VYMIVanguard International High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares

Grow my money Get income10y track recordRanked #59 of 1,650 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%

#217 of 5,854 · low cost

Fund Size

$20.4B

#153 of 5,854 · large

Return (1Y)Goal

+33.6%

Track Record

10 years

#1,374 of 5,854 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD

Growth of $10,000

$13,692+36.9%

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

What it actually holds

By weight

Concentration

Top 10 holdings = 13.4% of fund✓ well diversified

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

98.5%

Cash

1.4%

By sector

Financial Services

43.6%

Energy

8.2%

Consumer Defensive

6.9%

Healthcare

6.6%

Industrials

6.5%

Basic Materials

6.4%

Consumer Cyclical

6.2%

Utilities

5.4%

Other

10.2%

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)

1.22Strong risk-adjusted returns

Sortino (3Y)

1.79Good 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 2026-08-03