Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF
VWO NYSE Arca
Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF invests in stocks of companies located in emerging markets around the world, such as China, Brazil, Taiwan, and South Africa. The goal is to closely track the return of the FTSE Emerging Markets All Cap China A Inclusion Index.
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- Fund size
- 61.3B as of Feb 2020
- Expense ratio
- 0.12% per year
- Dividend yield
- 2.19% Quarterly
- Volatility · 1Y
- 17.6% Average Risk
- Beta
- 0.73 vs the market
- 52-week range
- 51.9061.32
How VWO has paid off
Price return over every period, and total return with dividends reinvested, set against price alone.
Return by period
Price · to Oct 30Total return vs price return
Price onlyOver 1 year, VWO returned +5.3% with dividends reinvested — dividends added +2.3 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 −11.2% on Mar 30, 2026 — 33 days after the previous high
More than 5% below a high 17% of the time.
Market sensitivity
BetaA beta of 0.73 means VWO 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 average57.22 −3.0%
- 26-day average58.16 −4.6%
- 50-day average58.79 −5.6%
- 200-day average57.54 −3.5%
The price is above 0 of 4 averages. The 50-day average is above the 200-day, a sign of a rising longer-term trend.
Relative strength (RSI)
OversoldRSI 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
Emerging Markets · Investable Market Core — tracking the FTSE Emerging Markets All Cap China A Inclusion Index.
- Assets under management61.3BUSD
- Expense ratio0.12%per year
- Holdings5,072
- Risk score3.9Low
Launched March 2005. 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 22 USD a year for every 1,000 USD invested at today's price.
- Per share
- 1.22
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Last paid
- Sep 18, 2026
Last 12 months
1.22 USD / shareWhere VWO shows up
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About Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF
Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF invests in stocks of companies located in emerging markets around the world, such as China, Brazil, Taiwan, and South Africa. The goal is to closely track the return of the FTSE Emerging Markets All Cap China A Inclusion Index.
- Featured in 1 curated theme
- 5,072 holdings
- Ticker
- VWO
- Exchange
- NYSE Arca
- ISIN
- US9220428588
- CUSIP
- 922042858
- Currency
- U.S. Dollar (USD)
- Country
- USA
- Sector
- Emerging Markets
- Industry
- Investable Market Core
- Benchmark
- FTSE Emerging Markets All Cap China A Inclusion Index
All key statistics
Details
Shareas of Oct 30, 2026
Dataas of Feb 28, 2020
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