VANGUARD FTSE ALL-WORLD EX-US INDEX FUND
VANGUARD INTERNATIONAL EQUITY INDEX FUNDS · 4 share classes
Fund classification
Classified from what the fund holds · as of 2026 Q2
VANGUARD FTSE ALL-WORLD EX-US INDEX FUND is a developed international equity index ETF that tracks the FTSE All-World ex US Index.
- Asset class
- Equity
- Region
- Developed international
- Management
- Index (passive)
- Fund type
- ETF
Fund profile
As filed in the prospectus · 2026 Q1
Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Index Fund (the Fund) seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of stocks of companies located in developed and emerging markets outside of the United States.
The fund tracks the FTSE All-World ex-US Index, a market-capitalization-weighted index of large- and mid-cap stocks in developed and emerging markets outside the United States, by holding all or substantially all of the index constituents in their target weights.
| Share class | Expense ratio |
|---|---|
| VEU | 0.04% |
| VFWSX | 0.05% |
| VFWPX | 0.03% |
| VFWAX | 0.08% |
Portfolio turnover 6.00% · as of 2026 Q1
Allocation
Asset groups · long / short shown separately, never netted · 2026 Q2
| Stocks | 98.85% |
| Cash & short-term | 1.47% |
| Derivatives | 0.05% |
Derivatives are shown at market value, not notional exposure.
Latest quarter
What changed since the fund's previous filing
Largest new: Roche Holding AG, SUNB, MPI Corp, Toromont Industries Ltd, Phison Electronics Corp, Equinox Gold Corp, KE Holdings Inc, IAMGOLD Corp
Largest exited: Roche Holding AG, Ashtead Group PLC, Toyota Industries Corp, JDE Peet's NV, WPP PLC, Alpha Dhabi Holding PJSC, The UNITE Group PLC, Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC
Return profile
Total return as filed — price change plus distributions reinvested · trailing figures to Apr 2026
| Share class | 1-year | 3-year | 5-year | Vol | Worst fall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +33.51% | +63.54% | +52.47% | 14.70% | -10.69% | |
| +33.50% | +63.50% | +52.41% | 14.71% | -10.69% | |
| +33.52% | +63.60% | +52.56% | 14.71% | -10.69% | |
| +33.43% | +63.36% | +52.18% | 14.69% | -10.72% |
These classes hold the same portfolio, so the 0.38pp spread over 5 years is the cost difference between them — roughly 0.08pp a year — not a difference in what they own.
Holdings
By % of NAV · equity positions carry filed share counts · every resolvable issuer links to its company page
| Ticker | Issuer | %NAV | Reported price | Value | Shares |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd | 4.28% | $69.42 | $3.88B | 55.9M |
| SSNLF | Samsung Electronics Co LtdSSNLF | 1.81% | $150.59 | $1.64B | 10.9M |
| — | Vanguard Cmt Funds-Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund | 1.47% | — | $1.33B | — |
| ASMLF | ASML Holding NVASMLF | 1.43% | $1,445.55 | $1.29B | 895.7K |
| — | SK hynix Inc | 1.23% | $891.77 | $1.11B | 1.2M |
| TCTZF | Tencent Holdings LtdTCTZF | 0.96% | $60.73 | $867.95M | 14.3M |
| — | HSBC Holdings PLC | 0.80% | $18.40 | $729.49M | 39.6M |
| — | Alibaba Group Holding Ltd | 0.75% | $16.48 | $680.56M | 41.3M |
| — | Roche Holding AG | 0.73% | $407.50 | $661.45M | 1.6M |
| — | AstraZeneca PLC | 0.72% | $189.72 | $656.60M | 3.5M |
Reported price is the fund's own reported value divided by its own reported shares at 2026-04-30 — not a live quote, and not what the fund paid.
Top 10 positions are 14.17% of net assets, top 25 22.13%, across 3.6K issuers.
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