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In short: Vanguard Ethically Conscious Australian Shares ETF (VETH.AX) is an exchange-traded fund from Vanguard Investments Australia Ltd charging 0.16% a year, with 655.65M AUD in assets, as of 7 October 2026.
ETF · data ~15-min delayed
Open full interactive analysis →| Price | 65.81 AUD |
| Day change | -0.23% |
| Expense ratio | 0.16% (issuer-published, gathered 7 October 2026) |
| Assets under management | 655.65M |
| Yield | 2.81% |
| Issuer | Vanguard Investments Australia Ltd |
| Asset class | Equity |
| 1-year return | -2.3% |
| 3-year return (a year) | 10.3% |
| 5-year return (a year) | 6.0% |
Vanguard Ethically Conscious Australian Shares ETF (VETH.AX) is an equity exchange-traded fund from Vanguard Investments Australia Ltd. It charges 0.16% a year. It manages 655.65M in assets. Its ten largest holdings make up 47% of the portfolio. Over three years it returned 10.3% a year against 0.0% for its category. Past returns do not predict future ones, and this is not a recommendation.
| Holding | Weight |
|---|---|
| CBA.AX Commonwealth Bank of Australia | 11.40% |
| NAB.AX National Australia Bank Ltd | 5.05% |
| WBC.AX Westpac Banking Corp | 5.04% |
| ANZ.AX ANZ Group Holdings Ltd | 4.79% |
| WES.AX Wesfarmers Ltd | 4.71% |
| CSL.AX CSL Ltd | 4.38% |
| MQG.AX Macquarie Group Ltd | 3.74% |
| GMG.AX Goodman Group | 2.90% |
| TLS.AX Telstra Group Ltd | 2.73% |
| NST.AX Northern Star Resources Ltd | 2.73% |
Top ten: 47% of the fund.
financial services 38%basic materials 22%realestate 8%healthcare 8%consumer cyclical 7%industrials 6%communication services 5%consumer defensive 3%
Vanguard Ethically Conscious Australian Shares ETF charges 0.16% a year as of 7 October 2026, about $16 for every $10,000 invested. The fee is deducted from the fund's assets whatever it returns, so it never appears as a bill. Brokerage and the bid-ask spread are extra costs. Compare it with funds that track the same market.
Vanguard Ethically Conscious Australian Shares ETF manages 655.65M AUD in assets as of 7 October 2026. Size matters because larger funds are less likely to close, which could force investors to sell at an inconvenient time, and they usually trade with tighter bid-ask spreads, a cost that does not appear in the fee.
Vanguard Ethically Conscious Australian Shares ETF's largest holdings are Commonwealth Bank of Australia (11.4%), National Australia Bank Ltd (5.1%) and Westpac Banking Corp (5.0%), and its ten largest together make up 47% of the fund. A higher top-ten share means the fund's returns depend more heavily on a few companies. The full holdings are in the issuer's documents.
Vanguard Ethically Conscious Australian Shares ETF returned 10.3% a year over three years and 6.0% a year over five, against 0.0% a year for its category over three years. Returns are after the fund's fees but before brokerage and tax. Past performance does not predict future returns, and funds tracking the same index usually differ by little more than cost.
Prices and fundamentals: Yahoo Finance (unofficial), as of 7 October 2026; prices are delayed about 15 minutes. Expense ratio: published by Vanguard on its own website, gathered 7 October 2026. Every source ShareSift uses: data sources.
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