VIGIVanguard International Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF Shares
Tracks the performance of the S&P Global Ex-U.S. Dividend Growers Index.
By Vanguard · Launched 2016
Annual Cost
0.07%
#217 of 5,853 · low cost
Fund Size
$9.1B
#304 of 5,853 · large
Return (1Y)Goal
+13.8%
Track Record
10 years
#1,374 of 5,853 · established
Performance
Total-return NAV · USDGrowth of $10,000
$11,306+13.1%
Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.
What's inside
How Beacon categorizes this fundAsset class
EquityRegion
Global ex-USCap
Multi cap
Strategy
Index tracking
Factor
Dividend
Index tracked
S&P Global Ex-US Dividend Growers Index
What it actually holds
By weightConcentration
Top 10 holdings = 33.5% of fund✓ well diversified
Royal Bank of Canada
4.3%
Nestle SA
3.9%
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc
3.8%
Novartis AG
3.6%
Roche Holding AG
3.3%
Toronto-Dominion Bank/The
3.3%
Schneider Electric SE
3.1%
SAP SE
3.1%
Iberdrola SA
2.6%
Hitachi Ltd
2.6%
Asset allocation
Stocks
99.7%
Cash
0.3%
By sector
Financial Services
29.3%
Industrials
16.4%
Healthcare
14.6%
Technology
13.1%
Consumer Defensive
9.7%
Utilities
5.1%
Basic Materials
4.1%
Consumer Cyclical
2.7%
Other
4.9%
Risk profile
Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ yearsVolatility (1Y)
12.9%Moderate
Year-on-year price swings
Max drawdown
-31.0%Severe
Worst peak-to-trough loss
Sharpe (3Y)
0.56Decent risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
0.81Moderate downside risk
Listing
- Exchange
- NASDAQ Global Select Market
Full fund details
- Objective
- Tracks the performance of the S&P Global Ex-U.S. Dividend Growers Index.
- Strategy
- Employs an indexing investment approach to replicate the S&P Global Ex-U.S. Dividend Growers Index, focusing on common stocks of high-quality non-U.S. companies with a history of increasing dividends. Invests primarily in developed and emerging markets, excluding the U.S.
- Inception date
- February 25, 2016
- Fund family
- Vanguard
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Data updated on 2026-08-02