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NYSE · VEA

Vanguard Developed Markets Index Fund

Financial Services · Asset Management

$70.34

Up+$0.13 (+0.18%)

Updated Oct 29, 2026, 10:35 PM

SID Score

6.5/10

Composite research score

Smart Money

45/100

Neutral

Market cap
264.01B
P/E ratio
—
Dividend yield
2.39%
52-week range
$58.88 – $74.04
Volume
9.06M
Avg. volume
12.89M

Price performance · VEA

VEA price history

1M range · 21 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices

Prices through Oct 28, 2026

VEA closed at $70.34 after 21 trading sessions, down 0.38% for the selected period.

Last close
$70.34
Period change
-0.38%
Period low
$69.05
Period high
$71.13
Daily close
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VEA OHLC price history, latest 40 sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVolume
Oct 28, 2026$70.00$70.4363$69.8801$70.349.06M
Oct 27, 2026$69.55$69.995$69.415$69.888.1M
Oct 26, 2026$69.32$69.5776$69.15$69.3311.2M
Oct 23, 2026$68.85$69.17$68.605$69.059.32M
Oct 22, 2026$69.41$69.62$69.07$69.267.04M
Oct 21, 2026$70.38$70.38$69.785$70.128.12M
Oct 20, 2026$69.24$70.035$69.20$69.787.63M
Oct 19, 2026$69.76$69.81$69.315$69.366.66M
Oct 16, 2026$70.07$70.24$69.32$69.498.33M
Oct 15, 2026$69.04$69.72$68.82$69.6610.28M
Oct 14, 2026$69.55$69.715$69.105$69.3010.68M
Oct 13, 2026$69.98$70.16$69.80$70.067.84M
Oct 12, 2026$70.18$70.19$69.895$69.955.54M
Oct 9, 2026$70.15$70.385$69.86$70.357.37M
Oct 8, 2026$69.70$69.99$69.43$69.8617M
Oct 7, 2026$70.13$70.42$69.9146$70.269.77M
Oct 6, 2026$71.34$71.48$71.11$71.1110.22M
Oct 5, 2026$70.88$71.2556$70.6218$71.139.53M
Oct 2, 2026$70.88$71.255$70.63$71.1318.36M
Oct 1, 2026$70.38$70.53$69.745$70.2112.09M
Sep 30, 2026$71.38$71.3844$70.5561$70.6111.43M

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Overview

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Company profile

The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the FTSE Developed All Cap ex US Index, a market-capitalization-weighted index that is made up of approximately 4022 common stocks of large-, mid-, and small-cap companies located in Canada and the major markets of Europe and the Pacific region. The adviser attempts to replicate the target index by investing all, or substantially all, of its assets in the stocks that make up the index, holding each stock in approximately the same proportion as its weighting in the index.

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Vanguard Developed Markets Index Fund Stock Performance

Vanguard Developed Markets Index Fund (VEA) trades at $70.34, reflecting a 2.01% decline over the past month but maintaining a robust 14.15% gain over the trailing twelve months, per SID market data. The fund currently sits below its 50-day moving average of $71.47, representing approximately a 1.6% discount, while holding above its 200-day moving average of $69.41 by roughly 1.3%. This positioning suggests the fund has entered a near-term consolidation phase following its longer-term uptrend. The 14-day RSI reads 46.5, indicating neutral momentum without overbought or oversold conditions. VEA carries a beta of 1.06, showing slightly higher volatility than the broader market. Average daily trading volume stands at approximately 12.9 million shares, according to Massive/Polygon data, underscoring strong liquidity for this widely held international equity ETF with a market capitalization of approximately $264 billion.

Vanguard Developed Markets Index Fund Valuation Analysis

VEA operates within the Financial Services sector as a passively managed index fund tracking developed international equity markets, according to SID market data. The fund currently offers a dividend yield of 2.68%, which positions it favorably relative to many U.S.-focused equity ETFs and reflects the generally higher dividend payout ratios found among international developed market equities. With a market capitalization of approximately $264 billion, VEA ranks among the largest international equity ETFs available to investors. As a broad index fund, traditional single-stock valuation metrics such as price-to-earnings or price-to-book ratios apply at the portfolio level rather than the fund level. The fund's three-month return of 1.35% compared to its one-year return of 14.15% indicates that recent performance has moderated from the pace set over the longer measurement period, per SID market data, reflecting shifting global macroeconomic conditions across developed economies.

Smart Money Activity for VEA

VEA registers a composite smart money score of 45 out of 100 with a neutral overall signal, according to SID market data. The institutional component scores a notably high 23.0 out of 25, reflecting substantial and sustained allocation from large asset managers, pension funds, and advisory platforms that utilize VEA as a core international equity holding. The insider activity component stands at 12.5 out of 25, which is typical for ETF structures where traditional insider buying and selling dynamics differ from individual equities. Dark pool activity scores 8.5 out of 25, suggesting moderate off-exchange institutional trading relative to the fund's overall volume. Congressional trading activity registers at just 0.8 out of 25, per SEC Form 4 filings, indicating minimal involvement from elected officials. The high institutional score contrasts with lower readings across other components, resulting in the neutral aggregate signal. The institutional dominance aligns with VEA's role as a low-cost, high-liquidity vehicle favored by professional allocators for international developed market exposure.

Vanguard Developed Markets Index Fund Earnings Outlook

As a passively managed exchange-traded fund, VEA does not report corporate earnings in the traditional sense, and no recent earnings data is available per company earnings reports. The fund's financial performance is instead measured through its net asset value, tracking accuracy relative to the FTSE Developed All Cap ex US Index, and distribution payments to shareholders. VEA currently provides a dividend yield of 2.68%, according to SID market data, with distributions sourced from the underlying dividend payments of its international developed market equity holdings across Europe, the Pacific region, and Canada. The fund's one-year total return of 14.15% reflects both capital appreciation and reinvested distributions. Investors monitoring VEA's fundamental outlook should focus on aggregate earnings trends across developed international markets, currency fluctuations impacting dollar-denominated returns, and macroeconomic indicators from major economies including Japan, the United Kingdom, Germany, and France that drive underlying portfolio valuations.

Wall Street Analyst Ratings for VEA

As a broad-based index ETF, VEA does not receive traditional buy, hold, or sell ratings from Wall Street equity analysts in the manner that individual stocks do. Coverage of VEA instead falls primarily within ETF research teams at major financial institutions and independent research firms, which evaluate the fund based on expense ratios, tracking error, liquidity, and tax efficiency rather than price targets. Per SID consensus data, VEA's current trading price of $70.34 reflects its position approximately 1.6% below the 50-day moving average of $71.47 and 1.3% above the 200-day moving average of $69.41. The fund's beta of 1.06 indicates marginally higher systematic risk than the domestic benchmark, consistent with the additional currency and geopolitical risk inherent in international equity exposure. With average daily volume exceeding 12.9 million shares, according to SID market data, VEA maintains institutional-grade liquidity that supports efficient execution for large portfolio rebalancing transactions.