VSGXVanguard ESG International Stock ETF

Grow my money7y track recordRanked #190 of 2,960 in this goal

Tracks the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of large-, mid-, and small-cap stocks in developed and emerging markets outside the U.S. screened for ESG criteria.

By Vanguard · Launched 2018

Annual Cost

0.10%

#539 of 5,562 · low cost

Fund Size

$6.6B

#374 of 5,562 · large

Return (1Y)Goal

+32.0%

Track Record

7 years

#1,810 of 5,562 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD

Growth of $10,000

$13,436+34.4%

Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.

Classification

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Equity

Region

Global ex-US

Cap

Multi cap

Strategy

Index tracking

Focus

ESG

Index tracked

FTSE Global All Cap ex US Choice Index

What it actually holds

By weight

Concentration

Top 10 holdings = 13.2% of fund✓ well diversified

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd

4.0%

ASML Holding NV

1.5%

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd

1.3%

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

1.1%

AstraZeneca PLC

1.0%

Roche Holding AG

1.0%

Nestle SA

0.9%

SAP SE

0.9%

Novartis AG

0.9%

Royal Bank of Canada

0.8%

Asset allocation

Stocks

98.5%

Cash

1.4%

Other

0.1%

By sector

Financial Services

27.9%

Technology

23.9%

Industrials

9.8%

Consumer Cyclical

9.5%

Healthcare

9.3%

Basic Materials

6.1%

Consumer Defensive

5.1%

Communication

4.5%

Other

3.9%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years

Volatility (1Y)

17.3%Moderate

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown

-33.1%Severe

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)

0.98Decent risk-adjusted returns

Sortino (3Y)

1.43Good downside protection

Where to buy

Listing

Exchange: Cboe BZX

Full fund details

Objective: Tracks the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of large-, mid-, and small-cap stocks in developed and emerging markets outside the U.S. screened for ESG criteria.
Strategy: Employs an indexing approach to track the FTSE Global All Cap ex US Choice Index, a market capitalization-weighted index of large-, mid-, and small-cap stocks in developed and emerging markets outside the U.S. screened for ESG criteria. Invests at least 80% of net assets in the Target Index.
Inception date: September 18, 2018
Fund family: Vanguard