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VYMIVanguard International High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares

Grow my moneyGet income10y track recordRanked #58 of 1,706 in this goal

Tracks the performance of the FTSE All-World ex US High Dividend Yield Index.

By Vanguard · Launched 2016

Annual Cost

0.07%

#219 of 6,040 · low cost

Fund Size

$22.7B

#140 of 6,040 · large

Return (1Y)

+27.7%

Track Record

10 years

#1,386 of 6,040 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD
Growth of $10,000
$12,821+28.2%

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

What's inside

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Equity

Region

Global ex-US

Cap

Multi cap

Strategy

Index tracking

Factor

Dividend

Index tracked

FTSE All-World ex US High Dividend Yield Index

Holdings

By weight

Concentration

Top 10 holdings = 13.4% of funddiversified

HSBC Holdings PLC
1.7%
Roche Holding AG
1.6%
Novartis AG
1.5%
Nestle SA
1.4%
Shell PLC
1.4%
Royal Bank of Canada
1.4%
Commonwealth Bank of Australia
1.1%
Toyota Motor Corp
1.1%
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc
1.1%
BHP Group Ltd
1.0%

Asset allocation

Stocks
98.8%
Cash
1.2%

By sector

Financial Services
44.4%
Energy
8.9%
Consumer Defensive
6.8%
Healthcare
6.5%
Industrials
6.4%
Basic Materials
6.3%
Consumer Cyclical
6.3%
Utilities
5.1%
Other
9.4%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years
Volatility (1Y)
13.2%Moderate

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown
-40.0%Severe

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)
1.34Strong risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.97Good downside protection

Listing

Exchange
NASDAQ Global Select Market

Full fund details

Objective
Tracks the performance of the FTSE All-World ex US High Dividend Yield Index.
Strategy
Employs an indexing investment approach to track the FTSE All-World ex US High Dividend Yield Index, focusing on non-U.S. companies in developed and emerging markets with above-average dividend yields. Invests at least 80% of net assets in the stocks that make up the Target Index.
Inception date
February 25, 2016
Fund family
Vanguard

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Data updated on 2026-09-18