Vanguard Ethically Conscious Australian Shares ETF
Performance
Total return to 23 Oct 2026, distributions reinvested, before franking. ASX figures are to 30 Sept 2026 and gross of franking, so they run higher for franked Australian funds.
What it costs to hold
Management fee plus trading costs, compared with similar funds.
A typical fund among Australian equity funds would cost $187 (0.37% a year), so VETH is $103 cheaper.
Spread is the average gap between buying and selling prices on the ASX. Fees are shown on a flat balance, not compounded on growth. Excludes tax and any adviser or platform fees.
Calendar-year returns
Where the money is
Look-through exposure as at 31 July 2026 · 234 securities · top 10 = 49.6%
Country
Sector
Monthly returns
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | −0.0 | 2.9 | −8.4 | 1.9 | −1.1 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 1.7 | −2.5 | −0.0 | −3.5YTD | ||
| 2025 | 4.5 | −3.9 | −2.8 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 2.9 | −0.1 | 0.4 | −2.6 | 1.0 | 11.7 |
| 2024 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 3.3 | −3.2 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 4.7 | 1.0 | 2.4 | −0.5 | 4.1 | −3.1 | 15.6 |
| 2023 | 6.0 | −2.2 | −1.1 | 3.3 | −2.5 | 0.6 | 2.3 | −0.0 | −4.1 | −4.7 | 6.5 | 7.9 | 11.6 |
| 2022 | −8.4 | 0.7 | 7.3 | −0.6 | −3.6 | −10.5 | 8.0 | 0.2 | −7.0 | 6.7 | 5.6 | −3.4 | −7.0 |
| 2021 | −0.5 | 0.7 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 0.3 | 4.2 | −2.4 | 3.0 | −2.7 | 2.9 | 18.2 |
| 2020 | 9.8 | 0.6 | 10.5 |
Total return each month in %, distributions reinvested, before franking. The latest month runs to the last price date. The first year starts from listing.
Top holdings
Most similar funds
Overlap is the share of the portfolio held in common, look-through. Correlation is of daily returns. High overlap means close substitutes.
VETH questions answered
Written from the latest data on this page. General information only, not financial advice.
How diversified is Vanguard Ethically Conscious Australian Shares ETF?
Vanguard Ethically Conscious Australian Shares ETF holds 234 securities, and its ten largest positions make up 49.6% of the fund, close to the 53.0% typical of Australian equity funds. That makes it moderately diversified.
Its country exposure is almost entirely Australia (100.0%), and its biggest sector is Financials at 47.8%, based on holdings as at 31 July 2026.
Which ETFs does VETH double up with most?
VETH shares the most holdings with SPDR S&P/ASX 200 ESG ETF (E200) (71% overlap), Global X Australia 300 ETF (A300) (70% overlap) and Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF (VAS) (69% overlap). Overlap is the share of the portfolio the two funds hold in common, looking through to the underlying securities.
At 71%, owning both VETH and E200 would mostly double up on the same investments rather than spread your money further. Of these, A300 has the lowest fee, at 0.03% a year against 0.16% for VETH.
How is Vanguard Ethically Conscious Australian Shares ETF managed – active or passive?
Vanguard Ethically Conscious Australian Shares ETF is passively managed: it follows an index and holds what that index holds, rather than relying on a manager's stock picks.
Among Australian equity funds, active funds charge a median 0.85% a year and index funds 0.34%.
What will I pay in fees for VETH?
VETH charges a management fee of 0.16% a year, about $16 for every $10,000 invested. That is cheaper than 90% of the 471 ASX ETFs we track, where the median fee is 0.44%. Among Australian equity funds, the median is 0.35%.
Lower-cost funds with a similar focus include Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF (VAS) at 0.07%, Betashares Australia 200 ETF (A200) at 0.04% and iShares Core S&P/ASX 200 ETF (IOZ) at 0.05%.
If you would rather have a manager choose the investments, active options such as Dimensional Australian Core Equity Trust - Active ETF (DACE) at 0.28% and Airlie Australian Share Fund - Active ETF (AASF) at 0.78% cost more.
The fee is taken from the fund's assets and is already reflected in its returns. You'll also pay brokerage when you buy or sell, and the bid-ask spread, which has averaged 0.04% for VETH.
Does Vanguard Ethically Conscious Australian Shares ETF follow a theme?
No. Vanguard Ethically Conscious Australian Shares ETF is a broad equity fund: it aims to cover a wide slice of its market (Australia) rather than one theme or sector.
It also applies environmental, social and governance (ESG) screens, excluding companies that fail the issuer's ethical criteria.
What is under the hood of VETH?
As at 31 July 2026, VETH's ten largest holdings are Commonwealth Bank of Australia (12.8%), Westpac Banking Corp (5.6%), National Australia Bank Ltd (5.5%), Wesfarmers Ltd (5.3%), ANZ Group Holdings Ltd (4.8%), Macquarie Group Ltd (3.8%), CSL Ltd (3.2%), Goodman Group (3.1%), Telstra Group Ltd (3.0%) and Woolworths Group Ltd (2.6%). Together they make up 49.6% of the fund.
It follows an index. Most broad share indices weight companies by market size, so the largest companies take the biggest share; the exact rules for VETH's index are in the issuer's PDS. Its top 10 weighting of 49.6% compares with 53.0% for similar funds.
How well has Vanguard Ethically Conscious Australian Shares ETF performed?
Based on its category, Vanguard Ethically Conscious Australian Shares ETF aims to grow your capital in line with the index it tracks.
To 23 Oct 2026, with distributions reinvested, it returned −7.1% over 1 year (median 0.6%; ranked 53 of 65), 12.1% a year over 3 years (median 11.6% a year; ranked 25 of 54) and 5.5% a year over 5 years (median 6.9% a year; ranked 33 of 48). The medians and rankings compare it with Australian equity funds. Since listing in 2020 it has returned 8.5% a year.
Tracking difference is the gap between a fund's return and its index's return. We don't hold index returns, so we can't measure it for VETH; the issuer reports it in the monthly fact sheet. As a guide, a well-run index fund trails its index by about its fee, here 0.16% a year, and a much bigger gap is a warning sign.
Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance.