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Vanguard Diversified Growth Index ETF (ASX: VDGR) - Share Price and Research

Current share price for VDGR : $66.710 0.07 (0.10%)+

Vanguard Diversified Growth Index ETF (VDGR) is an Exchange Traded Fund - commonly known as an ETF. For more details about how ETFs work, feel free to check out our What is an ETF? overview. Vanguard Diversified Growth Index ETF (VDGR) provides low-cost access to a range of sector funds, offering broad diversification across multiple asset classes. The Growth ETF is biased towards growth assets and is designed for investors seeking long-term capital growth. The ETF targets a 30% allocation to income asset classes and a 70% allocation to growth asset classes.

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VDGR General Information +

ASX Code VDGR
Website N/A
Industry/Sector Asset Management & Custody Banks
Market Cap ($M) 1,199
VDGR Share Price $66.710
Day High $66.760
Day Low $66.640
Last Close $66.780
VDGR Share Price Movement $0.07 ( 0.10% )
Prices as at 16:40, 26 Sep 2025
+Security prices are delayed by at least 20 minutes and are indicative only.

VDGR Fund Information

Multisector Growth
Morningstar AUS Growth Tgt Alloc NR AUD
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Investment Fund
20 Nov 2017
$1194.71 million (as at 31 Aug 2025)

VDGR ETF performance (31 Aug 2025)

NOTE : returns for periods greater than 1 year are annualised
  1 Month % 3 Month % 6 Month % 1 Year % p.a. 2 Year % p.a. 3 Year % p.a. 5 Year % p.a. 10 Year % p.a.
Total return 1.62 5.5 6.83 12.73 12.98 11.76 8.79 -
Growth return 1.62 4.3 4.5 9.12 9.53 8.56 4.11 -
Income return (Yield) 0 1.2 2.33 3.61 3.45 3.2 4.68 -

Market index (Morningstar AUS Growth Tgt Alloc NR AUD)

Total return 1.9 5.39 7.14 12.12 12.75 11.38 8.95 8.08

VDGR Related Research

Vanguard Diversified Growth Index ETF (VDGR) Upcoming Dividends & Yields

Distribution Type Dividend Franking Ex-dividend date Payment date Current Price+ Price 7D Avg Dividend Yield
SpecialEvent 27.99¢ 0% 1 Oct 2025 16 Oct 2025 - - -
HFResult 73.82¢ 7.31% 1 Jul 2025 16 Jul 2025 - - -
Result 64.57¢ 14.08% 1 Apr 2025 16 Apr 2025 - - -

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Vanguard Diversified Growth Index ETF (VDGR) Recent ASX Announcements

Company Sector Market Cap ($m) Headline Release
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Gain/Loss View
Vanguard Diversified Growth Index ETF (VDGR) Financials $1,199 Estimated Distribution Announcement 26 Sep 2025 9:09AM $66.780 $66.710 fallen by 0.10%
Vanguard Diversified Growth Index ETF (VDGR) Financials $1,199 Distribution Timetable Announcement 23 Sep 2025 11:30AM $67.030 $66.710 fallen by 0.48%
Vanguard Diversified Growth Index ETF (VDGR) Financials $1,199 Annual Report 17 Sep 2025 1:47PM $66.500 $66.710 risen by 0.32%
Vanguard Diversified Growth Index ETF (VDGR) Financials $1,199 Outstanding ETF Securities and Fund Flows Announcement 4 Sep 2025 4:47PM $66.000 $66.710 risen by 1.08%
Vanguard Diversified Growth Index ETF (VDGR) Financials $1,199 Updated Product Disclosure Statement 1 Sep 2025 1:56PM $66.120 $66.710 risen by 0.89%
Vanguard Diversified Growth Index ETF (VDGR) Financials $1,199 Updated Product Disclosure Statement 1 Sep 2025 9:56AM $66.400 $66.710 risen by 0.47%

VDGR Financial Summary

Year to Jun NPAT EPS EPS chg (%) PER DPS Yield (%) Franking (%)
2025A $1,425.28 $8,302.40 4.60% 0.70 203.70 3.30% 15.4%
2024A $1,123.60 $7,937.30 6.20% 0.70 170.50 3.00% 24.1%
2023A $954.81 $7,477.60 -195.20% 0.70 131.20 2.50% 16.1%

VDGR Peer Comparison

Company Mkt Cap EPS Growth (%) P/E (%) Dividend Yield (%)
2023 A 2024 A 2025 A 2023 A 2024 A 2025 A 2023 A 2024 A 2025 A
GQG Partners Inc. (GQG) $4,965M 0.6789 -0.1862 0.1612 7.0618 8.6777 7.4733 13.09% 10.63% 11.10%
Insignia Financial Ltd (IFL) $3,005M -0.1898 -0.0413 0.0296 11.6454 12.1475 11.7988 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Netwealth Group Limited (NWL) $7,277M 0.3930 0.2444 0.0748 62.4421 50.1776 46.6866 1.30% 1.43% 1.72%
Pinnacle Investment Management Group Limited (PNI) $4,106M 0.3714 0.3224 0.0625 28.9904 21.9220 20.6318 3.32% 3.66% 4.21%
Vanguard Diversified Growth Index ETF (VDGR) $1,200M 0.0460 0.0000 0.0000 0.8043 0.0000 0.0000 3.05% 0.00% 0.00%

VDGR Directors

Name Position Start Date
Mr Daniel Shrimski Non-Executive Director 21 May 2021
Mr John Bendl Non-Executive Director 21 Jan 2022
Mr Curt Jacques Non-Executive Director 21 Jan 2022
Ms Kim Petersen Non-Executive Director 21 Jan 2022
Mr Brian Dvorak Non-Executive Director 26 Jul 2024

Vanguard Diversified Growth Index ETF (VDGR) Changes in Directors' Interest & Trades

Date of change Director Buy/Sell Security Type Qty Trade Price Value

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VDGR Management

Name Position
Ashley Warmbrand Company Secretary

VDGR Calendar of Events

Date Event
16 October 2025 Div Pay Date
02 October 2025 Books Close
01 October 2025 Div Ex Date

FAQs about Vanguard Diversified Growth Index ETF (VDGR)

Vanguard Diversified Growth Index ETF's (VDGR) current share price is $66.71. This constitutes a price movement of 0.32% when compared to the share price 7 days ago and is -0.60% below VDGR's 12-month high of $67.11 per share. Prices are delayed by at least 20 minutes.

Relative to the previous close share price of $66.78, Vanguard Diversified Growth Index ETF's (VDGR) current share price of $66.71 constitutes a movement of -$0.07 or -0.10%. Vanguard Diversified Growth Index ETF's (VDGR) share price movement is 0.32% when compared to 7 days ago and is -0.60% below VDGR's 52-week high of $67.11.

Vanguard Diversified Growth Index ETF's (VDGR) 52-week high is $67.11 which was reached on 23 Sep 2025. Relative to this, VDGR's current share price of $66.71 constitutes a -$0.40 or -0.60% drop since that high of $67.11 per VDGR share.

Vanguard Diversified Growth Index ETF's (VDGR) 52-week low is $57.28 which was reached on 9 Apr 2025. Relative to this, VDGR's current share price of $66.71 constitutes a $9.43 or 16.46% gain since that low of $57.28 per VDGR share.

Vanguard Diversified Growth Index ETF's (VDGR) current market capitalisation is $1,199,129,194. Market capitalisation, sometimes referred to as "market cap", is the total value of a company's or ETF's issued shares or units owned by shareholders or unitholders. Market capitalisation is equal to the market price per share or unit multiplied by the number of shares or units outstanding.

Vanguard Diversified Growth Index ETF (VDGR) last distribution or dividend was $0.74 per share and was paid on 16 Jul 2025. This last VDGR distribution or dividend included 7.31% franking. The next dividend payment for Vanguard Diversified Growth Index ETF (VDGR) is due on 16 Oct 2025.

Upcoming ex-distribution date: 1 Jul 2025

Upcoming record date: 2 Jul 2025

Upcoming payment date: 16 Jul 2025

ETFs, such as Vanguard Diversified Growth Index ETF (VDGR), pay distributions instead of dividends. The difference is that dividends are declared by companies from part of the profits made during any given year and the company’s management decide the amount of earnings retained verses how much to pay out to investors. An ETF, like Vanguard Diversified Growth Index ETF (VDGR), must pay out all realised income. This is a combination of any dividends received plus capital gains realised from the buying and selling of underlying holdings within Vanguard Diversified Growth Index ETF (VDGR).


A distribution has three key dates:

Ex-distribution date: Date the distribution value leaves the ETF. This will normally correspond with the ETF unit price dropping in value by the same amount as the distribution.

Record date: Date someone must be on the unit registry to receive the distribution.

Payment date date: Date the distribution is paid to the unit holder.

Vanguard Diversified Growth Index ETF (VDGR) has a franking level of 15.40%. Franking represents the tax a company has already paid on any profit it distributes to shareholders as a dividend. Only Australian companies pay franking credits therefore you will not see franking on ETFs that invest internationally. For ETFs that are diversified across asset classes, you may see partial franking.

Vanguard Diversified Growth Index ETF (VDGR) has a current dividend yield of 3.10% this year. Last year's dividend yield was 2.90%. The dividend yield for VDGR is a ratio that tells you the percentage of Vanguard Diversified Growth Index ETF (VDGR)'s share price that it pays out in dividends each year. The dividend yield is calculated by dividing the annual dividends by the current share price.

The "management expense ratio" (MER) for Vanguard Diversified Growth Index ETF (VDGR) is 0.27%. This is the total expense for operating an ETF or managed fund like Vanguard Diversified Growth Index ETF (VDGR). This includes management fees and other operating expenses which all come out of an investor's return.

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