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Vanguard Australian Shares High Yield ETF (ASX: VHY) - Share Price and Research

Current share price for VHY : $73.950 0.43 (0.58%)+

Vanguard Australian Shares High Yield ETF (VHY) 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 Australian Shares High Yield ETF (VHY) is an exchange traded fund that seeks to track the return of the FTSE Australia High Dividend Yield Index before taking into account fees, expenses and tax.

VHY General Information +

ASX Code VHY
Website http://www.vanguard.com.au
Industry/Sector Asset Management & Custody Banks
Market Cap ($M) 4,764
VHY Share Price $73.950
Day High $74.500
Day Low $73.600
Last Close $74.380
VHY Share Price Movement $0.43 ( 0.58% )
Prices as at 16:40, 22 May 2025
+Security prices are delayed by at least 20 minutes and are indicative only.

VHY Fund Information

Australia Equity Income
S&P/ASX 200 TR AUD
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Investment Fund
23 May 2011
$4622.75 million (as at 30 Apr 2025)

VHY ETF performance (30 Apr 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 2.43 -2.37 2.18 9.11 10.22 7.91 14.84 6.98
Growth return -0.97 -5.61 -2.57 0.98 3.12 1.12 8.58 0.53
Income return (Yield) 3.4 3.24 4.75 8.13 7.1 6.79 6.26 6.45

Market index (S&P/ASX 200 TR AUD)
Total return 3.62 -3.69 1.24 9.79 9.43 7.18 12.14 7.72

VHY Related Research

Vanguard Australian Shares High Yield ETF (VHY) Upcoming Dividends & Yields

Distribution Type Dividend Franking Ex-dividend date Payment date Current Price+ Price 7D Avg Dividend Yield
Result $2.43 27.06% 1 Apr 2025 16 Apr 2025 $73.950 $73.750 -
Result $1.04 74.11% 2 Jan 2025 17 Jan 2025 $73.950 $73.750 -
Result $1.04 79.26% 1 Oct 2024 16 Oct 2024 $73.950 $73.750 -

See all dividends from Vanguard Australian Shares High Yield ETF (VHY) or use our Upcoming Dividends tool to search for dividends across all ASX-listed securities.

Vanguard Australian Shares High Yield ETF (VHY) Recent ASX Announcements

Company Sector Market Cap ($m) Headline Release
date/time+		 Price at
release+		 Current
price+		 Gain/Loss View
Vanguard Australian Shares High Yield ETF (VHY) Financials $4,764 Exit Statement 13 May 2025 1:59PM $73.490 $73.950 risen by 0.63%
Vanguard Australian Shares High Yield ETF (VHY) Financials $4,764 Outstanding ETF Securities and Fund Flows Announcement 6 May 2025 2:29PM $71.720 $73.950 risen by 3.11%
Vanguard Australian Shares High Yield ETF (VHY) Financials $4,764 Outstanding ETF Securities and Fund Flows Announcement 7 Apr 2025 2:19PM $65.560 $73.950 risen by 12.80%
Vanguard Australian Shares High Yield ETF (VHY) Financials $4,764 DRP Issue Price Announcement 2 Apr 2025 3:59PM $70.850 $73.950 risen by 4.38%
Vanguard Australian Shares High Yield ETF (VHY) Financials $4,764 Distribution Tax Estimates 2 Apr 2025 3:38PM $70.870 $73.950 risen by 4.35%
Vanguard Australian Shares High Yield ETF (VHY) Financials $4,764 Final Distribution Announcement 2 Apr 2025 8:53AM $71.050 $73.950 risen by 4.08%

VHY Financial Summary

Year to Jun NPAT EPS EPS chg (%) PER DPS Yield (%) Franking (%)
2024A $611.44 $74.60 9.20% 93.00 423.70 6.10% 32.7%
2023A $506.28 $68.30 -726.20% 96.90 341.00 5.20% 56.7%
2022A -$76.42 -$10.90 -110.00% 0.00 414.30 6.30% 94.5%

VHY Peer Comparison

Company Mkt Cap EPS Growth (%) P/E (%) Dividend Yield (%)
2022 A 2023 A 2024 A 2022 A 2023 A 2024 A 2022 A 2023 A 2024 A
HMC Capital (HMC) $2,183M 0.2364 0.0000 0.0000 20.9008 0.0000 0.0000 2.27% 0.00% 0.00%
Insignia Financial (IFL) $2,234M 0.6567 -0.3210 0.0965 7.0135 10.3288 9.4201 2.79% 0.00% 8.11%
Netwealth Group (NWL) $7,424M 0.2382 0.3812 0.1183 88.8563 64.3312 57.5280 0.92% 1.25% 1.47%
Pinnacle Investment Management Group (PNI) $4,436M 0.1667 0.5615 0.0204 42.9890 27.5299 26.9793 2.15% 3.27% 3.34%
Vanguard Australian High Yield ETF (VHY) $33M 0.0924 0.0000 0.0000 99.7452 0.0000 0.0000 5.70% 0.00% 0.00%

VHY Market Comparison

Earnings P/E Ratio P/B Ratio P/E Growth
Company 0.20 99.20 11.50 0.00
Market 0.23 13.80 1.08 0.90
Sector 0.32 12.00 1.05 0.64

VHY 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 Australian Shares High Yield ETF (VHY) Changes in Directors' Interest & Trades

There are no directors' trades from Vanguard Australian Shares High Yield ETF (VHY). Please use our Changes in directors' interest tool to search for changes & trades across all ASX-listed securities.

VHY Management

Name Position
Ashley Warmbrand Company Secretary

FAQs about Vanguard Australian Shares High Yield ETF (VHY)

Vanguard Australian Shares High Yield ETF's (VHY) current share price is $73.95. This constitutes a price movement of 0.27% when compared to the share price 7 days ago and is -4.07% below VHY's 12-month high of $77.09 per share. Prices are delayed by at least 20 minutes.

Relative to the previous close share price of $74.38, Vanguard Australian Shares High Yield ETF's (VHY) current share price of $73.95 constitutes a movement of -$0.43 or -0.58%. Vanguard Australian Shares High Yield ETF's (VHY) share price movement is 0.27% when compared to 7 days ago and is -4.07% below VHY's 52-week high of $77.09.

Vanguard Australian Shares High Yield ETF's (VHY) 52-week high is $77.09 which was reached on 3 Dec 2024. Relative to this, VHY's current share price of $73.95 constitutes a -$3.14 or -4.07% drop since that high of $77.09 per VHY share.

Vanguard Australian Shares High Yield ETF's (VHY) 52-week low is $65.42 which was reached on 7 Apr 2025. Relative to this, VHY's current share price of $73.95 constitutes a $8.53 or 13.04% gain since that low of $65.42 per VHY share.

Vanguard Australian Shares High Yield ETF's (VHY) current market capitalisation is $4,764,366,963. 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 Australian Shares High Yield ETF (VHY) last distribution or dividend was $2.43 per share and was paid on 16 Apr 2025. This last VHY distribution or dividend included 27.06% franking.

Upcoming ex-distribution date: 1 Apr 2025

Upcoming record date: 2 Apr 2025

Upcoming payment date: 16 Apr 2025

ETFs, such as Vanguard Australian Shares High Yield ETF (VHY), 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 Australian Shares High Yield ETF (VHY), 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 Australian Shares High Yield ETF (VHY).


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 Australian Shares High Yield ETF (VHY) has a current dividend yield of n/a this year. Last year's dividend yield was 5.80%. The dividend yield for VHY is a ratio that tells you the percentage of Vanguard Australian Shares High Yield ETF (VHY)'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 Australian Shares High Yield ETF (VHY) is 0.25%. This is the total expense for operating an ETF or managed fund like Vanguard Australian Shares High Yield ETF (VHY). This includes management fees and other operating expenses which all come out of an investor's return.

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