Summary
Vanguard International Growth Fund Investor 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: 139. The ten largest make up 29% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.38%
- Fund size
- $42.1B
- Positions
- 139
- Dividend yield
- 6.29%
- Running since
- 1981
What speaks for it
- Widely spread: the ten largest positions make up only 29% of the fund.
- A large fund with $42.1B under management.
- Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 5.3%.
- It has been running since 1981.
What to watch
- In the last five years its price once dropped by 54% 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
- -1.1%
- 3 months
- +1.5%
- This year
- +5.9%
- 1 year
- -1.8%
- 3 years
- +34%
- 5 years
- -29%
- 10 years
- +68%
- Avg. market cap
- $468.0B
- P/E
- 22.1x
- Forward P/E
- 19.7x
- P/S
- 3.5x
- P/B
- 4.3x
- P/FCF
- 16.3x
- EV/EBITDA
- 15.2x
- Dividend yield
- 0.70%
- ROIC
- 18.0%
- ROE
- 28.7%
- Gross margin
- 52.9%
- Operating margin
- 23.8%
- Net margin
- 20.1%
- Payout ratio
- 15.5%
- Net debt/EBITDA
- -0.1x
- Beta
- 1.09
Weighted average of the 50 largest companies, which make up 70% 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 23Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 2330.TW 7.7%
- 2 ASASML Holding N.V. ASML.AS 4.1%
- 3 MEMercadoLibre MELI 2.7%
- 4 SPSpotify SPOT 2.4%
- 5 SESea Limited SE 2.2%
- 6 00SK hynix Inc. 000660.KS 2.2%
- 7 68Keyence Corporation 6861.T 2.1%
- 8 ATAtlas Copco AB ATCO-A.ST 1.9%
- 9 07Tencent Holdings Limited 0700.HK 1.8%
- 10 RORoche Holding AG ROP.SW 1.8%
Positions in the fund: 139. The ten largest make up 29% of it.
Composition as of Oct 18, 2026.
Where is it spread?
Spread outBy sector
- Technology 31%
- Consumer cyclical 14%
- Industrials 13%
- Financials 13%
- Healthcare 13%
- Other 16%
By country
- Japan 13%
- Netherlands 7.7%
- United Kingdom 7.5%
- Switzerland 7.5%
- Other countries 64%
By company size
- Mega cap 31%
- Large cap 66%
- Mid cap 2.7%
- Small cap 0.1%
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 90% of the fund.
Largest sector: Technology (31%). Largest country: Japan (13%). Largest size group: Large cap (66%).
What does it cost me?
Usual costs- Yearly costs
- 0.38%
- A year from $10,000
- $38.00
- Over 20 years
- $1,856
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $38.00 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 $1,856.
How has it done?
Growing over the long run- A year on average, 10 years
- +5.3%
- Deepest drop
- -54%
- Yearly volatility
- 21%
Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 5.3%. Deepest drop in these years: 54% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 6.29%
- Payments a year
- 1
- Last payment
- $2.42
Over the last 12 months it paid $2.42 per share, which is 6.29% of today's price. The last payment was $2.42 on Dec 17, 2025.
How expensive are the companies inside?
Usual valuation- P/E of the companies inside
- 22.1
- Average Bulios Score
- 71 out of 100
Weight by Bulios Fair Price
- Undervalued 20%
- Fairly valued 3.6%
- Overvalued 77%
On average the companies inside trade for 22.1 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 77% of the rated weight comes out as overvalued.
Counted from its largest companies (50), which make up 70% 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.
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