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Vanguard FTSEEuropean ETF VGK

Issuer: Vanguard SEC registrant: VANGUARD INTERNATIONAL EQUITY INDEX FUNDS Equity · International
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Last price 87.18 USD Change: Up +0.75 Percent change: Up +0.87%

Source: Yahoo Finance (opens in a new tab) Observed · 1 day ago Quotes may be delayed

Expense ratio
0.06%
Prospectus 27 Feb 2026
Net assets
$38.5B
As of 31 Jul 2026
Holdings
1,245
As of 31 Jul 2026
12-month distribution yield
2.96%
Quarterly
Asset class
Equity
From holdings

Vanguard FTSEEuropean ETF (VGK) is an exchange-traded fund listed on NYSE Arca in the United States, issued by Vanguard. Its category is Equity · International (equity). Its last price was US$87.18 on 20 Oct 2026. Its expense ratio is 0.06% a year, from its prospectus dated 27 Feb 2026. It reported net assets of US$38.51 billion as of 31 Jul 2026. Its latest holdings report lists 1,245 holdings as of 31 Jul 2026. Over the last 12 months it paid distributions of US$2.58 a unit, a 12-month distribution yield of 2.96%, paid quarterly.

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Fees

Total annual operating expenses (gross)
0.06%
Net, after fee waivers or reimbursements
No waiver stated
Management fee
0.04%
Prospectus date
27 Feb 2026
Filed with the SEC
27 Feb 2026

Source: SEC prospectus risk/return data sets (opens in a new tab) Filed

Size and reporting

Net assets
$38,509,322,016
Total assets
$38,517,795,270
Holdings as of
31 Jul 2026
Report made public
28 Sep 2026 (59 days after the month end)

Net assets are for the whole fund series, which for some funds (Vanguard's, for example) also includes mutual fund share classes.

Source: SEC Form N-PORT (opens in a new tab) Filed

Top holdings

Largest 25 of 1,245 positions, as of 31 Jul 2026. Weight is the percent of net assets the fund reported.

VGK top holdings as of 31 Jul 2026
# Holding Identifier Weight Value (USD) Type Country Currency
1 ASML Holding NV NL0010273215 3.95% $1.5B Equity (common) Netherlands EUR
2 HSBC Holdings PLC GB0005405286 2.27% $874.4M Equity (common) United Kingdom GBP
3 Roche Holding AG ROCHE HOLDING AG-GENUSSCHEIN - PART.CERTIFICATES CH1499059983 1.91% $735.7M Equity (common) Switzerland CHF
4 Novartis AG NOVARTIS AG-REG CH0012005267 1.81% $698.2M Equity (common) Switzerland CHF
5 Nestle SA NESTLE SA-REG CH0038863350 1.60% $615.6M Equity (common) Switzerland CHF
6 AstraZeneca PLC GB0009895292 1.59% $610.5M Equity (common) United Kingdom GBP
7 Siemens AG SIEMENS AG-REG DE0007236101 1.49% $575.3M Equity (common) Germany EUR
8 Shell PLC GB00BP6MXD84 1.45% $560.3M Equity (common) United Kingdom GBP
9 Banco Santander SA ES0113900J37 1.28% $492.3M Equity (common) Spain EUR
10 Allianz SE ALLIANZ SE-REG DE0008404005 1.18% $453.8M Equity (common) Germany EUR
11 SAP SE DE0007164600 1.17% $451.6M Equity (common) Germany EUR
12 Schneider Electric SE FR0000121972 1.13% $436.3M Equity (common) France EUR
13 TotalEnergies SE FR0000120271 1.05% $405.8M Equity (common) France EUR
14 Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC GB00B63H8491 1.04% $400.6M Equity (common) United Kingdom GBP
15 UBS Group AG CH0244767585 1.03% $395.5M Equity (common) Switzerland CHF
16 Iberdrola SA ES0144580Y14 1.02% $391.2M Equity (common) Spain EUR
17 Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA BBVA ES0113211835 0.98% $377.4M Equity (common) Spain EUR
18 ABB Ltd ABB LTD-REG CH0012221716 0.95% $365.7M Equity (common) Switzerland CHF
19 Novo Nordisk A/S NOVO NORDISK-B DK0062498333 0.94% $360.3M Equity (common) Denmark DKK
20 UniCredit SpA IT0005239360 0.88% $340.8M Equity (common) Italy EUR
21 Airbus SE NL0000235190 0.85% $328.4M Equity (common) France EUR
22 LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE FR0000121014 0.84% $324.3M Equity (common) France EUR
23 Safran SA FR0000073272 0.84% $323.9M Equity (common) France EUR
24 Unilever PLC GB00BVZK7T90 0.83% $321.1M Equity (common) United Kingdom GBP
25 Siemens Energy AG DE000ENER6Y0 0.80% $308.9M Equity (common) Germany EUR

Source: SEC Form N-PORT (opens in a new tab) Made public Holdings as of 31 Jul 2026

All 1,245 stored holdings

Breakdowns

Sums of reported weights over every position in the report. Totals can differ from 100% because of derivatives, borrowing and cash.

Asset type

Asset type by weight
TypeWeightBar
Equity (common) 99.35%
Short-term investment vehicles (cash funds) 0.76%
Equity (preferred) 0.24%
Equity derivatives 0.01%
Foreign exchange derivatives <0.01%

Country

Country by weight
CountryWeightBar
United Kingdom 22.99%
France 14.22%
Switzerland 14.01%
Germany 12.96%
Netherlands 7.90%
Spain 6.01%
Sweden 5.78%
Italy 5.63%
Denmark 2.70%
Belgium 1.89%
Finland 1.46%
Norway 1.41%
Other (5) 3.38%
Not stated 0.01%

The country each issuer is assigned to in the report.

Currency exposure

Currency exposure by weight
CurrencyWeightBar
Euro (EUR) 51.72%
British pound (GBP) 22.47%
Swiss franc (CHF) 14.02%
Swedish krona (SEK) 5.76%
Danish krone (DKK) 2.70%
Norwegian krone (NOK) 1.41%
US dollar (USD) 1.24%
Polish zloty (PLN) 1.04%

The currency each holding is denominated in. Currency hedges are not netted off, so a hedged fund still shows its holdings' currencies.

Sector

Sector weights for holdings matched to listed stocks
SectorWeightBar
Health Care <0.01%

Partial coverage: sectors are known for <0.1% of net assets (0% of the fund's equity weight), the holdings matched by CUSIP or ticker to US stocks listed on this site. The rest is not assigned a sector.

Source: SEC Form N-PORT (opens in a new tab) Holdings as of

Distributions

Paid in the last 12 months
$2.5820
4 payments per unit
12-month yield
2.96%
Distributions only, not total return
Frequency
Quarterly
From the gaps between ex-dates
Latest ex-date
18 Sep 2026

12-month yield = distributions per unit with an ex-date in the last 12 months ($2.5820) ÷ latest price ($87.18) × 100 = 2.96%. It looks back, so it is not a forecast; special distributions in the window are included.

Why a distribution yield is not the fund's return: yield vs total return

Distribution history table (20 payments)
VGK distributions per unit by ex-date
Ex-dateAmount per unit
18 Sep 2026$0.2220
18 Jun 2026$1.1990
20 Mar 2026$0.3820
19 Dec 2025$0.7790
19 Sep 2025$0.2090
20 Jun 2025$1.1070
21 Mar 2025$0.2940
20 Dec 2024$0.7190
20 Sep 2024$0.1710
21 Jun 2024$1.0320
15 Mar 2024$0.3700
18 Dec 2023$0.4570
18 Sep 2023$0.2610
20 Jun 2023$1.0990
20 Mar 2023$0.2130
19 Dec 2022$0.3980
19 Sep 2022$0.2180
21 Jun 2022$1.0480
21 Mar 2022$0.1390
20 Dec 2021$0.6780

Source: Yahoo Finance (opens in a new tab) Checked · 2 days ago Amounts are adjusted for later unit splits

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