Vanguard Diversified High Growth Index ETF (ASX: VDHG) - Share Price and Research

Vanguard Diversified High Growth Index ETF's (VDHG) current share price is $68.10. This constitutes a price movement of 2.44% when compared to the share price 7 days ago and is 0% below VDHG's 12-month high of $68.10 per share. Prices are delayed by at least 20 minutes.

Relative to the previous close share price of $67.67, Vanguard Diversified High Growth Index ETF's (VDHG) current share price of $68.10 constitutes a movement of $0.43 or 0.64%. Vanguard Diversified High Growth Index ETF's (VDHG) share price movement is 2.44% when compared to 7 days ago and is 0% below VDHG's 52-week high of $68.10.

Vanguard Diversified High Growth Index ETF's (VDHG) 52-week high is $68.10 which was reached on 8 Nov 2024. Relative to this, VDHG's current share price of $68.10 constitutes a or 0% drop since that high of $68.10 per VDHG share.

Vanguard Diversified High Growth Index ETF's (VDHG) 52-week low is $56.82 which was reached on 10 Nov 2023. Relative to this, VDHG's current share price of $68.10 constitutes a $11.28 or 19.85% gain since that low of $56.82 per VDHG share.

Vanguard Diversified High Growth Index ETF's (VDHG) current market capitalisation is $2,649,268,831. 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 Diversified High Growth Index ETF (VDHG) last distribution or dividend was $0.37 per share and was paid on 16 Oct 2024. This last VDHG distribution or dividend included 44.23% franking.

Upcoming ex-distribution date: 1 Oct 2024

Upcoming record date: 2 Oct 2024

Upcoming payment date: 16 Oct 2024

ETFs, such as Vanguard Diversified High Growth Index ETF (VDHG), 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 Diversified High Growth Index ETF (VDHG), 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 Diversified High Growth Index ETF (VDHG).

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 Diversified High Growth Index ETF (VDHG) has a franking level of 0%. 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 Diversified High Growth Index ETF (VDHG) has a current dividend yield of 3.50% this year. Last year's dividend yield was 0%. The dividend yield for VDHG is a ratio that tells you the percentage of Vanguard Diversified High Growth Index ETF (VDHG)'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 Diversified High Growth Index ETF (VDHG) is 0.27%. This is the total expense for operating an ETF or managed fund like Vanguard Diversified High Growth Index ETF (VDHG). This includes management fees and other operating expenses which all come out of an investor's return.