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Vanguard Core Index

Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets UCITS ETF USD Distributing ETF

VDEM · ISIN IE00B3VVMM84 · prices in USD

Simulate this fund Issuer page Key information (KID)
Price
$81.22
8 Oct 2026
Total expense ratio
0.17%
per year
TTM yield
2.1%
4 payments over the last 12 months, divided by today's price
Dividend growth
+20.6%
a year · growing · +2.6% since launch
Distribution recovery
84%
price back above the pre-ex level within 1 trading days, on 55 ex-dates
Pays
Quarterly
March, June, September, December
Launch date
22 May 2012
14.4 years
Underlying
n/a
Domicile
Ireland
Distributing
Fund size (AUM)
$6.1B
Quality Score
42
vs funds of the same type
Stability
0.0%
of distributions needed to offset price erosion
Opportunity Score
46
healthy and discounted

Largest positions

The ten largest holdings, 29.9% of the fund between them, as published on 2026-09-27. A fund is only as concentrated as this list suggests.

2330.TW Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 17.0%
0700.HK Tencent Holdings Ltd 3.3%
9988.HK Alibaba Group Holding Ltd Ordinary Shares 2.5%
2454.TW MediaTek Inc 1.7%
2308.TW Delta Electronics Inc 1.0%
00939 China Construction Bank Corp Class H 1.0%
2317.TW Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd 0.9%
RELIANCE.NS Reliance Industries Ltd 0.8%
HDFCBANK.NS HDFC Bank Ltd 0.8%
ICICIBANK.NS ICICI Bank Ltd 0.8%

Where it trades

The same fund, one ISIN, several tickers: the one you see depends on the exchange your broker uses. Any of them finds this page from the search box in the fund list.

ExchangeTicker
London Stock Exchange VDEM used here
Bolsa Mexicana de Valores VDEM
Borsa Italiana VFEM

Classification

How the fund is described in the open dataset: asset class, region, sector and strategy. Our own category (Core Index) drives the screeners; these labels add detail.

  • Asset classequity
  • Categoryequity_emerging_markets
  • Stylebroad
  • FocusEquity, Emerging Markets
  • IndexFTSE Emerging
  • Fund currencyUSD
  • Currency hedgedNo
  • Holdings2283
  • Securities lendingYes
  • Sustainability focusNo
  • KID languagede
  • KID version2026-06-17

Returns with and without distributions

Price return shows the change in the fund's price alone. Total return also counts every distribution, reinvested on its ex-date: the gap between the two is what the fund paid out. In USD, up to 8 Oct 2026; periods longer than a year also show the yearly rate.

1M3M6MYTD1Y3Y5YSince launch
Price without distributions -4.0% +0.8% +3.7% +8.1% +7.8% +55.3%+15.8% p.a. +18.9%+3.5% p.a. +65.4%+3.6% p.a.
Total return distributions reinvested -3.3% +1.5% +5.2% +10.1% +10.2% +66.7%+18.6% p.a. +35.6%+6.3% p.a. +133.2%+6.1% p.a.

Price held Over twelve months, in the trading currency, the price is +7.8%: the distributions were all gain. See every Core Index on the Erosion Map →

Performance since launch

Value of 100 invested at the first month-end after launch, in USD.

Total return Price only S&P 500 (total return)
31 215 399 582 766 201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Compare with other funds

Add up to five funds to the chart above. Lines are rebased to 100 at the start of the period. Total return counts the distributions; price return is the share price alone, which is what tells you whether the fund is keeping its capital.

€10,000 invested today would pay
€18 a month before tax
At the current yield of 2.1%. Distributions can change at any time; to see the effect of taxes, open the simulator.
€10,000 invested in May 2012
€22,396 +124.0%
Shares worth €18,022 today plus €4,374 of total income paid out, before tax — €32 a month over the last 12 months. Try other settings, taxes included

Month by Month

Amount per share by ex-date month, 120 months shown. This fund distributes quarterly, March, June, September, December.

$0.00 $0.21 $0.41 $0.62 $0.83 Nov 16: $0Dec 16: $0.1141Jan 17: $0Feb 17: $0Mar 17: $0.1367Apr 17: $0May 17: $0Jun 17: $0.3566Jul 17: $0Aug 17: $0Sep 17: $0.7252Oct 17: $0Nov 17: $0Dec 17: $0.1217Jan 18: $0Feb 18: $0Mar 18: $0.196Apr 18: $0May 18: $0Jun 18: $0.3641Jul 18: $0Aug 18: $0Sep 18: $0.7187Oct 18: $0Nov 18: $0Dec 18: $0.2116Jan 19: $0Feb 19: $0Mar 19: $0.1552Apr 19: $0May 19: $0Jun 19: $0.4755Jul 19: $0Aug 19: $0Sep 19: $0.6418Oct 19: $0Nov 19: $0Dec 19: $0.1497Jan 20: $0Feb 20: $0Mar 20: $0.1963Apr 20: $0May 20: $0Jun 20: $0.2623Jul 20: $0Aug 20: $0Sep 20: $0.6494Oct 20: $0Nov 20: $0Dec 20: $0.1336Jan 21: $0Feb 21: $0Mar 21: $0.113Apr 21: $0May 21: $0Jun 21: $0.4018Jul 21: $0Aug 21: $0Sep 21: $0.6341Oct 21: $0Nov 21: $0Dec 21: $0.3827Jan 22: $0Feb 22: $0Mar 22: $0.1493Apr 22: $0May 22: $0Jun 22: $0.6222Jul 22: $0Aug 22: $0Sep 22: $0.7376Oct 22: $0Nov 22: $0Dec 22: $0.2362Jan 23: $0Feb 23: $0Mar 23: $0.1743Apr 23: $0May 23: $0Jun 23: $0.4216Jul 23: $0Aug 23: $0Sep 23: $0.6667Oct 23: $0Nov 23: $0Dec 23: $0.1772Jan 24: $0Feb 24: $0Mar 24: $0.1507Apr 24: $0May 24: $0Jun 24: $0.4886Jul 24: $0Aug 24: $0Sep 24: $0.6505Oct 24: $0Nov 24: $0Dec 24: $0.1657Jan 25: $0Feb 25: $0Mar 25: $0.3174Apr 25: $0May 25: $0Jun 25: $0.5803Jul 25: $0Aug 25: $0Sep 25: $0.5306Oct 25: $0Nov 25: $0Dec 25: $0.3273Jan 26: $0Feb 26: $0Mar 26: $0.2624Apr 26: $0May 26: $0Jun 26: $0.571Jul 26: $0Aug 26: $0Sep 26: $0.5835Oct 26: $0 Nov 16Sep 17Jul 18May 19Mar 20Jan 21Nov 21Sep 22Jul 23May 24Mar 25Jan 26

The last distributions, date by date

The ex-date is the one that decides who gets paid: whoever holds the fund when that day opens receives the distribution, and the price opens lower by roughly the same amount. Buying the day before and selling the day after gains nothing — it only moves value from the price to a taxed payment. Our source gives us the ex-date only for this fund, so the announcement and payment dates are not shown rather than guessed.

Ex-date Per share
17 Sep 2026 0.5835
18 Jun 2026 0.5710
19 Mar 2026 0.2624
18 Dec 2025 0.3273
18 Sep 2025 0.5306
19 Jun 2025 0.5803
20 Mar 2025 0.3174
12 Dec 2024 0.1657

Distributions per year

Per share. Incomplete years (launch year, current year).

$0.00 $0.49 $0.98 $1.47 $1.97 2013: $1.28482014: $1.44322015: $1.28372016: $1.15832017: $1.34022018: $1.49052019: $1.42222020: $1.24162021: $1.53162022: $1.74532023: $1.43982024: $1.45552025: $1.75562026: $1.4169 20132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Year by year

YearPaidYieldChange
2026 10 of 12 months $1.4169 1.7% —
2025 $1.7556 2.3% +20.6%
2024 $1.4555 2.4% +1.1%
2023 $1.4398 2.6% -17.5%
2022 $1.7453 3.3% +14.0%
2021 $1.5316 2.3% +23.4%
2020 $1.2416 1.8% -12.7%
2019 $1.4222 2.3% -4.6%
2018 $1.4905 2.8% +11.2%
2017 $1.3402 2.2% +15.7%
2016 $1.1583 2.4% -9.8%
2015 $1.2837 2.9% -11.1%
2014 $1.4432 2.7% +12.3%
2013 $1.2848 2.4% —
  • Distribution growth, 1 year+20.6% p.a.
  • Distribution growth, 3 years+0.2% p.a.
  • Distribution growth, 5 years+7.2% p.a.
  • Distribution growth, Since first full year+2.6% p.a.

Latest distributions

Amounts per share in USD, as declared by the issuer.

Ex-datePayment datePer share In euro vs previous
2026-09-172026-09-17$0.5835 €0.5088 +2.2%
2026-06-182026-06-18$0.5710 €0.4962 +117.6%
2026-03-192026-03-19$0.2624 €0.2289 -19.8%
2025-12-182025-12-18$0.3273 €0.2787 -38.3%
2025-09-182025-09-18$0.5306 €0.4487 -8.6%
2025-06-192025-06-19$0.5803 €0.5056 +82.8%
2025-03-202025-03-20$0.3174 €0.2909 +91.6%
2024-12-122024-12-12$0.1657 €0.1577 -74.5%
2024-09-122024-09-12$0.6505 €0.5908 +33.1%
2024-06-132024-06-13$0.4886 €0.4519 +224.3%
2024-03-152024-03-15$0.1507 €0.1385 -15.0%
2023-12-142023-12-14$0.1772 €0.1628 -73.4%
2023-09-142023-09-14$0.6667 €0.6211 +58.1%
2023-06-152023-06-15$0.4216 €0.3888 +141.9%
2023-03-162023-03-16$0.1743 €0.1647 -26.2%
2022-12-152022-12-15$0.2362 €0.2212 -68.0%
2022-09-152022-09-15$0.7376 €0.7388 +18.6%
2022-06-162022-06-16$0.6222 €0.5950 +316.7%
2022-03-172022-03-17$0.1493 €0.1355 -61.0%
2021-12-162021-12-16$0.3827 €0.3390 -39.6%
2021-09-162021-09-16$0.6341 €0.5364 +57.8%
2021-06-172021-06-17$0.4018 €0.3350 +255.7%
2021-03-182021-03-18$0.1130 €0.0943 -15.4%
2020-12-172020-12-17$0.1336 €0.1095 -79.4%

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