Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF VAS.AX ASX · Financials · Australia
$112.56 -0.79% -$0.90
Summary
Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF is an ETF - a fund traded on an exchange like a stock - run by Vanguard. Positions inside: 305. The ten largest make up 47% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.07%
- Fund size
- $27.0B
- Positions
- 305
- Dividend yield
- 1.58%
- Running since
- 2009
What speaks for it
- Costs of 0.07% a year are below the middle of comparable funds (0.45%).
- A large fund with $27.0B under management.
- Easy to buy and sell: about $46.5M changes hands a day.
- Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 5.2%.
- It has been running since 2009.
What to watch
- 97% of the fund is in one country (Australia).
A fund has no Bulios Score and no Fair Price of its own - both are computed from the results of a single company. This page shows what is inside the fund and what it costs instead.
Price
Performance
- 1 month
- +4.4%
- 3 months
- -0.4%
- This year
- +4.2%
- 1 year
- +4.2%
- 3 years
- +32%
- 5 years
- +19%
- 10 years
- +66%
- Avg. market cap
- $88.5B
- P/E
- 20.1x
- Forward P/E
- 17.6x
- P/S
- 2.4x
- P/B
- 2.7x
- P/FCF
- 18.5x
- EV/EBITDA
- 9.4x
- Dividend yield
- 1.81%
- ROIC
- 9.7%
- ROE
- 15.4%
- Gross margin
- 44.9%
- Operating margin
- 28.3%
- Net margin
- 19.7%
- Payout ratio
- 36.3%
- Net debt/EBITDA
- 1.5x
- Beta
- 0.92
Weighted average of the 50 largest companies, which make up 77% of the fund. Banks and insurers are left out of the gross margin, the ROIC and the EBITDA figures.
What is inside?
Moderately concentrated- 1 BHBHP Group Limited BHP.AX 11%
- 2 CBCommonwealth Bank of Australia CBA.AX 9.2%
- 3 NANational Australia Bank Limited NAB.AX 4.4%
- 4 WBWestpac Banking Corporation WBC.AX 4.3%
- 5 ANANZ Group Holdings Limited ANZ.AX 4.2%
- 6 CSCSL Limited CSL.AX 3.2%
- 7 WEWesfarmers Limited WES.AX 3.1%
- 8 MQMacquarie Group Limited MQG.AX 3.0%
- 9 RIRio Tinto Group RIO.AX 2.2%
- 10 WDWoodside Energy Group Ltd WDS.AX 2.2%
Positions in the fund: 305. The ten largest make up 47% of it.
Composition as of Nov 6, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One countryBy sector
- Financials 32%
- Basic materials 26%
- Healthcare 7.0%
- Consumer cyclical 6.8%
- Industrials 6.2%
- Other 21%
By country
- Australia 97%
- Other countries 3.1%
By company size
- Mega cap 11%
- Large cap 62%
- Mid cap 20%
- Small cap 7.1%
- Micro cap 0.2%
By the company's market value: Mega cap from $200B, Large cap from $10B, Mid cap from $2B, Small cap from $300M, Micro cap below $300M.
Largest sector: Financials (32%). Largest country: Australia (97%). Largest size group: Large cap (62%).
What does it cost me?
Cheap- A year from $10,000
- $7.00
- Over 20 years
- $352
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $7.00 a year. You do not pay it separately - it is taken out of the fund's value. Over 20 years at 5% yearly growth that adds up to about $352.
How has it done?
Growing over the long run- A year on average, 10 years
- +5.2%
- Deepest drop
- -18%
- Yearly volatility
- 13%
Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 5.2%. Deepest drop in these years: 18% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 1.58%
- Last payment
- $1.29
Over the last 12 months it paid $1.78 per share, which is 1.58% of today's price. The last payment was $1.29 on Oct 1, 2026.
Is it easy to buy and sell?
Very easy- Traded a day
- $46.5M
- Shares a day
- 414K
On an average day about $46.5M of the fund changes hands.
How expensive are the companies inside?
Usual valuation- P/E of the companies inside
- 20.1
- Average Bulios Score
- 62 out of 100
Weight by Bulios Fair Price
- Undervalued 18%
- Fairly valued 19%
- Overvalued 63%
On average the companies inside trade for 20.1 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 63% of the rated weight comes out as overvalued.
Counted from its largest companies (50), which make up 77% of the fund. Each company counts by its weight. We use the metrics, the Bulios Score and the Fair Price of the companies themselves.
Similar funds
Funds that hold much of the same. The overlap says how much of their weight they share with this fund.
| Fund | Domicile | Size | 1-year change | Dividends | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GE GEAR.AX BetaShares - Geared Australian Equities Complex ETF | Australia | 0.78% | $402.3M | +7.8% | Pays out | 96% |
ST STW.AX State Street SPDR S&P/ASX 200 ETF | Australia | 0.05% | $4.62B | +4.1% | Pays out | 95% |
IO IOZ.AX iShares Core S&P/ASX 200 ETF | Australia | 0.05% | $6.81B | +4.3% | Pays out | 94% |
A2 A200.AX BetaShares - Australia 200 ETF | Australia | 0.04% | $7.98B | +4.6% | Pays out | 94% |
AU AUST.AX BetaShares - Managed Risk Australian Shares Complex ETF | Australia | 0.49% | $23.0M | +2.2% | Pays out | 94% |
DX DX2S.DE Xtrackers S&P ASX 200 UCITS ETF 1D | Luxembourg | 0.50% | $73.4M | +15% | Pays out | 94% |