
Growth return -0.32 -0.23 -0.03 0.37 0.51 -3.99 -5.44 -
Income return (Yield) 0.83 0.83 1.3 2.71 2.62 2.41 4.42 -

Market index (Bloomberg Global Aggregate TR Hdg AUD)
Total return 0.38 0.68 1.21 2.95 2.88 -1.22 -0.74 1.67

VCF Related Research

Vanguard International Credit Securities Index (Hedged) ETF (VCF) Upcoming Dividends & Yields

Distribution Type Dividend Franking Ex-dividend date Payment date Current Price+ Price 7D Avg Dividend Yield
Result 31.87¢ 0% 2 Jan 2025 17 Jan 2025 $39.010 $38.650 -
Result 18.53¢ 0% 1 Oct 2024 16 Oct 2024 $39.010 $38.650 -
HFResult 28.15¢ 0% 1 Jul 2024 16 Jul 2024 $39.010 $38.650 -

See all dividends from Vanguard International Credit Securities Index (Hedged) ETF (VCF) or use our Upcoming Dividends tool to search for dividends across all ASX-listed securities.

Vanguard International Credit Securities Index (Hedged) ETF (VCF) Recent ASX Announcements

Company Sector Market Cap ($m) Headline Release
date/time+		 Price at
release+		 Current
price+		 Gain/Loss View
Vanguard International Credit Securities Index (Hedged) ETF (VCF) Financials $176 Outstanding Securities as of 31.01.25 7 Feb 2025 3:11PM $38.750 $39.010 risen by 0.67%
Vanguard International Credit Securities Index (Hedged) ETF (VCF) Financials $176 Outstanding ETF Securities and Fund Flows Announcement 6 Jan 2025 2:59PM $38.250 $39.010 risen by 1.99%
Vanguard International Credit Securities Index (Hedged) ETF (VCF) Financials $176 Distribution Tax Estimates 3 Jan 2025 2:56PM $38.430 $39.010 risen by 1.51%
Vanguard International Credit Securities Index (Hedged) ETF (VCF) Financials $176 DRP Issue Price Announcement 3 Jan 2025 1:43PM $38.415 $39.010 risen by 1.55%
Vanguard International Credit Securities Index (Hedged) ETF (VCF) Financials $176 Final Distribution Announcement 3 Jan 2025 8:27AM $38.350 $39.010 risen by 1.72%
Vanguard International Credit Securities Index (Hedged) ETF (VCF) Financials $176 Updated Estimated Distribution Announcement 2 Jan 2025 8:26AM $38.770 $39.010 risen by 0.62%

VCF Financial Summary

Year to Jun NPAT EPS EPS chg (%) PER DPS Yield (%) Franking (%)
2024A $20.68 $4.70 -613.00% 795.40 97.30 2.60% 0.0%
2023A -$3.41 -$0.90 -95.90% 0.00 89.90 2.40% 0.0%
2022A -$79.28 -$22.50 -999.20% 0.00 90.60 2.10% 0.0%

VCF Peer Comparison

Company Mkt Cap EPS Growth (%) P/E (%) Dividend Yield (%)
2022 A 2023 A 2024 A 2022 A 2023 A 2024 A 2022 A 2023 A 2024 A
HMC Capital (HMC) $3,948M 0.2364 0.0000 0.0000 37.8111 0.0000 0.0000 1.25% 0.00% 0.00%
Insignia Financial (IFL) $2,898M 0.6567 -0.2226 0.0203 9.0986 11.7041 11.4711 2.15% 1.85% 5.56%
Netwealth Group (NWL) $7,478M 0.2382 0.2487 0.2325 89.5894 71.7473 58.2127 0.92% 1.15% 1.40%
Pinnacle Investment Management Group (PNI) $5,231M 0.1667 0.1969 0.1911 50.7253 42.3797 35.5789 1.82% 2.12% 2.53%
Vanguard International Credit Securities Index (Hedged) ETF (VCF) $176M -6.1304 0.0000 0.0000 825.6356 0.0000 0.0000 2.50% 0.00% 0.00%

VCF Market Comparison

Earnings P/E Ratio P/B Ratio P/E Growth
Company 0.00 828.80 31.30 0.00
Market 0.39 14.20 1.08 0.97
Sector 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

VCF Directors

Name Position Start Date
Mr Daniel Shrimski Non-Executive Director 21 May 2021
Mr John Bendl Non-Executive Director 21 Jan 2022
Mr Curt Jacques Non-Executive Director 21 Jan 2022
Ms Kim Petersen Non-Executive Director 21 Jan 2022
Mr Brian Dvorak Non-Executive Director 26 Jul 2024

Vanguard International Credit Securities Index (Hedged) ETF (VCF) Changes in Directors' Interest & Trades

There are no directors' trades from Vanguard International Credit Securities Index (Hedged) ETF (VCF). Please use our Changes in directors' interest tool to search for changes & trades across all ASX-listed securities.

VCF Management

Name Position
Ashley Warmbrand Company Secretary

FAQs about Vanguard International Credit Securities Index (Hedged) ETF (VCF)

Vanguard International Credit Securities Index (Hedged) ETF's (VCF) current share price is $39.01. This constitutes a price movement of 0.93% when compared to the share price 7 days ago and is -1.49% below VCF's 12-month high of $39.60 per share. Prices are delayed by at least 20 minutes.

Relative to the previous close share price of $39.12, Vanguard International Credit Securities Index (Hedged) ETF's (VCF) current share price of $39.01 constitutes a movement of -$0.11 or -0.28%. Vanguard International Credit Securities Index (Hedged) ETF's (VCF) share price movement is 0.93% when compared to 7 days ago and is -1.49% below VCF's 52-week high of $39.60.

Vanguard International Credit Securities Index (Hedged) ETF's (VCF) 52-week high is $39.60 which was reached on 17 Sep 2024. Relative to this, VCF's current share price of $39.01 constitutes a -$0.59 or -1.49% drop since that high of $39.60 per VCF share.

Vanguard International Credit Securities Index (Hedged) ETF's (VCF) 52-week low is $37.33 which was reached on 26 Apr 2024. Relative to this, VCF's current share price of $39.01 constitutes a $1.68 or 4.50% gain since that low of $37.33 per VCF share.

Vanguard International Credit Securities Index (Hedged) ETF's (VCF) current market capitalisation is $176,079,827. 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 International Credit Securities Index (Hedged) ETF (VCF) last distribution or dividend was $0.32 per share and was paid on 17 Jan 2025. This last VCF 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 International Credit Securities Index (Hedged) ETF (VCF), 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 International Credit Securities Index (Hedged) ETF (VCF), 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 International Credit Securities Index (Hedged) ETF (VCF).


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 International Credit Securities Index (Hedged) ETF (VCF) has a current dividend yield of n/a this year. Last year's dividend yield was 2.50%. The dividend yield for VCF is a ratio that tells you the percentage of Vanguard International Credit Securities Index (Hedged) ETF (VCF)'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.

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