Vanguard MSCI Australian Small Companies Index ETF VSO.AX ASX · Financials · Australia
$73.00 -0.84% -$0.62
Summary
Vanguard MSCI Australian Small Companies Index ETF is an ETF - a fund traded on an exchange like a stock - run by Vanguard. Positions inside: 189. The ten largest make up 19% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.30%
- Fund size
- $1.17B
- Positions
- 189
- Dividend yield
- 3.01%
- Running since
- 2011
What speaks for it
- Costs of 0.30% a year are below the middle of comparable funds (0.45%).
- Widely spread: the ten largest positions make up only 19% of the fund.
- A large fund with $1.17B under management.
- It has been running since 2011.
What to watch
- 100% 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
- +3.3%
- 3 months
- -3.1%
- This year
- -5.9%
- 1 year
- -4.8%
- 3 years
- +26%
- 5 years
- 0.0%
- 10 years
- +55%
- Avg. market cap
- $5.53B
- P/E
- 17.8x
- Forward P/E
- 15.2x
- P/S
- 1.5x
- P/B
- 1.9x
- P/FCF
- 14.6x
- EV/EBITDA
- 9.3x
- Dividend yield
- 1.64%
- ROIC
- 10.0%
- ROE
- 13.6%
- Gross margin
- 34.2%
- Operating margin
- 21.6%
- Net margin
- 16.6%
- Payout ratio
- 29.2%
- Net debt/EBITDA
- 1.5x
- Beta
- 0.93
Weighted average of the 50 largest companies, which make up 62% of the fund. Banks and insurers are left out of the gross margin, the ROIC and the EBITDA figures.
What is inside?
Widely spread- 1 BSBlueScope Steel Limited BSL.AX 2.4%
- 2 OROrica Limited ORI.AX 2.0%
- 3 ALALS Limited ALQ.AX 1.9%
- 4 ALAmpol Limited ALD.AX 1.9%
- 5 SGStockland SGP.AX 1.9%
- 6 RHRamsay Health Care Limited RHC.AX 1.9%
- 7 SFSandfire Resources Limited SFR.AX 1.9%
- 8 COCochlear Limited COH.AX 1.7%
- 9 MIMineral Resources Limited MIN.AX 1.7%
- 10 GPThe GPT Group GPT.AX 1.6%
Positions in the fund: 189. The ten largest make up 19% of it.
Composition as of Nov 6, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One countryBy sector
- Basic materials 29%
- Industrials 12%
- Real estate 12%
- Financials 9.3%
- Healthcare 8.9%
- Other 28%
By country
- Australia 100%
By company size
- Mid cap 73%
- Small cap 27%
- Micro cap 0.3%
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: Basic materials (29%). Largest country: Australia (100%). Largest size group: Mid cap (73%).
What does it cost me?
Cheap- A year from $10,000
- $30.00
- Over 20 years
- $1,476
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $30.00 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 $1,476.
How has it done?
Growing slowly- A year on average, 10 years
- +4.5%
- Deepest drop
- -25%
- Yearly volatility
- 19%
Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 4.5%. Deepest drop in these years: 25% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 3.01%
- Last payment
- $2.20
Over the last 12 months it paid $2.20 per share, which is 3.01% of today's price. The last payment was $2.20 on Jul 1, 2026.
Is it easy to buy and sell?
Yes- Traded a day
- $2.32M
- Shares a day
- 32K
On an average day about $2.32M of the fund changes hands.
How expensive are the companies inside?
Usual valuation- P/E of the companies inside
- 17.8
- Average Bulios Score
- 63 out of 100
Weight by Bulios Fair Price
- Undervalued 40%
- Fairly valued 7.5%
- Overvalued 52%
On average the companies inside trade for 17.8 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 52% of the rated weight comes out as overvalued.
Counted from its largest companies (50), which make up 62% 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.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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