# VEA (Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF)

Vanguard · Stock ETFs · International large-cap blend · data as of Oct 28, 2026

VEA charges 0.03% a year by its prospectus filed Apr 28, 2026 and returned +17.1% over the year to Oct 28, 2026.

Promise check: Not measured. No other ETF tracks the index it names, so its tracking cannot be measured. https://etfiq.com/promise-index/stocks/

VEA tracks an index of Developed markets ex US and returned +17.1% over the past year.

## Key facts

- VEA, total return, 1 year: +17.1%, as of Oct 28, 2026.
- VEA, expense ratio: 0.03%, as of Apr 28, 2026.
- VEA, holdings: 3906, as of Sep 30, 2026.
- VEA, below its high: −4.4%, as of Oct 28, 2026.
- VEA, 12-month yield, capital gains included, on its starting price: 2.8%, as of Oct 28, 2026.
- VEA, last payment (paid quarterly), ex-date Sep 18, 2026: $0.1775, as of Sep 18, 2026.
- VEA, net assets: $231.6bn (the issuer’s own number for this ETF, month end, as of Sep 30, 2026).

## VEA over each window to Oct 28, 2026

| Window | Total return | S&P 500 (SPY) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 month | −1.4% | +0.9% |
| 3 months | +2.3% | +6.1% |
| 6 months | +5.7% | +9.1% |
| Year to date | +13.7% | +14.1% |
| 1 year | +17.1% | +13.6% |
| 3 years | +85.0% | +95.0% |
| 5 years | +57.4% | +79.8% |
| 10 years | +158.3% | +325.8% |
| Since launch | +161.7% | +642.2% |
| Since launch, annualised | +5.1% | – |

## VEA key stats

- 52-week high, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026: $73.79 on Aug 25, 2026 (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- 52-week low, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026: $58.90 on Nov 20, 2025 (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- Close on Oct 28, 2026, within that range: $70.34, 77% of the way from the low to the high (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- Holdings: 3906
- Top ten weight: 13.6%
- P/E ratio: 16.1 (Vanguard, Sep 30, 2026)

## VEA trading

- Not scored.
- $1,000: at least $0.07, 0.007%, one way, half a one-cent tick.
- $10,000: at least $0.72, 0.007%, one way, half a one-cent tick.
- Premium to NAV at the Oct 27 close: +0.03%; 95% of days within ±0.19%.
- Limit: midpoint + 1¢ to buy, midpoint − 1¢ to sell. At the Oct 27 close of $69.88, that’s $69.89 to buy and $69.87 to sell.
- The full trading page: https://etfiq.com/funds/vea/trading/

## Every published field

| Field | Value | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| What it tracks | FTSE Developed All Cap ex US Index | ETFIQ |
| Fund type | Equity fund | ETFIQ |
| Category | Stocks · International large-cap blend | ETFIQ |
| Expense ratio | 0.03% | 485BPOS XBRL, Apr 28, 2026 |
| Price | $70.34 | ETFIQ |
| First traded | Jul 26, 2007 | ETFIQ |
| Net assets | $231.6bn | the issuer’s own number for this ETF, month end, as of Sep 30, 2026 |
| Benchmark | Its own holdings, as of Sep 30, 2026; no other fund tracks the FTSE Developed All Cap ex US Index, the index its prospectus names | ETFIQ, from its filings |
| Below its high | −4.4% | ETFIQ |
| Holdings | 3906 | ETFIQ |
| Top ten weight | 13.6% | ETFIQ |
| Holdings as of | Sep 30, 2026 | the issuer’s month-end file |
| Already in the S&P 500, by weight | 0.0% | ETFIQ |
| Active share vs the S&P 500 | 100.0% | ETFIQ |
| Already in the Nasdaq-100, by weight | 0.6% | ETFIQ |

## Money in and out, to Jun 30, 2026

Monthly data only. Jun 2026: +$840m, from SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone.

Computed by ETFIQ from the change in shares outstanding times the previous day’s NAV. Every day and month: <https://etfiq.com/data/flows/funds/vea.json>. Method: https://etfiq.com/methodology/flows

## Questions

### How has VEA performed?

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, VEA returned +17.1% with distributions reinvested. Over three years the number is +85.0%.

### What does VEA cost?

The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year.

### What does VEA hold?

3,906 positions as published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, with the top ten at 13.6% of the fund. 0% of its weight is in stocks the S&P 500 also holds.

### How far is VEA below its high?

4.4% below its high of Aug 25, 2026, measured on the reinvested series to Oct 28, 2026.

### What is the expense ratio of VEA?

VEA's expense ratio is 0.03% a year, read from 485BPOS XBRL, Apr 28, 2026.

### What dividend does VEA pay?

VEA pays quarterly. The last distribution was $0.1775 a share, which went ex on Sep 18, 2026.

### What is the dividend yield of VEA?

Over the 12 months to Oct 28, 2026, VEA paid cash distributions equal to 2.8% of its price at the start of the period. Its latest payment was $0.1775 a share, ex-date Sep 18, 2026.


## Cite this page

ETFIQ, VEA, stock fund, data as of Oct 28, 2026. https://etfiq.com/funds/vea
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