Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF
VEA NYSE Arca
The Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF seeks to track the investment performance of the FTSE Developed All Cap ex US Index. The Fund provides a convenient way to match the performance of a diversified group of stocks of large-, mid-, and small-cap companies located in Canada and the major markets...
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- Fund size
- 73.8B as of Feb 2020
- Expense ratio
- 0.05% per year
- Dividend yield
- 2.43% Quarterly
- Volatility · 1Y
- 17.6% Average Risk
- Beta
- 0.76 vs the market
- 52-week range
- 57.3873.61
How VEA has paid off
Price return over every period, and total return with dividends reinvested, set against price alone.
Return by period
Price · to Oct 13Total return vs price return
Price onlyOver 1 year, VEA returned +22.8% with dividends reinvested — dividends added +2.9 pts to the price move.
How bumpy is the ride?
Return only means something next to the risk taken to earn it. Volatility, drawdowns and market sensitivity over 1 year.
Volatility
Annualized · 1YA typical year sees the price swing about ±18% around its trend.
Drawdown from peak
How far below its previous high the price has been Deepest fall −11.6% on Mar 30, 2026 — 32 days after the previous high
More than 5% below a high 10% of the time.
Market sensitivity
BetaA beta of 0.76 means VEA has moved less than the market.
Trend & momentum
Where the price sits against its moving averages, and how stretched the recent move is.
Price vs moving averages
Uptrend- 12-day average70.59 −0.7%
- 26-day average71.11 −1.5%
- 50-day average71.32 −1.8%
- 200-day average68.08 +2.9%
The price is above 1 of 4 averages. The 50-day average is above the 200-day, a sign of a rising longer-term trend.
Relative strength (RSI)
NeutralRSI compares recent gains with recent losses on a 0–100 scale. Above 70 a move is often considered stretched, below 30 washed out.
Technical indicators describe past prices. They are not a forecast.
Inside the fund
Developed Markets (ex-US) · Investable Market Core — tracking the FTSE Developed All Cap ex US Index.
- Assets under management73.8BUSD
- Expense ratio0.05%per year
- Holdings3,965
- Risk score3.5Low
Launched July 2007. Listed options available. Fund data as of Feb 28, 2020.
What it pays you
Cash distributions over the last twelve months, and how they have grown.
About 24 USD a year for every 1,000 USD invested at today's price.
- Per share
- 1.70
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Last paid
- Sep 18, 2026
Last 12 months
1.70 USD / shareWhere VEA shows up
Curated themes and indices that hold VEA. Open one to see it in context, or test the whole theme in a portfolio.
About Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF
The Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF seeks to track the investment performance of the FTSE Developed All Cap ex US Index. The Fund provides a convenient way to match the performance of a diversified group of stocks of large-, mid-, and small-cap companies located in Canada and the major markets of Europe and the Pacific region.
- Featured in 1 curated theme
- 3,965 holdings
- Ticker
- VEA
- Exchange
- NYSE Arca
- ISIN
- US9219438580
- CUSIP
- 921943858
- Currency
- U.S. Dollar (USD)
- Country
- USA
- Sector
- Developed Markets (ex-US)
- Industry
- Investable Market Core
- Benchmark
- FTSE Developed All Cap ex US Index
All key statistics
Details
Shareas of Oct 13, 2026
Dataas of Feb 28, 2020
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Data for information only, not investment advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.