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Vanguard Ethically Conscious International Shares Index ETF (ASX: VESG)

VESG $120.09

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1 year return ▲ 6.35%
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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)
120.09
Change
▲ 0.93 (0.78)
Bid / Ask
119.96 - 120.09
Volume
22,354
Turnover
2,126,462
Open
119.16
Day Range
119.16 - 120.12
VWAP
119.60
Prev Close
119.16
Last Trade
11/11 3:41pm

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

$1.11B

SEP 2026

Total cost ratio

0.18%

per year

Distributions

Quarterly

Since inception

8.2 yrs

SEP 2018

Legal name
Vanguard Ethically Conscious International Shares Index ETF
Issuer
Vanguard Investments Australia Ltd
Type
Exchange-Traded Fund
Structure
Open Ended Investment Company
Management style
Index fund
Morningstar category
Equity World Large Blend
Category index
MSCI World Ex Australia NR AUD
Benchmark
FTSE Dev ex Australia Choice NR AUD
ETF net assets
$1.11B
Units on issue
13.2M
Management fee
0.18% p.a.
Domicile
Australia
Base currency
AUD
ISIN
AU0000022485
Inception
11 SEP 2018
Listed
13 SEP 2018
Index provider
FTSE International Ltd Index

Objective and strategy

The Fund will hold or be exposed to most of the securities in the Index, allowing individual security weightings to vary marginally from the Index from time to time. The Fund may be exposed to securities that have been removed from or are expected to be included in the Index.

Asset allocation · 31 OCT 2026

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

US equity 72.44%Non-US equity 26.87%

Asset class Net % Long % Short %
Equity 99.31 99.31 0.00
Bond 0.00 0.00 0.00
Cash 0.53 1.58 1.05
Other 0.16 0.16 0.00

Sector exposure

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

Cyclical 29.95%Sensitive 55.63%Defensive 14.42%

Technology
40.88%
Financial Services
16.20%
Healthcare
10.24%
Communication Services
10.20%
Consumer Cyclical
9.60%
Industrials
4.54%
Consumer Defensive
3.96%
Basic Materials
2.20%
Real Estate
1.94%
Utilities
0.21%
Energy
0.02%

Region exposure

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

Developed markets 99.50%Emerging markets 0.50%

North America
75.41%
Europe Developed
10.56%
Japan
6.74%
Asia Developed
4.27%
United Kingdom
2.08%
Africa / Middle East
0.37%
Latin America
0.26%
Europe Emerging
0.12%
Asia Emerging
0.12%
Australasia
0.06%

Country exposure

Displays the twelve countries the fund holds most of, sourced from Morningstar.
United States
72.95%
Japan
6.74%
South Korea
3.30%
Canada
2.47%
Switzerland
2.44%
United Kingdom
2.08%
Germany
1.67%
Netherlands
1.56%
France
1.14%
Sweden
0.96%
Spain
0.84%
Italy
0.69%

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
Large Blend
Average moat
Moderate

Size score

294

Small Mid Large

Value-growth score

161

Value Blend Growth

Economic moat

Wide 62%Narrow 21%None 17%

Market capitalisation

Displays the share of the fund's shareholdings in giant, large, mid, small and micro cap companies, sourced from Morningstar.
Giant
52.42%
Large
30.17%
Mid
17.13%
Small
0.28%
Micro
0.00%

Giant 52%Large 30%Mid 17%Small 0%Micro 0%

Average market cap
$536.50B
Number of holdings
1,419
Shares held
1,372

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
21.29
Price / book
4.09
Price / sales
3.11
Price / cash flow
17.70
Dividend yield
1.32%
Assets in top 10
33.81%
Return on equity
35.07%
Net margin
27.55%
Earnings growth (3 yr)
20.30%

Top holdings · top 10 = 33.81% 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
NVIDIA Corp NVDA 7.08 OCT 2018 94.4M USD 287,642 Technology United States
Apple Inc AAPL 6.39 OCT 2018 85.3M USD 178,196 Technology United States
Microsoft Corp MSFT 5.06 OCT 2018 67.5M USD 91,539 Technology United States
Amazon.com Inc AMZN 3.21 OCT 2018 42.8M USD 119,555 Consumer Cyclical United States
Alphabet Inc Class A GOOGL 2.67 OCT 2018 35.6M USD 71,921 Communication Services United States
Broadcom Inc AVGO 2.17 OCT 2018 29.0M USD 57,384 Technology United States
Alphabet Inc Class C GOOG 2.15 OCT 2018 28.6M USD 58,493 Communication Services United States
Meta Platforms Inc Class A META 2.11 OCT 2018 28.2M USD 27,060 Communication Services United States
Micron Technology Inc MU 1.60 OCT 2018 21.3M USD 13,910 Technology United States
Tesla Inc TSLA 1.38 OCT 2018 18.4M USD 36,030 Consumer Cyclical 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

-2.5

3M

0.2

6M

5.9

YTD

11.1

1Y

12.2

3Y

23.0

5Y

10.0

Period Fund (NAV) % Market price % Before fees % Rank in category
1 month -2.52 -1.95 -2.51 9 / 313
3 months 0.19 1.13 0.24 43 / 309
6 months 5.93 7.18 6.03 6 / 300
Year to date 11.14 11.86 11.31 19 / 290
1 year 12.18 12.52 12.38 19 / 283
3 years p.a. 22.98 23.67 23.20 17 / 237
5 years p.a. 9.99 10.35 10.18 32 / 202

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

27.7

2020

10.5

2021

29.5

2022

-18.8

2023

30.5

2024

30.9

2025

13.5

Year Total % Capital % Rank in category
2025 13.46 10.80 41 / 286
2024 30.90 29.94 14 / 281
2023 30.46 24.43 11 / 296
2022 -18.82 -19.37 80 / 297
2021 29.46 28.06 26 / 279
2020 10.52 8.31 19 / 266
2019 27.74 27.39 19 / 264

Financial year returns

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

FY20

9.8

FY21

27.8

FY22

-9.8

FY23

22.6

FY24

21.2

FY25

17.8

FY26

17.5

Financial year Total %
Financial year to date -1.94
Year to 30 JUN 2026 17.52
Year to 30 JUN 2025 17.77
Year to 30 JUN 2024 21.17
Year to 30 JUN 2023 22.62
Year to 30 JUN 2022 -9.79
Year to 30 JUN 2021 27.85
Year to 30 JUN 2020 9.80

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 0.44 -1.42 -1.22 —
Beta 1.44 1.17 1.10 —
R-squared 96.73 95.40 96.23 —
Standard deviation 16.79 13.49 16.13 —
Sharpe ratio 0.07 1.20 0.67 —
Sortino ratio 0.02 2.23 1.00 —
Tracking error 4.62 2.91 2.62 —
Information ratio 0.02 0.21 -0.22 —
Upside capture % 137.21 111.75 108.70 —
Downside capture % 150.06 130.59 121.38 —
Maximum drawdown % -9.44 -9.44 -19.35 —

Measured against MSCI World Ex Australia 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

87.5

Cash 0
Global shares 100

Morningstar Portfolio Risk Score at 30 SEP 2026.

Tracking volatility
0.341
Est. holding cost %
-0.034
Market impact cost %
0.137
Best quarter
17.70% · JUN 2026
Worst quarter
-11.01% · APR 2022

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
0.18% p.a.
Performance fee costs
0.00% p.a.
Transaction costs
0.00% p.a.
Total cost ratio
0.18% p.a.
Total cost ratio (last FY)
0.18% p.a.
Buy / sell spread
0.06% / 0.06%
Performance fee
Not Disclosed
PDS dated
29 OCT 2026

Distributions

Displays the most recent distribution paid per unit and its key dates, sourced from Morningstar.
Latest distribution
0.2126
Ex Date
1 OCT 2026
Record Date
2 OCT 2026
Pay Date
16 OCT 2026
NAV at ex date
121.74
Paid this year
1.5812

Distributions by year

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

2024

1.7

2023

1.3

2022

1.4

2021

1.5

2020

0.8

2019

0.9

2018

0.8

Year Per unit ($)
2024 1.6603
2023 1.2644
2022 1.3813
2021 1.4667
2020 0.7766
2019 0.9028
2018 0.7796

Distribution history

Displays the most recent distributions by ex date, sourced from Morningstar.
Ex Date Per unit ($)
1 OCT 2026 0.2126
1 JUL 2026 0.6445
1 APR 2026 0.4393
2 JAN 2026 0.2848
1 OCT 2025 0.2098
1 JUL 2025 0.8748
1 APR 2025 0.2675
2 JAN 2025 0.3081
1 OCT 2024 0.1895
1 JUL 2024 0.5550
2 APR 2024 0.2729
2 JAN 2024 0.2470

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.

Above Average

ESG risk score

17.08

Negligible Low Medium High Severe
Rank in category
16th percentile
Environmental risk
4.26
Social risk
7.99
Governance risk
4.69
Portfolio covered
99.8%

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
3.29%
Low
74.17%
Medium
21.32%
High
1.09%
Severe
0.13%

7.50% 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

4.40

Low Medium High Severe

Category average 6.81

Carbon risk
Low Risk
Rank in category
19th percentile of 212 funds
Fossil fuel involvement
0.30%
Category average
6.26%
Low Carbon Designation
Yes
Portfolio covered
99.7%

Fund managers

Displays the people Morningstar lists as managers of the fund, sourced from Morningstar.
  • Jonathan Burne
  • Li-hsia Yap
  • Duncan Burns
  • Ross Howell
  • James Chatfield

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
5
Average tenure
8.2 years
Longest tenure
8.2 years
Longest serving
Jonathan Burne, Li-hsia Yap, Duncan Burns, Ross Howell, James Chatfield · since 11 SEP 2018
Most recent appointment
Jonathan Burne, Li-hsia Yap, Duncan Burns, Ross Howell, James Chatfield · since 11 SEP 2018
Managed since
11 SEP 2018
Other funds managed
241
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