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Vanguard MSCI International Small Companies ETF (VISM)

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Share price activity

Displays share price activity. Volume = number of shares traded, Turnover = value of shares traded, VWAP = volume-weighted average price for the day, sourced from Morningstar.
Last (Price)
75.78
Change
▲ 1.46 (1.96)
Bid / Ask
75.79 - 75.85
Volume
19,569
Turnover
874,026
Open
74.32
Day Range
72.88 - 75.86
VWAP
75.61
Prev Close
74.32
Last Trade
10/11 12:56pm

Fund profile

Displays who issues the fund, how it is structured and invests, its Morningstar category and benchmark, size, headline costs and dates, sourced from Morningstar. Fund size counts every class of the fund; ETF net assets is this listing alone.

Fund size

$689.4M

SEP 2026

Total cost ratio

0.32%

per year

Distributions

Quarterly

Since inception

8.0 yrs

NOV 2018

Legal name
Vanguard MSCI International Small Companies Index ETF
Issuer
Vanguard Investments Australia Ltd
Type
Exchange-Traded Fund
Structure
Open Ended Investment Company
Management style
Index fund
Morningstar category
Equity World Mid/Small
Category index
MSCI World Small Cap NR AUD
Benchmark
MSCI World Ex AUS Small Cap NR AUD
ETF net assets
$689.4M
Units on issue
13.4M
Management fee
0.32% p.a.
Domicile
Australia
Base currency
AUD
ISIN
AU0000026171
Inception
9 NOV 2018
Listed
13 NOV 2018
Index provider
MSCI Inc.

Objective and strategy

The Fund provides exposure to small companies listed in major developed countries. It offers low-cost access to a broadly diversified range of securities that allows investors to participate in the long-term growth potential typical of the international small companies sector.

Asset allocation · 31 OCT 2026

Displays how the fund is split between shares, bonds, cash and other assets, sourced from Morningstar.

US equity 62.66%Non-US equity 36.54%

Asset class Net % Long % Short %
Equity 99.20 99.20 0.00
Bond 0.00 0.00 0.00
Cash 0.73 2.51 1.77
Other 0.07 0.07 0.00

Sector exposure

Displays the share of the fund held in each sector, sourced from Morningstar.

Cyclical 39.87%Sensitive 41.31%Defensive 18.82%

Industrials
18.76%
Technology
14.54%
Financial Services
14.03%
Healthcare
12.15%
Consumer Cyclical
10.85%
Real Estate
7.84%
Basic Materials
7.14%
Energy
4.83%
Consumer Defensive
4.04%
Communication Services
3.19%
Utilities
2.63%

Region exposure

Displays the share of the fund held in each region, sourced from Morningstar.

Developed markets 99.53%Emerging markets 0.44%

North America
67.52%
Japan
13.50%
Europe Developed
11.31%
United Kingdom
4.24%
Africa / Middle East
1.47%
Asia Developed
1.24%
Latin America
0.32%
Asia Emerging
0.25%
Australasia
0.13%
Europe Emerging
0.01%

Country exposure

Displays the twelve countries the fund holds most of, sourced from Morningstar.
United States
63.17%
Japan
13.50%
Canada
4.35%
United Kingdom
4.22%
Sweden
1.80%
Switzerland
1.60%
Germany
1.46%
Israel
1.41%
France
1.28%
Italy
0.93%
Singapore
0.85%
Norway
0.77%

Style box

Displays where the fund's shareholdings sit on Morningstar's style box: size (large, mid, small) down and investment style (value, blend, growth) across, sourced from Morningstar.
Style
Small Blend

Size score

71

Small Mid Large

Value-growth score

146

Value Blend Growth

Economic moat

None 49%Narrow 40%Wide 11%

Market capitalisation

Displays the share of the fund's shareholdings in giant, large, mid, small and micro cap companies, sourced from Morningstar.
Giant
0.04%
Large
0.49%
Mid
31.16%
Small
53.31%
Micro
15.00%

Giant 0%Large 0%Mid 31%Small 53%Micro 15%

Average market cap
$7.57B
Number of holdings
3,743
Shares held
3,686

Portfolio statistics · 30 SEP 2026

Displays the valuation, yield, size, concentration and quality of the fund's shareholdings taken together (trailing twelve months), sourced from Morningstar.
Price / earnings
16.91
Price / book
1.96
Price / sales
1.22
Price / cash flow
9.57
Dividend yield
1.85%
Assets in top 10
2.59%
Return on equity
11.81%
Net margin
11.42%
Earnings growth (3 yr)
7.52%

Top holdings · top 10 = 2.59% of assets

Displays the fund's ten largest holdings and their weight in the portfolio, sourced from Morningstar.
Holding % Weight First bought Market value Currency Units held Sector Country
Moderna Inc MRNA 0.64 MAY 2025 24.7M USD 89,406 Healthcare United States
E-Mini Russ 2000 Dec26 0.33 — 12.6M — 62 — —
Tenet Healthcare Corp THC 0.22 DEC 2009 8.3M USD 22,707 Healthcare United States
Guardant Health Inc GH 0.22 MAY 2019 8.3M USD 32,376 Healthcare United States
Viatris Inc VTRS 0.20 MAY 2025 7.8M USD 306,023 Healthcare United States
Royal Gold Inc RGLD 0.20 DEC 2009 7.8M USD 22,894 Basic Materials United States
US Foods Holding Corp USFD 0.20 NOV 2016 7.7M USD 58,255 Consumer Defensive United States
Roku Inc Class A ROKU 0.20 MAY 2025 7.6M USD 34,769 Communication Services United States
MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings Inc MTSI 0.19 SEP 2013 7.4M USD 18,162 Technology United States
Woodward Inc WWD 0.19 DEC 2009 7.4M USD 15,694 Industrials United States

Trailing returns · 31 OCT 2026

Displays total returns after fees at net asset value, the return at the ASX market price, the return before fees, and where the fund ranks among funds in its Morningstar category, sourced from Morningstar.

Fund (NAV) Market price

1M

0.5

3M

-1.0

6M

2.2

YTD

13.2

1Y

16.3

3Y

20.6

5Y

6.4

Period Fund (NAV) % Market price % Before fees % Rank in category
1 month 0.47 1.13 0.50 58 / 97
3 months -1.02 -0.74 -0.94 59 / 95
6 months 2.16 4.64 2.33 46 / 91
Year to date 13.23 13.97 13.53 38 / 91
1 year 16.32 17.82 16.69 39 / 86
3 years p.a. 20.65 21.52 21.03 40 / 67
5 years p.a. 6.43 6.70 6.78 27 / 48

Returns to 31 OCT 2026, periods of 3 years and longer annualised. Rank is the percentile in the Morningstar category at 30 SEP 2026 (1 = best) over the funds ranked.

Calendar year returns

Displays the total return after fees and the capital (price) return for each calendar year, with the fund's rank in its Morningstar category, sourced from Morningstar.

Total Capital

2019

24.9

2020

5.8

2021

22.8

2022

-14.3

2023

19.0

2024

18.9

2025

11.9

Year Total % Capital % Rank in category
2025 11.88 6.74 46 / 74
2024 18.93 16.92 51 / 72
2023 19.03 11.36 47 / 65
2022 -14.27 -17.83 25 / 58
2021 22.85 16.77 51 / 44
2020 5.77 1.49 75 / 39
2019 24.89 21.42 41 / 35

Financial year returns

Displays the total return after fees for each financial year to 30 June, sourced from Morningstar.

FY20

-3.6

FY21

40.3

FY22

-14.9

FY23

16.9

FY24

8.8

FY25

16.7

FY26

23.6

Financial year Total %
Financial year to date -4.90
Year to 30 JUN 2026 23.56
Year to 30 JUN 2025 16.69
Year to 30 JUN 2024 8.85
Year to 30 JUN 2023 16.94
Year to 30 JUN 2022 -14.85
Year to 30 JUN 2021 40.26
Year to 30 JUN 2020 -3.62

Risk statistics · 31 OCT 2026

Displays how the fund has moved relative to its category index: alpha (return beyond the index), beta (sensitivity to it), R-squared (how much the index explains), volatility and risk-adjusted returns, sourced from Morningstar.
1 year 3 years 5 years 10 years
Alpha 0.48 0.02 0.12 —
Beta 1.00 1.01 1.00 —
R-squared 99.80 99.89 99.89 —
Standard deviation 15.32 15.04 17.68 —
Sharpe ratio 0.43 0.99 0.40 —
Sortino ratio 0.63 1.84 0.55 —
Tracking error 0.46 0.40 0.43 —
Information ratio 1.32 0.28 0.36 —
Upside capture % 101.13 100.31 100.27 —
Downside capture % 96.99 99.86 99.44 —
Maximum drawdown % -4.21 -8.70 -17.81 —

Measured against MSCI World Small Cap NR AUD with RBA Bank accepted Bills 90 Days as the risk-free rate, to 31 OCT 2026. Maximum drawdown is on gross returns at the latest quarter end.

Portfolio risk score

Displays Morningstar's Portfolio Risk Score for the fund's holdings, how closely the ETF tracks its index day to day, the estimated cost of holding it against the index, the cost of trading it at market size, and its best and worst quarters since inception, sourced from Morningstar.

Risk score

86.8

Cash 0
Global shares 100

Morningstar Portfolio Risk Score at 30 SEP 2026.

Tracking volatility
0.384
Est. holding cost %
0.004
Market impact cost %
0.147

Fees and costs

Displays the fund's ongoing costs as a percentage of assets per year: the PDS management fees and costs, performance fee and transaction costs that make up the total cost ratio (the RG 97 forward estimate, and what was charged last financial year), and the buy / sell spread, sourced from Morningstar.
Management fees and costs
0.32% p.a.
Performance fee costs
0.00% p.a.
Transaction costs
0.00% p.a.
Total cost ratio
0.32% p.a.
Total cost ratio (last FY)
0.32% p.a.
Buy / sell spread
0.11% / 0.11%
Performance fee
Not Disclosed
PDS dated
1 SEP 2026

Distributions

Displays the most recent distribution paid per unit and its key dates, sourced from Morningstar.
Latest distribution
0.1651
Ex Date
1 OCT 2026
Record Date
2 OCT 2026
Pay Date
16 OCT 2026
NAV at ex date
74.17
Paid this year
6.0185

Distributions by year

Displays the total distributions paid per unit in each calendar year, sourced from Morningstar.

2024

2.8

2023

1.5

2022

2.2

2021

3.2

2020

3.3

2019

2.0

2018

2.2

Year Per unit ($)
2024 2.8410
2023 1.5435
2022 2.2172
2021 3.1872
2020 3.2786
2019 2.0271
2018 2.2002

Distribution history

Displays the most recent distributions by ex date, sourced from Morningstar.
Ex Date Per unit ($)
1 OCT 2026 0.1651
1 JUL 2026 3.2317
1 APR 2026 1.7672
2 JAN 2026 0.8544
1 OCT 2025 0.1952
1 JUL 2025 1.5342
1 APR 2025 0.6239
2 JAN 2025 0.4877
1 OCT 2024 0.2395
1 JUL 2024 0.7452
2 APR 2024 0.3057
2 JAN 2024 0.2530

Sustainability rating · 31 AUG 2026

Displays the Morningstar Sustainability Rating (1 to 5 globes, more is better) and the portfolio ESG risk score behind it (lower is less risk), against the average of the fund's global category, sourced from Morningstar and Sustainalytics.

Below Average

ESG risk score

24.07

Negligible Low Medium High Severe
Rank in category
76th percentile
Environmental risk
4.24
Social risk
5.47
Governance risk
3.51
Portfolio covered
95.7%

ESG risk of holdings

Displays the share of the covered portfolio held in companies with negligible, low, medium, high and severe ESG risk, sourced from Morningstar and Sustainalytics.
Negligible
2.91%
Low
32.31%
Medium
41.73%
High
18.52%
Severe
4.53%

0.23% of assets are in companies with high or severe controversies.

Carbon · 31 AUG 2026

Displays the portfolio carbon risk score (lower is less exposure to the transition to a low-carbon economy), the share of the portfolio in companies with fossil fuel revenue, and whether the fund earns Morningstar's Low Carbon Designation, sourced from Morningstar and Sustainalytics.

Carbon risk score

11.93

Low Medium High Severe

Category average 9.92

Carbon risk
Medium Risk
Rank in category
85th percentile of 48 funds
Fossil fuel involvement
7.57%
Category average
4.84%
Low Carbon Designation
No
Portfolio covered
95.2%

Fund managers

Displays the people Morningstar lists as managers of the fund, sourced from Morningstar.
  • Duncan Burns

Tenure

Displays how long the managers have run the fund: the average and longest tenure, who has served longest, the latest appointment and how many other funds the team manages, sourced from Morningstar.
Number of managers
1
Average tenure
8.0 years
Longest tenure
8.0 years
Longest serving
Duncan Burns · since 9 NOV 2018
Most recent appointment
Duncan Burns · since 9 NOV 2018
Managed since
9 NOV 2018
Other funds managed
241
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