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Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Shares ETF (ASX: VGE) - Share Price and Research

Current share price for VGE : $78.260 0.61 (0.79%)+

Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Shares ETF (VGE) 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 FTSE Emerging Markets Shares ETF (VGE) Invests in the Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF listed on the New York Stock Exchange Arca (NYSE Code: VWO), which seeks to track the performance of the FTSE Emerging Markets All Cap China A Inclusion Index in USD.

VGE General Information +

ASX Code VGE
Website http://www.vanguard.com.au
Industry/Sector Asset Management & Custody Banks
Market Cap ($M) 1,128
VGE Share Price $78.260
Day High $79.310
Day Low $77.660
Last Close $77.650
VGE Share Price Movement $0.61 ( 0.79% )
Prices as at 16:40, 4 Dec 2024
+Security prices are delayed by at least 20 minutes and are indicative only.

VGE Fund Information

Equity Emerging Markets
MSCI EM NR AUD
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Investment Fund
18 Nov 2013
$1131.87 million (as at 31 Oct 2024)

VGE ETF performance (31 Oct 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 3.04 4.98 9.89 21.14 15.68 4.08 5.34 5.97
Growth return -1.64 6.13 8.02 14.15 7.45 0.19 2.15 3.41
Income return (Yield) 4.68 -1.15 1.87 6.99 8.23 3.89 3.19 2.56

Market index (MSCI EM NR AUD)
Total return -3.07 2.35 6.28 13.85 9.47 1.56 3.98 5.99

VGE Related Research

Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Shares ETF (VGE) Upcoming Dividends & Yields

Distribution Type Dividend Franking Ex-dividend date Payment date Current Price+ Price 7D Avg Dividend Yield
Result 11.6¢ 0% 1 Oct 2024 16 Oct 2024 $78.260 $77.170 -
HFResult 14.48¢ 0% 1 Jul 2024 16 Jul 2024 $78.260 $77.170 -
Result 2.02¢ 0% 2 Apr 2024 17 Apr 2024 $78.260 $77.170 -

See all dividends from Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Shares ETF (VGE) or use our Upcoming Dividends tool to search for dividends across all ASX-listed securities.

Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Shares ETF (VGE) Recent ASX Announcements

Company Sector Market Cap ($m) Headline Release
date/time+		 Price at
release+		 Current
price+		 Gain/Loss View
Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Shares ETF (VGE) Financials $1,129 Outstanding ETF Securities and Fund Flows Announcement 4 Dec 2024 4:41PM $78.260 $78.260 fallen by 0%
Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Shares ETF (VGE) Financials $1,129 Updated Product Disclosure Statement 14 Nov 2024 8:56AM $77.810 $78.260 risen by 0.58%
Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Shares ETF (VGE) Financials $1,129 Outstanding ETF Securities and Fund Flows Announcement 7 Nov 2024 3:37PM $79.090 $78.260 fallen by 1.05%
Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Shares ETF (VGE) Financials $1,129 Outstanding ETF Securities and Fund Flows Announcement 4 Oct 2024 1:51PM $78.920 $78.260 fallen by 0.84%
Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Shares ETF (VGE) Financials $1,129 Distribution Tax Estimates 2 Oct 2024 3:53PM $78.550 $78.260 fallen by 0.37%
Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Shares ETF (VGE) Financials $1,129 DRP Issue Price Announcement for the period ended 30 Sep 24 2 Oct 2024 3:40PM $78.880 $78.260 fallen by 0.79%

VGE Financial Summary

Year to Jun NPAT EPS EPS chg (%) PER DPS Yield (%) Franking (%)
2024A $74.11 $622.80 162.10% 11.10 171.50 2.50% 0.0%
2023A $24.50 $237.60 -82.40% 29.40 179.40 2.60% 0.0%
2021A $109.48 $1,346.90 -724.30% 5.40 129.60 1.80% 0.0%

VGE Peer Comparison

Company Mkt Cap EPS Growth (%) P/E (%) Dividend Yield (%)
2021 A 2023 A 2024 A 2021 A 2023 A 2024 A 2021 A 2023 A 2024 A
HMC Capital (HMC) $5,138M 0.0191 0.0000 0.0000 59.7315 0.0000 0.0000 0.96% 0.00% 0.00%
Netwealth Group (NWL) $7,160M 0.2382 0.2487 0.2325 85.7771 68.6942 55.7355 0.96% 1.21% 1.46%
Pinnacle Investment Management Group (PNI) $5,283M 0.1667 0.1969 0.1911 51.8022 43.2795 36.3342 1.78% 2.08% 2.48%
Perpetual (PPT) $2,531M -0.1521 0.2241 -0.0452 15.5590 12.7106 13.3125 5.34% 5.88% 5.43%
Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Shares ETF (VGE) $1,120M 1.6208 0.0000 0.0000 12.4677 0.0000 0.0000 2.21% 0.00% 0.00%

VGE Market Comparison

Earnings P/E Ratio P/B Ratio P/E Growth
Company 0.00 12.50 1.07 0.00
Market 0.41 13.70 1.10 0.91
Sector 0.62 13.50 1.06 0.85

VGE 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

Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Shares ETF (VGE) Changes in Directors' Interest & Trades

There are no directors' trades from Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Shares ETF (VGE). Please use our Changes in directors' interest tool to search for changes & trades across all ASX-listed securities.

VGE Management

Name Position
Ashley Warmbrand Company Secretary

FAQs about Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Shares ETF (VGE)

Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Shares ETF's (VGE) current share price is $78.26. This constitutes a price movement of 1.41% when compared to the share price 7 days ago and is -2.03% below VGE's 12-month high of $79.88 per share. Prices are delayed by at least 20 minutes.

Relative to the previous close share price of $77.65, Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Shares ETF's (VGE) current share price of $78.26 constitutes a movement of $0.61 or 0.79%. Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Shares ETF's (VGE) share price movement is 1.41% when compared to 7 days ago and is -2.03% below VGE's 52-week high of $79.88.

Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Shares ETF's (VGE) 52-week high is $79.88 which was reached on 7 Oct 2024. Relative to this, VGE's current share price of $78.26 constitutes a -$1.62 or -2.03% drop since that high of $79.88 per VGE share.

Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Shares ETF's (VGE) 52-week low is $65.69 which was reached on 18 Jan 2024. Relative to this, VGE's current share price of $78.26 constitutes a $12.57 or 19.14% gain since that low of $65.69 per VGE share.

Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Shares ETF's (VGE) current market capitalisation is $1,128,538,313. 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 FTSE Emerging Markets Shares ETF (VGE) last distribution or dividend was $0.12 per share and was paid on 16 Oct 2024. This last VGE distribution or dividend included 0% franking.

Upcoming ex-distribution date: 1 Oct 2024

Upcoming record date: 2 Oct 2024

Upcoming payment date: 16 Oct 2024

ETFs, such as Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Shares ETF (VGE), 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 FTSE Emerging Markets Shares ETF (VGE), 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 FTSE Emerging Markets Shares ETF (VGE).


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 FTSE Emerging Markets Shares ETF (VGE) has a franking level of 0%. 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 FTSE Emerging Markets Shares ETF (VGE) has a current dividend yield of 2.30% this year. Last year's dividend yield was 2.60%. The dividend yield for VGE is a ratio that tells you the percentage of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Shares ETF (VGE)'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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