# VWO (Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF)

Vanguard · Stock ETFs · Emerging markets · data as of Oct 28, 2026

VWO has 6,515 holdings by its book of Sep 30, 2026 and returned +4.8% 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/

VWO tracks an index of Emerging markets and returned +4.8% over the past year.

## Key facts

- VWO, total return, 1 year: +4.8%, as of Oct 28, 2026.
- VWO, expense ratio: 0.06%, as of Feb 27, 2026.
- VWO, holdings: 6515, as of Sep 30, 2026.
- VWO, below its high: −7.0%, as of Oct 28, 2026.
- VWO, 12-month yield, capital gains included, on its starting price: 2.2%, as of Oct 28, 2026.
- VWO, last payment (paid quarterly), ex-date Sep 18, 2026: $0.1137, as of Sep 18, 2026.
- VWO, net assets: $125.4bn (the issuer’s own number for this ETF, month end, as of Sep 30, 2026).

## VWO over each window to Oct 28, 2026

| Window | Total return | S&P 500 (SPY) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 month | −4.5% | +0.9% |
| 3 months | +0.4% | +6.1% |
| 6 months | −1.5% | +9.1% |
| Year to date | +6.4% | +14.1% |
| 1 year | +4.8% | +13.6% |
| 3 years | +64.2% | +95.0% |
| 5 years | +30.5% | +79.8% |
| 10 years | +100.7% | +325.8% |
| Since launch | +298.9% | +847.0% |
| Since launch, annualised | +6.6% | – |

## VWO key stats

- 52-week high, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026: $61.44 on Sep 4, 2026 (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- 52-week low, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026: $52.42 on Mar 30, 2026 (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- Close on Oct 28, 2026, within that range: $57.02, 51% of the way from the low to the high (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- Holdings: 6515
- Top ten weight: 29.8%
- P/E ratio: 16.2 (Vanguard, Sep 30, 2026)

## VWO trading

- Not scored.
- $1,000: at least $0.09, 0.009%, one way, half a one-cent tick.
- $10,000: at least $0.88, 0.009%, one way, half a one-cent tick.
- Premium to NAV at the Oct 27 close: −0.26%; 95% of days within ±0.26%.
- Limit: midpoint + 1¢ to buy, midpoint − 1¢ to sell. At the Oct 27 close of $56.83, that’s $56.84 to buy and $56.82 to sell.
- The full trading page: https://etfiq.com/funds/vwo/trading/

## Every published field

| Field | Value | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| What it tracks | FTSE Emerging Markets All Cap China A Inclusion Index | ETFIQ |
| Fund type | Equity fund | ETFIQ |
| Category | Stocks · Emerging markets | ETFIQ |
| Expense ratio | 0.06% | 485BPOS XBRL, Feb 27, 2026 |
| Price | $57.02 | ETFIQ |
| First traded | Mar 10, 2005 | ETFIQ |
| Net assets | $125.4bn | 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 Emerging Markets All Cap China A Inclusion Index, the index its prospectus names | ETFIQ, from its filings |
| Below its high | −7.0% | ETFIQ |
| Holdings | 6515 | ETFIQ |
| Top ten weight | 29.8% | 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 Jul 31, 2026

Monthly data only. Jul 2026: +$1.7bn, 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/vwo.json>. Method: https://etfiq.com/methodology/flows

## Questions

### How has VWO performed?

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, VWO returned +4.8% with distributions reinvested. Over three years the number is +64.2%.

### What does VWO cost?

The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% a year.

### What does VWO hold?

6,515 positions as published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, with the top ten at 29.8% of the fund. 0% of its weight is in stocks the S&P 500 also holds.

### How far is VWO below its high?

7.0% below its high of Sep 4, 2026, measured on the reinvested series to Oct 28, 2026.

### What dividend does VWO pay?

VWO pays quarterly. The last distribution was $0.1137 a share, which went ex on Sep 18, 2026.


## Cite this page

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