Summary
Vanguard International High Dividend Yield 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: 1,540. The ten largest make up 14% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.16%
- Fund size
- $22.3B
- Positions
- 1,540
- Dividend yield
- 3.06%
- Running since
- 2016
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 14% of the fund.
- A large fund with $22.3B under management.
- Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 6.1%.
- It has been running since 2016.
What to watch
- 44% of the fund is in one sector (Financials).
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
- -1.8%
- 3 months
- +1.3%
- This year
- +13%
- 1 year
- +19%
- 3 years
- +69%
- 5 years
- +48%
- 10 years
- +82%
- Avg. market cap
- $177.2B
- P/E
- 14.4x
- Forward P/E
- 13.3x
- P/S
- 1.9x
- P/B
- 2.0x
- P/FCF
- 6.3x
- EV/EBITDA
- -
- Dividend yield
- 3.05%
- ROIC
- -
- ROE
- 17.8%
- Gross margin
- -
- Operating margin
- 24.0%
- Net margin
- 16.7%
- Payout ratio
- 44.0%
- Net debt/EBITDA
- -
- Beta
- 0.74
Weighted average of the 50 largest companies, which make up 35% 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 HSBC Holdings PLC 1.8%
- 2 RORoche Holding AG ROP.SW 1.5%
- 3 Shell PLC 1.5%
- 4 RYRoyal Bank of Canada RY.TO 1.5%
- 5 NONovartis AG NOVN.SW 1.4%
- 6 83Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 8306.T 1.3%
- 7 NENestlé S.A. NESN.SW 1.2%
- 8 24MediaTek Inc. 2454.TW 1.2%
- 9 BHBHP Group Limited BHP.AX 1.1%
- 10 SABanco Santander, S.A. SAN.MC 1.1%
Positions in the fund: 1,540. The ten largest make up 14% of it.
Composition as of Oct 18, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One sector dominatesBy sector
- Financials 44%
- Energy 8.8%
- Basic materials 6.8%
- Consumer defensive 6.5%
- Healthcare 6.4%
- Other 27%
By country
- Japan 12%
- United Kingdom 10%
- Canada 8.5%
- Switzerland 7.5%
- Other countries 61%
By company size
- Mega cap 16%
- Large cap 76%
- Mid cap 7.8%
- Small cap 0.2%
- Micro cap 0.01%
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. Counted from the companies that make up 82% of the fund.
Largest sector: Financials (44%). Largest country: Japan (12%). Largest size group: Large cap (76%).
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 over the long run- A year on average, 10 years
- +6.1%
- Deepest drop
- -27%
- Yearly volatility
- 13%
Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 6.1%. Deepest drop in these years: 27% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 3.06%
- Payments a year
- 4
- Last payment
- $0.38
Over the last 12 months it paid $1.51 per share, which is 3.06% of today's price. The last payment was $0.38 on Sep 18, 2026.
How expensive are the companies inside?
Rather cheap- P/E of the companies inside
- 14.4
- Average Bulios Score
- 65 out of 100
Weight by Bulios Fair Price
- Undervalued 49%
- Fairly valued 17%
- Overvalued 34%
On average the companies inside trade for 14.4 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 49% of the rated weight comes out as undervalued.
Counted from its largest companies (50), which make up 35% of the fund. Each company counts by its weight. We use the metrics, the Bulios Score and the Fair Price of the companies themselves.
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
VY VYMI Vanguard International High Dividend Yield Fund | United States | 0.07% | $22.4B | +19% | Pays out | 95% |
VI VIDY.TO Vanguard FTSE Developed ex North America High Dividend Yield Index ETF | Canada | 0.31% | $1.61B | +19% | Pays out | 64% |
EX EXUS.DE Xtrackers MSCI World ex USA UCITS ETF 1C | Ireland | 0.15% | $6.85B | +18% | Reinvests | 53% |
XU XUSE.AS iShares MSCI World ex-USA UCITS ETF USD (Acc) | Ireland | 0.15% | $3.71B | +14% | - | 52% |
IX IXUA.DE iShares MSCI World ex-USA UCITS ETF USD (Acc) | Ireland | 0.15% | $3.69B | +17% | - | 52% |
EF EFA iShares MSCI EAFE ETF | United States | 0.32% | $76.9B | +8.0% | Pays out | 52% |
