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Vanguard FTSE Developed ex North America High Dividend Yield Index ETF

International Equity

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FundGrade A

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Fundata ESG Grade B

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FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

2024, 2023

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NAVPS
(04-04-2025)
$32.65
Change
-$1.51 (-4.42%)

As at February 28, 2025

As at February 28, 2025

As at December 31, 2024

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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): 8.81%

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 2.70% 9.07% 9.14% 8.63% 20.99% 17.04% 13.77% 12.90% 12.48% 9.78% - - - -
Benchmark 1.20% 7.16% 5.45% 6.99% 14.01% 13.90% 9.73% 7.35% 9.62% 8.10% 6.28% 7.55% 8.28% 6.64%
Category Average 1.20% 6.36% 5.10% 6.81% 13.63% 12.80% 8.48% 6.16% 8.33% 7.22% 5.50% 6.68% 7.27% 5.54%
Category Rank 97 / 801 104 / 799 92 / 793 157 / 799 35 / 771 40 / 735 11 / 712 7 / 686 14 / 652 78 / 615 - - - -
Quartile Ranking 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - - - -

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb
Fund 3.69% 0.52% 3.26% -1.98% 4.98% 0.11% 1.44% -1.44% 0.08% 0.40% 5.78% 2.70%
Benchmark 3.12% -1.23% 2.60% -0.96% 4.08% 0.37% 1.09% -2.68% 0.03% 0.16% 5.72% 1.20%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

15.01% (November 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-12.01% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

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 - - - - 506/ 599 570/ 649 103/ 679 8/ 702 267/ 732 78/ 767

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 99.59
Income Trust Units 0.41
US Equity 0.01
Other -0.01

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Financial Services 36.79
Consumer Goods 13.66
Healthcare 8.01
Energy 7.04
Basic Materials 5.57
Other 28.93

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
Europe 63.69
Asia 34.97
Africa and Middle East 0.77
Multi-National 0.44
Latin America 0.11
Other 0.02

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Nestle SA Cl N 2.54
Roche Holding AG - Partcptn 2.35
Novartis AG Cl N 2.21
HSBC Holdings PLC 2.18
Toyota Motor Corp 2.11
Shell PLC 2.10
Siemens AG Cl N 1.75
Commonwealth Bank of Australia 1.67
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc 1.46
Unilever PLC 1.42

Equity Style

Market capitalization is large. Equity style is blend.

Fixed Income Style

Fixed income style data not available
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Risk vs Return (3 Yr)

Vanguard FTSE Developed ex North America High Dividend Yield Index ETF

Median

Other - International Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 12.04% 13.51% -
Beta 0.86% 0.93% -
Alpha 0.05% 0.03% -
Rsquared 0.88% 0.84% -
Sharpe 0.82% 0.77% -
Sortino 1.53% 1.19% -
Treynor 0.11% 0.11% -
Tax Efficiency 88.12% 87.60% -
Volatility Volatility rating is 6 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 6 on a scale of 1 to 10 -

Risk Rating

Rating 6 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 8.51% 12.04% 13.51% -
Beta 0.97% 0.86% 0.93% -
Alpha 0.06% 0.05% 0.03% -
Rsquared 0.90% 0.88% 0.84% -
Sharpe 1.82% 0.82% 0.77% -
Sortino 5.89% 1.53% 1.19% -
Treynor 0.16% 0.11% 0.11% -
Tax Efficiency 92.57% 88.12% 87.60% -

Fundata ESG Metrics

Fundata ESG Score

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Fundata E Score

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Fundata S Score

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

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) -

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
N/A

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

-

Investment Minimums

RSP Eligible Yes
PAC Allowed No
PAC Initial Investment -
PAC Subsequent -
SWP Allowed No
SWP Min Balance -
SWP Min Withdrawal -

Fees

MER 0.31%
Management Fee 0.28%
Load No Load
FE Max -
DSC Max -
Trailer Fee Max (FE) -
Trailer Fee Max (DSC) -
Trailer Fee Max (NL) -
Trailer Fee Max (LL) -

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