VEMAX — Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund
Data updated: 2026-06-26
VEMAX — Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
VEMAX Fund Overview
VEMAX — Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund is a US ETF managed by Vanguard International Equity Index Funds, categorised as Emerging Markets Mid Cap Blend / Core Consumer Discretionary Equity. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US ETF
- Manager: Vanguard International Equity Index Funds
- Category: Emerging Markets Mid Cap Blend / Core Consumer Discretionary Equity
- Assets under management: $159.90B
- 1-year return: 32.9%
- Ticker: VEMAX
- SEC CIK: 0000857489
- SEC series ID: S000005786
- Share class ID: C000035633
VEMAX Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd | 14.61% |
| Tencent Holdings Ltd | 3.26% |
| Vanguard Cmt Funds-Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund | 2.83% |
| Alibaba Group Holding Ltd | 2.55% |
| Vanguard Cmt Funds-Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund | 1.44% |
| Delta Electronics Inc | 1.17% |
| MediaTek Inc | 1.06% |
| Reliance Industries Ltd | 0.90% |
| China Construction Bank Corp | 0.85% |
| HDFC Bank Ltd | 0.80% |
VEMAX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 99.2% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 4.3% |
VEMAX Performance
Total returns for VEMAX (as of 2026-09-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 9.1% |
| 1 year | 32.9% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 17.0% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 5.3% |
VEMAX Risk Information
Risk metrics for VEMAX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 14.5%
VEMAX Costs and Fees
VEMAX costs about $13 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.13%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.13%
- Portfolio turnover: 6%
- Brokerage commissions: 0.65 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
VEMAX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-04, Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund had net inflows of $13.58B, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-04 | −$28.98M |
| 2026-03 | $159.80M |
| 2026-02 | $2.07B |
| 2026-01 | $1.96B |
| 2025-12 | $2.45B |
| 2025-11 | $1.78B |
VEMAX Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
VEMAX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2026-02-27
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-02-28
- Prospectus supplement (497) — filed 2026-02-02
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-06-26
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-03-31
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2025-12-23
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2026-01-12
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-01-13
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Data Sources
ABC INVEST compiles this page from public filings made to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) through EDGAR: portfolio holdings and monthly cashflows from Form N-PORT, expenses and returns from fund prospectuses (Form 485BPOS) and the SEC DERA Risk/Return Summary data sets, annual data from Form N-CEN, and shareholder reports from Form N-CSR.