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Vanguard FTSE Developed ex North America High Dividend Yield Index ETF (VIDY : TSX)

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Fundata ESG GradeC Click for more information on Fundata’s ESG Grade

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2024, 2023

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(07-25-2025) 		$37.26
Change
$0.08 (0.22%)
Open $37.01
Day Range $37.01 - $37.27
Volume 37,142

As at June 30, 2025

As at June 30, 2025

As at June 30, 2025

  • Closing Price / Volume
Period
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Vanguard FTSE Developed ex North America High Dividend Yield Index ETF

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (August 21, 2018): 9.49%

Fund Returns
Row Heading Return Annualized Return
1 Mth 3 Mth 6 Mth YTD 1 Yr 2 Yr 3 Yr 4 Yr 5 Yr 6 Yr 7 Yr 8 Yr 9 Yr 10 Yr
Fund 0.92% 4.74% 16.63% 16.63% 23.14% 21.07% 20.62% 13.22% 15.28% 10.63% - - - -
Benchmark 2.18% 7.40% 14.02% 14.02% 17.40% 16.11% 17.68% 7.82% 10.64% 8.76% 7.30% 7.52% 8.97% 7.36%
Category Average 1.27% 11.04% 11.04% 11.04% 14.33% 13.16% 14.85% 5.73% 8.94% 7.32% 6.29% 6.18% 7.49% 5.96%
Category Rank 452 / 810 417 / 790 58 / 785 58 / 785 50 / 772 14 / 739 14 / 704 6 / 687 7 / 649 19 / 610 - - - -
Quartile Ranking 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - - - -

Monthly Return

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Monthly Return
Return % Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
Fund 4.98% 0.11% 1.44% -1.44% 0.08% 0.40% 5.78% 2.70% 2.50% 0.00% 3.80% 0.92%
Benchmark 4.08% 0.37% 1.09% -2.68% 0.03% 0.16% 5.72% 1.20% -0.76% 0.66% 4.41% 2.18%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

15.01% (November 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-12.01% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

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Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund - - - - 12.30% -2.88% 13.99% 1.60% 15.08% 16.09%
Benchmark 19.41% -1.70% 18.37% -6.81% 16.27% 8.01% 8.97% -10.67% 15.74% 11.18%
Category Average 13.82% -2.56% 17.84% -8.91% 17.54% 7.87% 8.64% -12.60% 13.75% 10.76%
Quartile Ranking - - - - 4 4 1 1 2 1
Category Rank - - - - 496/ 587 558/ 637 100/ 667 7/ 689 267/ 719 77/ 754

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

16.09% (2024)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-2.88% (2020)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
International Equity 99.51
Income Trust Units 0.42
Canadian Corporate Bonds 0.04
Derivatives 0.02
US Equity 0.01

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Financial Services 38.94
Consumer Goods 14.20
Healthcare 7.25
Energy 6.67
Utilities 6.20
Other 26.74

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
Europe 61.91
Asia 36.46
Africa and Middle East 0.99
Multi-National 0.47
Latin America 0.10
Other 0.07

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Nestle SA Cl N 2.41
Roche Holding AG - Partcptn 2.20
Novartis AG Cl N 2.17
HSBC Holdings PLC 2.05
Shell PLC 2.02
Commonwealth Bank of Australia 1.95
Toyota Motor Corp 1.77
Allianz SE 1.50
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc 1.47
Unilever PLC 1.44

Equity Style

Market capitalization is large. Equity style is blend.

Fixed Income Style

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Risk vs Return (3 Yr)

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Vanguard FTSE Developed ex North America High Dividend Yield Index ETF

Median

Other - International Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 10.47% 12.16% -
Beta 0.82% 0.88% -
Alpha 0.05% 0.05% -
Rsquared 0.83% 0.82% -
Sharpe 1.47% 1.03% -
Sortino 3.53% 1.98% -
Treynor 0.19% 0.14% -
Tax Efficiency 91.82% 89.54% -
Volatility Volatility rating is 5 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 7 on a scale of 1 to 10 -

Risk Rating

Rating 5 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 7.65% 10.47% 12.16% -
Beta 0.80% 0.82% 0.88% -
Alpha 0.08% 0.05% 0.05% -
Rsquared 0.75% 0.83% 0.82% -
Sharpe 2.34% 1.47% 1.03% -
Sortino 10.57% 3.53% 1.98% -
Treynor 0.22% 0.19% 0.14% -
Tax Efficiency 93.95% 91.82% 89.54% -

Fundata ESG Metrics

Fundata ESG Score

Created with Highcharts 10.3.3Grade: EGrade: DGrade: CGrade: BGrade: A35.2​35.229.2​29.20%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%

The E, S, and G scores are averaged for each security in the portfolio, to arrive at an ESG score for each security. We take the portfolio weighted average of the ESG scores for each fund and rank them against their peers to arrive at the Fundata ESG Score from 0-100.

Fundata E Score

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Three scores under the Environment bucket are averaged to yield the Fundata Environment Score for each fund from 0-100: (1) Pollution Prevention, (2) Environmental Transparency, (3) Resource Efficiency.

Fundata S Score

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Six scores under the Social bucket are averaged to yield the Fundata Social Score for each fund from 0-100. (1) Compensation and Satisfaction, (2) Diversity and Rights, (3) Education and Work Conditions, (4) Community and Charity, (5) Human Rights, (6) Sustainability Integration.

Fundata G Score

Created with Highcharts 10.3.3Grade: EGrade: DGrade: CGrade: BGrade: A36.6​36.626.2​26.20%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%

Three scores under the governance bucket are averaged to yield the Fundata Governance Score for each fund from 0-100: (1) Board Effectiveness, (2) Management Ethics, (3) Disclosure and Accountability.

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Fund Details

Start Date August 21, 2018
Instrument Type Exchange Traded Fund
Share Class Do-It-Yourself
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Quarterly
Assets ($mil) -
52 Week High $37.27
52 Week Low $29.35
Annual Dividend $1.06
Annual Yield -
Index FTSE Developed ex North America High Dividend Yield Index
Shares Outstanding -
Registered Plan Eligible Yes

ETF Characteristics

Exposure 1x performance
Asset Class High -
Asset Class Medium -
Asset Class Low -
Leveraged -
Inverse -
Advisor Series -
Covered Call Strategy No

Investment Objectives

Vanguard FTSE Developed ex North America High Dividend Yield Index ETF seeks to track, to the extent reasonably possible and before fees and expenses, the performance of a broad international equity index that measures the investment return of common stocks of companies that are characterized by high dividend yield, with a focus on companies located in developed markets, excluding Canada and the U.S.

Investment Strategy

In order to achieve its investment objective, Vanguard FTSE Developed ex North America High Dividend Yield Index ETF employs a "passive management" - or indexing - investment approach designed to track the performance of the FTSE Developed ex North America High Dividend Yield Index. This Vanguard ETF invests all, or substantially all, of its assets in the stocks that make up the applicable Index, holding each stock in approximately the same proportion as its weighting in the Index.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Vanguard Investments Canada Inc.
Sub-Advisor

Vanguard Global Advisers, LLC

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

Vanguard Investments Canada Inc.
Custodian

State Street Trust Company Canada
Registrar

State Street Trust Company Canada
Distributor

-

Fees

MER 0.31%
Management Fee 0.28%

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