Vanguard MSCI Index International Shares (Hedged) ETF (ASX: VGAD) - Share Price and Research

Vanguard MSCI Index International Shares (Hedged) ETF's (VGAD) current share price is $108.46. This constitutes a price movement of 3.72% when compared to the share price 7 days ago and is -1.09% below VGAD's 12-month high of $109.65 per share. Prices are delayed by at least 20 minutes.

Relative to the previous close share price of $107.33, Vanguard MSCI Index International Shares (Hedged) ETF's (VGAD) current share price of $108.46 constitutes a movement of $1.13 or 1.05%. Vanguard MSCI Index International Shares (Hedged) ETF's (VGAD) share price movement is 3.72% when compared to 7 days ago and is -1.09% below VGAD's 52-week high of $109.65.

Vanguard MSCI Index International Shares (Hedged) ETF's (VGAD) 52-week high is $109.65 which was reached on 9 Dec 2024. Relative to this, VGAD's current share price of $108.46 constitutes a -$1.19 or -1.09% drop since that high of $109.65 per VGAD share.

Vanguard MSCI Index International Shares (Hedged) ETF's (VGAD) 52-week low is $93.65 which was reached on 5 Aug 2024. Relative to this, VGAD's current share price of $108.46 constitutes a $14.81 or 15.81% gain since that low of $93.65 per VGAD share.

Vanguard MSCI Index International Shares (Hedged) ETF's (VGAD) current market capitalisation is $4,083,323,013. 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 MSCI Index International Shares (Hedged) ETF (VGAD) last distribution or dividend was $1.20 per share and was paid on 17 Jan 2025. This last VGAD 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 MSCI Index International Shares (Hedged) ETF (VGAD), 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 MSCI Index International Shares (Hedged) ETF (VGAD), 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 MSCI Index International Shares (Hedged) ETF (VGAD).

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 MSCI Index International Shares (Hedged) ETF (VGAD) has a current dividend yield of n/a this year. Last year's dividend yield was 4.50%. The dividend yield for VGAD is a ratio that tells you the percentage of Vanguard MSCI Index International Shares (Hedged) ETF (VGAD)'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 MSCI Index International Shares (Hedged) ETF (VGAD) is 0.21%. This is the total expense for operating an ETF or managed fund like Vanguard MSCI Index International Shares (Hedged) ETF (VGAD). This includes management fees and other operating expenses which all come out of an investor's return.