VanguardForeign Small/Mid BlendVSS · NYSE Arca
Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap ETF (VSS)
- Price
- $158.56
- —11 Sept 2026
- Assets
- $14.5B
- Total net assets
- Expense ratio
- 0.06%
- Category 1.05%
- Yield
- 3.10%
- Trailing distributions
- 3Y CAGR
- 16.5%-2.2%
- Category 18.7%
- 5Y CAGR
- 5.7%-1.1%
- Category 6.8%
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Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap ETF
Calendar-year returns
Fund only: no comparison series covers this fund's history.
Risk statistics
Five years of daily closes. Risk-free rate 4% a year.
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Holdings
The 10 largest positions make up 2.3% of the fund.
Top holdings
| Ticker | Holding | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| HBM.TO | Hudbay Minerals Inc | 0.26% |
| ATZ.TO | Aritzia Inc Shs Subord Voting | 0.26% |
| FTT.TO | Finning International Inc | 0.23% |
| STB.OL | Storebrand ASA | 0.23% |
| ACLN.SW | Accelleron Industries AG Ordinary Shares | 0.23% |
| GAW.L | Games Workshop Group PLC | 0.23% |
| 6274.TWO | Taiwan Union Technology Corp | 0.23% |
| GTT.PA | Gaztransport et technigaz SA | 0.22% |
| SOBO.TO | South Bow Corp | 0.21% |
| SUBC.OL | Subsea 7 SA | 0.20% |
Portfolio valuation
Weighted averages of what the fund holds.
- P/E
- 15.8
- P/B
- 1.6
- P/S
- 1.1
- P/CF
- 8.4
Sector allocation
Share of the equity the fund holds.
- Industrials21.2%
- Technology13.6%
- Materials12.5%
- Financial services12.2%
- Consumer discretionary10.6%
- Real estate8.3%
- Health care6.8%
- Energy4.8%
- Consumer staples4.5%
- Communication services3.0%
- Utilities2.7%
Asset mix
- Stocks93.6%
- Cash6.2%
- Other0.2%
- Preferred shares0.0%
ETF details
- Issuer
- Vanguard
- Category
- Equity · Foreign Small/Mid Blend
- Ticker
- VSS
- Exchange
- NYSE Arca
- Inception
- 2 Apr 2009 (17.4 years)
- Structure
- Exchange Traded Fund
- Expense ratio
- 0.06% (category 1.05%)
- Holdings turnover
- 27% (category 45%)
- Distribution yield
- 3.10%
- Beta, 3 years
- 1.00
- Total net assets
- $14.5B
Prices and returns as of 11 Sept 2026; total return with distributions reinvested, before brokerage and taxes. Not investment advice.
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