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Vanguard Diversified Conservative Index ETF (ASX: VDCO) - Share Price and Research

Current share price for VDCO : $53.420 0.22 (0.41%)+

Vanguard Diversified Conservative Index ETF (VDCO) 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 Conservative Index ETF (VDCO) provides low-cost access to a range of sector funds, offering broad diversification across multiple asset classes. The Conservative ETF is biased towards income assets and is designed for investors with a low tolerance for risk. The ETF targets a 70% allocation to income asset classes and a 30% allocation to growth asset classes.

VDCO General Information +

ASX Code VDCO
Website http://www.vanguard.com.au
Industry/Sector Asset Management & Custody Banks
Market Cap ($M) 232
VDCO Share Price $53.420
Day High $53.640
Day Low $53.420
Last Close $53.640
VDCO Share Price Movement $0.22 ( 0.41% )
Prices as at 16:40, 6 Jan 2025
+Security prices are delayed by at least 20 minutes and are indicative only.

VDCO Fund Information

Multisector Moderate
Morningstar AUS Mod Tgt Alloc NR AUD
starstarstarstar
starstar (as at 30 Nov 2024)
Investment Fund
20 Nov 2017
$235.08 million (as at 30 Nov 2024)

VDCO ETF performance (30 Nov 2024)

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 2 2.22 6.11 11.24 6.81 1.71 2.71 -
Growth return 2 1.87 5.26 9.75 5.41 0.15 -0.59 -
Income return (Yield) 0 0.35 0.85 1.49 1.4 1.56 3.3 -

Market index (Morningstar AUS Mod Tgt Alloc NR AUD)
Total return 1.78 1.76 5.73 10.85 6.55 2.27 2.8 4.37

VDCO Related Research

Vanguard Diversified Conservative Index ETF (VDCO) Upcoming Dividends & Yields

Distribution Type Dividend Franking Ex-dividend date Payment date Current Price+ Price 7D Avg Dividend Yield
Result 32.28¢ 0% 2 Jan 2025 17 Jan 2025 $53.420 $53.940 -
Result 18.85¢ 23.27% 1 Oct 2024 16 Oct 2024 $53.420 $53.940 -
HFResult 23.43¢ 9.26% 1 Jul 2024 16 Jul 2024 $53.420 $53.940 -

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

Vanguard Diversified Conservative Index ETF (VDCO) Recent ASX Announcements

Company Sector Market Cap ($m) Headline Release
date/time+		 Price at
release+		 Current
price+		 Gain/Loss View
Vanguard Diversified Conservative Index ETF (VDCO) Financials $232 Outstanding ETF Securities and Fund Flows Announcement 6 Jan 2025 2:59PM $53.470 $53.420 fallen by 0.09%
Vanguard Diversified Conservative Index ETF (VDCO) Financials $232 Distribution Tax Estimates 3 Jan 2025 2:58PM $53.630 $53.420 fallen by 0.39%
Vanguard Diversified Conservative Index ETF (VDCO) Financials $232 DRP Issue Price Announcement 3 Jan 2025 1:43PM $53.610 $53.420 fallen by 0.35%
Vanguard Diversified Conservative Index ETF (VDCO) Financials $232 Final Distribution Announcement 3 Jan 2025 8:27AM $53.430 $53.420 fallen by 0.02%
Vanguard Diversified Conservative Index ETF (VDCO) Financials $232 Updated Estimated Distribution Announcement 2 Jan 2025 8:26AM $53.700 $53.420 fallen by 0.52%
Vanguard Diversified Conservative Index ETF (VDCO) Financials $232 Estimated Distribution Announcement 27 Dec 2024 8:31AM $54.260 $53.420 fallen by 1.55%

VDCO Financial Summary

Year to Jun NPAT EPS EPS chg (%) PER DPS Yield (%) Franking (%)
2024A $172.55 $4,285.90 36.90% 1.20 75.30 1.50% 25.8%
2023A $133.09 $3,131.60 -146.40% 1.50 55.40 1.10% 15.1%
2022A -$326.08 -$6,748.30 -202.40% 0.00 96.20 1.80% 27.3%

VDCO 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) $4,099M 0.0191 0.0000 0.0000 47.6510 0.0000 0.0000 1.21% 0.00% 0.00%
Insignia Financial (IFL) $2,361M 0.6567 -0.2226 0.0203 7.4136 9.5367 9.3468 2.64% 2.27% 6.82%
Netwealth Group (NWL) $6,991M 0.2382 0.2487 0.2325 83.7537 67.0737 54.4207 0.98% 1.23% 1.49%
Pinnacle Investment Management Group (PNI) $5,111M 0.1667 0.1969 0.1911 49.5604 41.4065 34.7618 1.86% 2.17% 2.59%
Vanguard Diversified Conservative Index ETF (VDCO) $232M 0.3686 0.0000 0.0000 1.2466 0.0000 0.0000 1.41% 0.00% 0.00%

VDCO Market Comparison

Earnings P/E Ratio P/B Ratio P/E Growth
Company 0.00 1.25 0.08 0.00
Market 0.28 13.60 1.08 0.86
Sector 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

VDCO Directors

Name Position Start Date
Mr Daniel Shrimski Non-Executive Director 21 May 2021
Mr Curt Jacques Non-Executive Director 21 Jan 2022
J Bendl Non-Executive Director 21 Jan 2022
Ms Kim Petersen Non-Executive Director 21 Jan 2022

Vanguard Diversified Conservative Index ETF (VDCO) Changes in Directors' Interest & Trades

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

VDCO Management

Name Position
Ashley Warmbrand Company Secretary

VDCO Calendar of Events

Date Event
05 September 2025 Report (Annual)
17 January 2025 Div Pay Date

FAQs about Vanguard Diversified Conservative Index ETF (VDCO)

Vanguard Diversified Conservative Index ETF's (VDCO) current share price is $53.42. This constitutes a price movement of 0.96% when compared to the share price 7 days ago and is -1.80% below VDCO's 12-month high of $54.40 per share. Prices are delayed by at least 20 minutes.

Relative to the previous close share price of $53.64, Vanguard Diversified Conservative Index ETF's (VDCO) current share price of $53.42 constitutes a movement of -$0.22 or -0.41%. Vanguard Diversified Conservative Index ETF's (VDCO) share price movement is -0.96% when compared to 7 days ago and is -1.80% below VDCO's 52-week high of $54.40.

Vanguard Diversified Conservative Index ETF's (VDCO) 52-week high is $54.40 which was reached on 9 Dec 2024. Relative to this, VDCO's current share price of $53.42 constitutes a -$0.98 or -1.80% drop since that high of $54.40 per VDCO share.

Vanguard Diversified Conservative Index ETF's (VDCO) 52-week low is $50.18 which was reached on 8 Jan 2024. Relative to this, VDCO's current share price of $53.42 constitutes a $3.24 or 6.46% gain since that low of $50.18 per VDCO share.

Vanguard Diversified Conservative Index ETF's (VDCO) current market capitalisation is $232,048,093. 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 Conservative Index ETF (VDCO) last distribution or dividend was $0.19 per share and was paid on 16 Oct 2024. This last VDCO distribution or dividend included 23.27% franking. The next dividend payment for Vanguard Diversified Conservative Index ETF (VDCO) is due on 17 Jan 2025.

Upcoming ex-distribution date: 1 Oct 2024

Upcoming record date: 2 Oct 2024

Upcoming payment date: 16 Oct 2024

ETFs, such as Vanguard Diversified Conservative Index ETF (VDCO), 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 Conservative Index ETF (VDCO), 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 Conservative Index ETF (VDCO).


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 Diversified Conservative Index ETF (VDCO) has a current dividend yield of n/a this year. Last year's dividend yield was 1.50%. The dividend yield for VDCO is a ratio that tells you the percentage of Vanguard Diversified Conservative Index ETF (VDCO)'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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