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Vanguard Diversified Balanced Index ETF (ASX: VDBA) - Share Price and Research

Current share price for VDBA : $56.850 0.04 (0.07%)+

Vanguard Diversified Balanced Index ETF (VDBA) 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. Vanguard Diversified Balanced Index ETF (VDBA) provides low-cost access to a range of sector funds, offering broad diversification across multiple asset classes. The Balanced ETF is designed for investors seeking a balance between income and capital growth. The ETF targets a 50% allocation to income asset classes and a 50% allocation to growth asset classes.

VDBA General Information +

ASX Code VDBA
Website http://www.vanguard.com.au
Industry/Sector Asset Management & Custody Banks
Market Cap ($M) 692
VDBA Share Price $56.850
Day High $56.940
Day Low $56.780
Last Close $56.890
VDBA Share Price Movement $0.04 ( 0.07% )
Prices as at 16:40, 28 Mar 2025
+Security prices are delayed by at least 20 minutes and are indicative only.

VDBA Fund Information

Multisector Balanced
Morningstar AUS Balance Tgt Alloc NR AUD
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Investment Fund
20 Nov 2017
$704.3 million (as at 28 Feb 2025)

VDBA ETF performance (28 Feb 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 -0.36 0.81 4.26 9.52 10.13 5.03 4.95 -
Growth return -0.36 0.15 3.23 6.82 7.91 2.56 0.51 -
Income return (Yield) 0 0.66 1.03 2.7 2.22 2.47 4.44 -

Market index (Morningstar AUS Balance Tgt Alloc NR AUD)
Total return -0.38 0.81 3.76 9.08 9.71 5.34 5.21 5.5

VDBA Related Research

Vanguard Diversified Balanced Index ETF (VDBA) Upcoming Dividends & Yields

Distribution Type Dividend Franking Ex-dividend date Payment date Current Price+ Price 7D Avg Dividend Yield
Result 0¢ 0% 1 Apr 2025 16 Apr 2025 $56.850 $56.830 -
Result 37.64¢ 19.86% 2 Jan 2025 17 Jan 2025 $56.850 $56.830 -
Result 18.95¢ 41.01% 1 Oct 2024 16 Oct 2024 $56.850 $56.830 -

See all dividends from Vanguard Diversified Balanced Index ETF (VDBA) or use our Upcoming Dividends tool to search for dividends across all ASX-listed securities.

Vanguard Diversified Balanced Index ETF (VDBA) Recent ASX Announcements

Company Sector Market Cap ($m) Headline Release
date/time+		 Price at
release+		 Current
price+		 Gain/Loss View
Vanguard Diversified Balanced Index ETF (VDBA) Financials $693 Estimated Distribution Announcement 27 Mar 2025 8:21AM $57.050 $56.850 fallen by 0.35%
Vanguard Diversified Balanced Index ETF (VDBA) Financials $693 Distribution Timetable Announcement 24 Mar 2025 12:36PM $56.910 $56.850 fallen by 0.11%
Vanguard Diversified Balanced Index ETF (VDBA) Financials $693 Half Yearly Financial Report 13 Mar 2025 3:55PM $56.220 $56.850 risen by 1.12%
Vanguard Diversified Balanced Index ETF (VDBA) Financials $693 Outstanding Securities as of 28.02.25 7 Mar 2025 2:51PM $56.950 $56.850 fallen by 0.18%
Vanguard Diversified Balanced Index ETF (VDBA) Financials $693 Updated Product Disclosure Statement 24 Feb 2025 8:56AM $57.720 $56.850 fallen by 1.51%
Vanguard Diversified Balanced Index ETF (VDBA) Financials $693 Outstanding Securities as of 31.01.25 7 Feb 2025 3:11PM $58.150 $56.850 fallen by 2.24%

VDBA Financial Summary

Year to Jun NPAT EPS EPS chg (%) PER DPS Yield (%) Franking (%)
2024A $662.31 $5,783.90 27.20% 0.90 119.10 2.30% 32.6%
2023A $558.50 $4,547.30 -166.90% 1.10 82.60 1.70% 17.6%
2022A -$831.10 -$6,797.80 -168.00% 0.00 155.10 2.90% 28.8%

VDBA 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) $2,752M 0.2364 0.0000 0.0000 26.3532 0.0000 0.0000 1.80% 0.00% 0.00%
Insignia Financial (IFL) $2,958M 0.6567 -0.2226 0.0203 9.2881 11.9480 11.7100 2.11% 1.81% 5.44%
Netwealth Group (NWL) $6,429M 0.2382 0.2487 0.2325 76.9795 61.6487 50.0191 1.07% 1.34% 1.63%
Pinnacle Investment Management Group (PNI) $4,154M 0.1667 0.1969 0.1911 40.2637 33.6394 28.2411 2.29% 2.68% 3.19%
Vanguard Diversified Balanced Index ETF (VDBA) $693M 0.2719 0.0000 0.0000 0.9836 0.0000 0.0000 2.09% 0.00% 0.00%

VDBA Market Comparison

Earnings P/E Ratio P/B Ratio P/E Growth
Company 0.00 0.98 0.08 0.00
Market 0.21 13.40 1.07 0.81
Sector 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

VDBA Directors

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

Vanguard Diversified Balanced Index ETF (VDBA) Changes in Directors' Interest & Trades

There are no directors' trades from Vanguard Diversified Balanced Index ETF (VDBA). Please use our Changes in directors' interest tool to search for changes & trades across all ASX-listed securities.

VDBA Management

Name Position
Ashley Warmbrand Company Secretary

VDBA Calendar of Events

Date Event
16 April 2025 Div Pay Date
02 April 2025 Books Close
01 April 2025 Div Ex Date

FAQs about Vanguard Diversified Balanced Index ETF (VDBA)

Vanguard Diversified Balanced Index ETF's (VDBA) current share price is $56.85. This constitutes a price movement of 0.04% when compared to the share price 7 days ago and is -2.45% below VDBA's 12-month high of $58.28 per share. Prices are delayed by at least 20 minutes.

Relative to the previous close share price of $56.89, Vanguard Diversified Balanced Index ETF's (VDBA) current share price of $56.85 constitutes a movement of -$0.04 or -0.07%. Vanguard Diversified Balanced Index ETF's (VDBA) share price movement is 0.04% when compared to 7 days ago and is -2.45% below VDBA's 52-week high of $58.28.

Vanguard Diversified Balanced Index ETF's (VDBA) 52-week high is $58.28 which was reached on 9 Dec 2024. Relative to this, VDBA's current share price of $56.85 constitutes a -$1.43 or -2.45% drop since that high of $58.28 per VDBA share.

Vanguard Diversified Balanced Index ETF's (VDBA) 52-week low is $53.39 which was reached on 26 Apr 2024. Relative to this, VDBA's current share price of $56.85 constitutes a $3.46 or 6.48% gain since that low of $53.39 per VDBA share.

Vanguard Diversified Balanced Index ETF's (VDBA) current market capitalisation is $692,783,878. 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 Diversified Balanced Index ETF (VDBA) last distribution or dividend was $0.38 per share and was paid on 17 Jan 2025. This last VDBA distribution or dividend included 19.86% franking. The next dividend payment for Vanguard Diversified Balanced Index ETF (VDBA) is due on 16 Apr 2025.

Upcoming ex-distribution date: 2 Jan 2025

Upcoming record date: 3 Jan 2025

Upcoming payment date: 17 Jan 2025

ETFs, such as Vanguard Diversified Balanced Index ETF (VDBA), 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 Diversified Balanced Index ETF (VDBA), 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 Diversified Balanced Index ETF (VDBA).


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.

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