VPLVanguard Pacific Stock Index Fund
Seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of stocks issued by companies in the Pacific region.
By Vanguard · Launched 2005
Annual Cost
0.07%
#217 of 5,853 · low cost
Fund Size
$13.8B
#211 of 5,853 · large
Return (1Y)Goal
+36.9%
Track Record
21 years
#219 of 5,853 · established
Performance
Total-return NAV · USDGrowth of $10,000
$13,317+33.2%
Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.
What's inside
How Beacon categorizes this fundAsset class
EquityRegion
Asia pacificCap
Multi cap
Strategy
Index tracking
Index tracked
FTSE Developed Asia Pacific All Cap Index
What it actually holds
By weightConcentration
Top 10 holdings = 20.5% of fund✓ well diversified
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
4.7%
SK hynix Inc
3.1%
Toyota Motor Corp
2.2%
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc
1.8%
Vanguard Cmt Funds-Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund
1.8%
Commonwealth Bank of Australia
1.6%
BHP Group Ltd
1.5%
Hitachi Ltd
1.4%
Sony Group Corp
1.2%
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc
1.2%
Asset allocation
Stocks
98.1%
Cash
1.9%
By sector
Technology
31.6%
Financial Services
17.8%
Industrials
17.4%
Consumer Cyclical
8.8%
Basic Materials
6.5%
Communication
4.4%
Healthcare
4.3%
Real Estate
3.6%
Other
5.6%
Risk profile
Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ yearsVolatility (1Y)
23.8%High
Year-on-year price swings
Max drawdown
-33.9%Severe
Worst peak-to-trough loss
Sharpe (3Y)
0.80Decent risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.16Good downside protection
Listing
- Exchange
- NYSE Arca
Full fund details
- Objective
- Seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of stocks issued by companies in the Pacific region.
- Strategy
- Invests primarily in stocks that make up the FTSE Developed Asia Pacific All Cap Index, holding them in approximately the same proportions. Uses replication indexing to track the Target Index.
- Inception date
- March 4, 2005
- Fund family
- Vanguard
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Data updated on 2026-08-02