Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund Admiral Shares VFSAX NASDAQ · Financials · United States
$36.98 +0.85% +$0.31
Summary
Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund Admiral Shares is a mutual fund run by Vanguard. It does not trade on an exchange: you buy it from the fund company at a price set once a day. Positions inside: 5,188. The ten largest make up 9.4% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.16%
- Fund size
- $1.70B
- Positions
- 5,188
- Dividend yield
- 2.88%
- Running since
- 2019
What speaks for it
- Costs of 0.16% a year are below the middle of comparable funds (0.40%).
- Widely spread: the ten largest positions make up only 9.4% of the fund.
- A large fund with $1.70B under management.
What to watch
- In the last five years its price once dropped by 36% from its high.
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
- -4.1%
- 3 months
- -7.1%
- This year
- +3.3%
- 1 year
- +4.2%
- 3 years
- +41%
- 5 years
- +6.3%
What is inside?
Widely spread- 1 SLBBH1142 5.8%
- 2 Yuan Renminbi 1.6%
- 3 MSCI EAFE Dec26 0.5%
- 4 DPDPM Metals Inc. DPM.TO 0.2%
- 5 ELEldorado Gold Corporation ELD.TO 0.2%
- 6 GTGaztransport & Technigaz SA GTT.PA 0.2%
- 7 STStorebrand ASA STB.OL 0.2%
- 8 TKThyssenKrupp TKA.DE 0.2%
- 9 GMG Mining Ventures Corp. GMIN.TO 0.2%
- 10 NKNKT A/S NKT.CO 0.2%
Positions in the fund: 5,188. The ten largest make up 9.4% of it.
Composition as of Nov 6, 2026.
Where is it spread?
Spread outBy sector
- Industrials 20%
- Technology 13%
- Basic materials 12%
- Financials 11%
- Consumer cyclical 9.1%
- Other 35%
By country
- Japan 16%
- Canada 9.6%
- Taiwan 8.2%
- United Kingdom 8.2%
- Other countries 58%
Largest sector: Industrials (20%). Largest country: Japan (16%).
What does it cost me?
Cheap- A year from $10,000
- $16.00
- Over 20 years
- $797
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $16.00 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 $797.
How has it done?
Growing slowly- A year on average, 5 years
- +1.2%
- Deepest drop
- -36%
- Yearly volatility
- 16%
Average yearly growth over the last five years: 1.2%. Deepest drop in these years: 36% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 2.88%
- Payments a year
- 3
- Last payment
- $0.06
Over the last 12 months it paid $1.06 per share, which is 2.88% of today's price. The last payment was $0.06 on Sep 18, 2026.
Can I buy it as an ETF?
A mutual fund is bought from the fund company. These ETFs hold much of the same and trade on an exchange, so an ordinary broker carries them.
| Fund | Domicile | Size | 1-year change | Dividends | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
VS VSS Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap ETF | United States | 0.06% | $13.7B | +4.9% | Pays out | 55% |
SC SCHC Schwab International Small-Cap Equity ETF | United States | 0.06% | $5.39B | +6.3% | Pays out | 44% |
SC SCZ iShares MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF | United States | 0.40% | $12.6B | +8.6% | Pays out | 29% |
HS HSCZ iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF | United States | 0.83% | $218.5M | +13% | Pays out | 29% |
AV AVDS Avantis International Small Cap Equity ETF | United States | 0.30% | $166.3M | +13% | Pays out | 28% |
DF DFIS Dimensional - International Small Cap ETF | United States | 0.39% | $5.67B | +13% | Pays out | 26% |