Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund (VEMRX)

NASDAQ · Mutual Fund · Delayed Price · Currency is USD
107.64
-0.81 (-0.75%)
Aug 15, 2025, 8:09 AM EDT
16.30%
Fund Assets 126.56B
Expense Ratio 0.07%
Min. Investment $100,000,000
Turnover 8.00%
Dividend (ttm) 2.91
Dividend Yield 2.69%
Dividend Growth -1.17%
Payout Frequency Quarterly
Ex-Dividend Date Jun 20, 2025
Previous Close 108.45
YTD Return 16.20%
1-Year Return 19.92%
5-Year Return 36.71%
52-Week Low 84.84
52-Week High 108.45
Beta (5Y) 0.92
Holdings 5041
Inception Date Dec 13, 2010

About VEMRX

The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the FTSE Emerging Markets All Cap China A Inclusion Index. It invests by sampling the index, meaning that it holds a broadly diversified collection of securities that, in the aggregate, approximates the index in terms of key characteristics.

Fund Family Vanguard
Category Diversified Emerging Mkts
Stock Exchange NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol VEMRX
Share Class Institutional Plus Shares
Index FTSE EM All Cap China A Inc NT (US RIC) TR

Performance

VEMRX had a total return of 19.92% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 3.32%.

Equivalent ETF

VEMRX has an equivalent ETF with the ticker symbol VWO, the Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF. This is an ETF from the same fund company that follows the same index. It has an expense ratio of 0.07% compared to 0.07% for VEMRX.

Symbol Name Expense Ratio
VWO Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF 0.07%

Other Share Classes

These are alternative share classes of the same fund, from the same provider.

Symbol Share Class Expense Ratio
VEMIX Institutional Shares 0.09%
VEMAX Admiral Shares 0.13%
VEIEX Investor Shares 0.29%

Top 10 Holdings

24.70% of assets
Name Symbol Weight
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 2330 9.16%
Tencent Holdings Limited 0700 4.11%
Alibaba Group Holding Limited BABAF 2.61%
Mktliq 12/31/2049 n/a 1.54%
Slcmt1142 n/a 1.42%
Xiaomi Corporation 1810 1.37%
HDFC Bank Limited HDFCBANK 1.36%
Reliance Industries Limited RELIANCE 1.23%
China Construction Bank Corporation CICHF 0.99%
ICICI Bank Limited ICICIBANK 0.92%
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Dividend History

Ex-Dividend Amount Pay Date
Jun 20, 2025 $0.2912 Jun 23, 2025
Mar 21, 2025 $0.0984 Mar 24, 2025
Dec 20, 2024 $2.2414 Dec 23, 2024
Sep 20, 2024 $0.2829 Sep 23, 2024
Jun 21, 2024 $0.3587 Jun 24, 2024
Mar 15, 2024 $0.081 Mar 18, 2024
Full Dividend History