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Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF (ASX: VAS) - Share Price and Research

Current share price for VAS : $103.000 0.9 (0.88%)+

Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF (VAS) is an Exchange Traded Fund - commonly known as an ETF. For more details about how ETFs work, feel free to check out our What is an ETF? overview. Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF (VAS) provides low cost, broadly diversified exposure to Australian companies and property trusts listed on the Australian Securities Exchange. It also offers potential long-term capital growth along with dividend income and franking credits. In Australia, Vanguard has been serving financial advisers, retail clients and institutional investors for 25 years.

VAS General Information +

ASX Code VAS
Website http://www.vanguard.com.au
Industry/Sector Diversified Financial Services
Market Cap ($M) 17,143
VAS Share Price $103.000
Day High $103.280
Day Low $102.860
Last Close $102.100
VAS Share Price Movement $0.90 ( 0.88% )
Prices as at 16:40, 8 Nov 2024
+Security prices are delayed by at least 20 minutes and are indicative only.

VAS Fund Information

Equity Australia Large Blend
S&P/ASX 200 TR AUD
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starstarstarstar (as at 30 Sep 2024)
Investment Fund
4 May 2009
$16816.3 million (as at 30 Sep 2024)

VAS ETF performance (31 Oct 2024)

NOTE : returns for periods greater than 1 year are annualised
  1 Month % 3 Month % 6 Month % 1 Year % p.a. 2 Year % p.a. 3 Year % p.a. 5 Year % p.a. 10 Year % p.a.
Total return -1.29 2.18 8.28 24.83 13.06 7.59 8.12 8.26
Growth return -2.28 1.15 6.44 20.74 9.01 2.51 3.69 3.76
Income return (Yield) 0.99 1.03 1.84 4.09 4.05 5.08 4.43 4.5

Market index (S&P/ASX 200 TR AUD)
Total return -1.31 2.1 8.44 24.89 13.39 8.01 8.17 8.32

VAS Related Research

Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF (VAS) Upcoming Dividends & Yields

Distribution Type Dividend Franking Ex-dividend date Payment date Current Price+ Price 7D Avg Dividend Yield
Result $1.04 71.15% 1 Oct 2024 16 Oct 2024 $103.000 $100.730 -
HFResult 67.21¢ 57.04% 1 Jul 2024 16 Jul 2024 $103.000 $100.730 -
Result 84.79¢ 78.20% 2 Apr 2024 17 Apr 2024 $103.000 $100.730 -

See all dividends from Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF (VAS) or use our Upcoming Dividends tool to search for dividends across all ASX-listed securities.

Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF (VAS) Recent ASX Announcements

Company Sector Market Cap ($m) Headline Release
date/time+		 Price at
release+		 Current
price+		 Gain/Loss View
Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF (VAS) Financials $17,144 Outstanding ETF Securities and Fund Flows Announcement 7 Nov 2024 3:37PM $101.820 $103.000 risen by 1.16%
Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF (VAS) Financials $17,144 Outstanding ETF Securities and Fund Flows Announcement 4 Oct 2024 1:51PM $100.940 $103.000 risen by 2.04%
Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF (VAS) Financials $17,144 Distribution Tax Estimates 2 Oct 2024 3:41PM $101.620 $103.000 risen by 1.36%
Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF (VAS) Financials $17,144 DRP Issue Price Announcement for the period ended 30 Sep 24 2 Oct 2024 3:40PM $101.620 $103.000 risen by 1.36%
Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF (VAS) Financials $17,144 Final Distribution Announcement 2 Oct 2024 8:21AM $101.790 $103.000 risen by 1.19%
Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF (VAS) Financials $17,144 Updated Estimated Distribution Announcement 1 Oct 2024 8:40AM $103.580 $103.000 fallen by 0.56%

VAS Financial Summary

Year to Jun NPAT EPS EPS chg (%) PER DPS Yield (%) Franking (%)
2024A $3,755.12 $2,372.50 -13.00% 3.90 352.40 3.80% 37.5%
2023A $3,733.84 $2,727.90 -278.00% 3.20 366.60 4.20% 0.0%
2022A -$1,907.86 -$1,532.50 -126.70% 0.00 625.90 6.70% 63.8%

VAS Peer Comparison

Company Mkt Cap EPS Growth (%) P/E (%) Dividend Yield (%)
2022 A 2023 A 2024 A 2022 A 2023 A 2024 A 2022 A 2023 A 2024 A
AMP Limited (AMP) $3,836M -0.6694 0.0000 0.0944 0.0000 14.3059 13.0716 2.97% 1.32% 4.62%
Challenger (CGF) $4,335M -0.6252 2.6077 0.0829 34.1132 9.4556 8.7314 4.23% 4.94% 5.26%
Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF (VAS) $13,898M -0.1303 0.0000 0.0000 4.3036 0.0000 0.0000 3.45% 0.00% 0.00%

VAS Market Comparison

Earnings P/E Ratio P/B Ratio P/E Growth
Company 0.20 4.34 0.46 0.00
Market 0.48 14.10 1.09 0.91
Sector 0.61 13.50 1.05 1.03

VAS Directors

Name Position Start Date
Mr Daniel Shrimski Non-Executive Director 21 May 2021
Mr John Bendl Non-Executive Director 21 Jan 2022
Mr Curt Jacques Non-Executive Director 21 Jan 2022
Ms Kim Petersen Non-Executive Director 21 Jan 2022

Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF (VAS) Changes in Directors' Interest & Trades

There are no directors' trades from Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF (VAS). Please use our Changes in directors' interest tool to search for changes & trades across all ASX-listed securities.

VAS Management

Name Position
Ashley Warmbrand Company Secretary

FAQs about Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF (VAS)

Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF's (VAS) current share price is $103.00. This constitutes a price movement of 2.25% when compared to the share price 7 days ago and is -0.65% below VAS's 12-month high of $103.67 per share. Prices are delayed by at least 20 minutes.

Relative to the previous close share price of $102.10, Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF's (VAS) current share price of $103.00 constitutes a movement of $0.90 or 0.88%. Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF's (VAS) share price movement is 2.25% when compared to 7 days ago and is -0.65% below VAS's 52-week high of $103.67.

Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF's (VAS) 52-week high is $103.67 which was reached on 17 Oct 2024. Relative to this, VAS's current share price of $103.00 constitutes a -$0.67 or -0.65% drop since that high of $103.67 per VAS share.

Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF's (VAS) 52-week low is $86.08 which was reached on 13 Nov 2023. Relative to this, VAS's current share price of $103.00 constitutes a $16.92 or 19.66% gain since that low of $86.08 per VAS share.

Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF's (VAS) current market capitalisation is $17,143,816,769. Market capitalisation, sometimes referred to as "market cap", is the total value of a company's or ETF's issued shares or units owned by shareholders or unitholders. Market capitalisation is equal to the market price per share or unit multiplied by the number of shares or units outstanding.

Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF (VAS) last distribution or dividend was $1.04 per share and was paid on 16 Oct 2024. This last VAS distribution or dividend included 71.15% franking.

Upcoming ex-distribution date: 1 Oct 2024

Upcoming record date: 2 Oct 2024

Upcoming payment date: 16 Oct 2024

ETFs, such as Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF (VAS), pay distributions instead of dividends. The difference is that dividends are declared by companies from part of the profits made during any given year and the company’s management decide the amount of earnings retained verses how much to pay out to investors. An ETF, like Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF (VAS), must pay out all realised income. This is a combination of any dividends received plus capital gains realised from the buying and selling of underlying holdings within Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF (VAS).


A distribution has three key dates:

Ex-distribution date: Date the distribution value leaves the ETF. This will normally correspond with the ETF unit price dropping in value by the same amount as the distribution.

Record date: Date someone must be on the unit registry to receive the distribution.

Payment date date: Date the distribution is paid to the unit holder.

Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF (VAS) has a franking level of 37.50%. Franking represents the tax a company has already paid on any profit it distributes to shareholders as a dividend. Only Australian companies pay franking credits therefore you will not see franking on ETFs that invest internationally. For ETFs that are diversified across asset classes, you may see partial franking.

Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF (VAS) has a current dividend yield of 3.60% this year. Last year's dividend yield was 4.10%. The dividend yield for VAS is a ratio that tells you the percentage of Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF (VAS)'s share price that it pays out in dividends each year. The dividend yield is calculated by dividing the annual dividends by the current share price.

The "management expense ratio" (MER) for Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF (VAS) is 0.14%. This is the total expense for operating an ETF or managed fund like Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF (VAS). This includes management fees and other operating expenses which all come out of an investor's return.

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