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VERX Vanguard FTSE Developed Europe ex UK UCITS ETF
ISIN IE00BKX55S42London Stock Exchange: VERXThe Vanguard Group, Inc.
- European shares
- ETF
- ISA
- SIPP
- Distributing
Latest close
LSE£42.82
on
- Ongoing charge
- 0.10% a year
- Fund size
- £3.2bn
As of , at least 15 min delayed
At a glance
As of 13/11/2026, VERX (Vanguard FTSE Developed Europe ex UK UCITS ETF, ISIN IE00BKX55S42) closed at £42.82 on the London Stock Exchange. Its ongoing charge is 0.10% a year (about £10 on £10,000). Over the five years to 13/11/2026 its total return was +49.3%, or +16.5% after UK CPIH inflation.
Past returns
- 1 year to 13/11/2026
- +11.1%
- +7.1% after inflation (UK CPIH)
- 3 years to 13/11/2026
- +53.2%
- +38.4% after inflation (UK CPIH)
- 5 years to 13/11/2026
- +49.3%
- +16.5% after inflation (UK CPIH)
£1,000 put in five years ago would have been worth about £1,493 on 13/11/2026 — about £1,165 in today’s spending power, once price rises are taken out. Past performance is not a guide to future returns.
Returns: as reported (delayed data). Inflation: UK CPIH, latest month published.
How we work it out:ReturnsReturns after inflationTotal returnReal returnCPIH
Calendar-year and 12-month returns
Calendar-year returns of Vanguard FTSE Developed Europe ex UK UCITS ETF in pounds (price only, income paid out not included): 2022 −9.9%, 2023 +12.0%, 2024 −0.5%, 2025 +24.1%; 2026 to 13/11/2026 +6.2%. Returns of Vanguard FTSE Developed Europe ex UK UCITS ETF in pounds (price only, income paid out not included) over the 12 months to 30/09/2026: +8.6%; to 30/09/2025: +12.7%; to 30/09/2024: +13.4%; to 30/09/2023: +15.8%; to 30/09/2022: −15.3%.
| Year | Return | After inflation | Return shown as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| to | +6.2% | +2.8% | |
| to | +24.1% | +19.8% | |
| to | −0.5% | −3.9% | |
| +12.0% | +7.5% | ||
| −9.9% | −17.5% |
| 12 months to | Return | After inflation |
|---|---|---|
| from | +8.6% | +4.8% |
| from | +12.7% | +8.3% |
| from | +13.4% | +10.5% |
| from | +15.8% | +8.9% |
| from | −15.3% | −22.2% |
As of , inflation: UK CPIH
How we work it out:Calendar-year returnsWhat a calendar-year return isAccumulating and distributing
Risk: volatility and largest fall
Volatility (annualised)
15.0%over 5 years
| 1 year | 14.1% |
|---|---|
| 3 years | 13.2% |
| 5 years | 15.0% |
Annualised from weekly returns. Higher means bumpier.
- Largest fall since November 2021
- −20.4%
- From to
- Lowest 12-month return
- −17.0%
- 12 months to
- Highest 12-month return
- +24.5%
- 12 months to
- Below its highest weekly close since November 2021
- 2.7%
- High of , latest
In words: Volatility of Vanguard FTSE Developed Europe ex UK UCITS ETF in pounds, annualised from weekly returns to 13/11/2026: 14.1% over 1 year, 13.2% over 3 years, 15.0% over 5 years. Largest fall in the price of Vanguard FTSE Developed Europe ex UK UCITS ETF since November 2021, in pounds: −20.4% from 19/11/2021 to 14/10/2022. The lowest 12-month return of Vanguard FTSE Developed Europe ex UK UCITS ETF in pounds (price only, income paid out not included) since January 2021 was −17.0% (12 months to 14/10/2022); the highest was +24.5% (12 months to 17/04/2026). On 13/11/2026 the price of Vanguard FTSE Developed Europe ex UK UCITS ETF was 2.7% below its highest weekly close since November 2021 (07/08/2026), in pounds.
As of , price only — income paid out is not included
How we work it out:Risk figuresFallsVolatilityLargest fall
Charges compared with similar funds
- Ongoing charge
- 0.10%
- a year
- On £10,000
- £10
- a year, roughly
- Over five years
- £50
- of £10,000, before growth
- 19 charge less
- 17 the same
- 206 charge more
Ongoing charge of Vanguard FTSE Developed Europe ex UK UCITS ETF 0.10% a year. Compared on 14/11/2026, 206 of the 242 other European share funds charge more, 17 the same and 19 less (share classes counted once).
As of
A lower charge is not a promise of a higher return: what the fund holds matters more.
As of
Read more:Ongoing charge (OCF)OCF and TERFee dragHow charges add up
In plain English
Vanguard FTSE Developed Europe ex UK UCITS ETF is an exchange-traded fund (ETF) from Vanguard, launched in 2014.
It tracks the FTSE Developed Europe ex UK Index - EUR — large and medium-sized European companies.
You buy and sell it through a share-dealing account or platform during stock-market hours, like a share.
Its ongoing charge is 0.1% a year — about £10 a year on every £10,000 invested, taken from the fund's value rather than billed to you.
Income from its investments is paid out to holders as cash, usually a few times a year.
European shares: Companies across Europe. Some funds include the UK and some leave it out — the fund name says which.
Terms:ETFIndex fundUCITSAccumulating or incomeShare classISIN
Key facts
- Ticker
- VERX
- ISIN
- IE00BKX55S42
- Provider
- Vanguard
- Structure
- ETF
- An exchange-traded fund: bought and sold on the stock exchange through the day, like a share.
- Income
- Distributing, paid quarterly
- Income is paid out to holders as cash, usually a few times a year.
- Ongoing charge
- 0.10% a year · about £10 on £10,000
- Fund size
- £3.2bn
- Launched
- Domicile
- Ireland
- UK reporting fund status
- Yes — on HMRC’s list of reporting funds (list of )
- Reporting fund since . What reporting fund status means
- Can usually be held in
- ISA and SIPP
- Check with your platform: each decides which funds it offers.
- Currency hedged
- No
- Price currency
- Pounds (GBP)
- Category
- European shares
Income and distributions
As of , the latest distribution of VERX was €0.126826 per share: it went ex-dividend on and was paid on . In the 12 months to VERX declared 4 distributions, together €1.270173 per share. VERX has a distribution yield of 2.56% as at .
- Latest distribution
- €0.126826
- per share, ex-dividend
- 12 months to
- €1.270173
- per share, from 4 distributions
- Distribution yield
- 2.56%
- as at
| Ex-dividend date | Payment date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| €0.126826 | ||
| €0.876822 | ||
| €0.12247 | ||
| €0.144055 | ||
| €0.090128 | ||
| €0.865197 | ||
| €0.126758 | ||
| €0.130912 |
VERX declares its distributions in euros; what reaches an account in pounds depends on the exchange rate the platform uses.
Distributions are not guaranteed: they can rise, fall or stop. Future dates are set and announced by the fund manager. 48 distributions are on record since .
As of
Price chart
Over the last year, the closing price went from £39.51 on 14/11/2025 to £42.82 on 13/11/2026 (+8.4%). The lowest close shown was £38.09 on 20/03/2026 and the highest £43.99 on 07/08/2026.
One close a week. Before 31/07/2026 the closes are from the weekly price history for this listing; from then on, the closing prices we have recorded. Price only — income paid out is not included, so the line can end below the total return above.
As of , at least 15 min delayed
Five years of prices, and after inflation
262 weekly closes, from 12/11/2021 to 13/11/2026. The same history in November 2026 pounds, adjusted with CPIH inflation.
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How we work it out:Prices and returnsNAV and price
What it holds
- Holdings
- 389
- 444 reported in all
- Ten largest
- 24.4%
- of the whole fund
- Effective number of holdings
- 90
- As concentrated as this many equal-sized holdings (how it is worked out)
- Largest holding
- 5.5%
- ASML
Top 10 holdings
| Rank# | Holding | Weight as a percentage of the fund |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASMLASMLInformation TechnologyNetherlands | 5.51% |
| 2 | RocheROHealth CareSwitzerland | 3.26% |
| 3 | NovartisNOVNHealth CareSwitzerland | 2.75% |
| 4 | NestleNESNConsumer StaplesSwitzerland | 2.40% |
| 5 | SAPSAPInformation TechnologyGermany | 2.09% |
| 6 | SiemensSIEIndustrialsGermany | 1.95% |
| 7 | TotalEnergiesTTEEnergyFrance | 1.73% |
| 8 | AllianzALVFinancialsGermany | 1.69% |
| 9 | IberdrolaIBEUtilitiesSpain | 1.50% |
| 10 | Banco SantanderSANFinancialsSpain | 1.48% |
As of , holdings as published
Where it invests
The portfolio by sector, country and type of asset, as a share of the whole fund. Bonds, cash and positions without a classification are shown as they come, not guessed.
By sector
- Financials24.7%
- Industrials19.0%
- Health Care13.9%
- Information Technology10.6%
- Consumer Staples6.8%
- Consumer Discretionary6.6%
- Utilities5.0%
- Materials4.8%
- Other sectors7.3%
- Not classified0.6%
By country
- Switzerland19.6%
- France17.9%
- Germany17.3%
- Netherlands10.3%
- Spain7.5%
- Italy6.8%
- Sweden6.6%
- Denmark3.3%
- Other countries9.6%
- Not classified0.4%
By type of asset
- Equity98.9%
- Cash and money market0.4%
See the full portfolio
Every holding with search and filters, the whole breakdown by sector, country and type of asset, a map of the 100 largest and what changed since .
All holdings
The fund publishes 444 holdings; the ten largest make up 24.4% of it.
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Holdings:Compare what it holds with another fundHoldings overlapHow overlap is measured
Funds tracking the same index
3 funds track FTSE Developed Europe ex UK Index - EUR, this one included and share classes counted once; their ongoing charges range from 0.10% to 0.25% a year (13/11/2026).
| Fund | Charge | 1 year | 3 years | 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L&G Europe ex-UK Quality Dividends Equal Weight UCITS ETFDistributing · 0.25% a year | 0.25% | +20.4% | +97.5% | +69.3% |
| Vanguard FTSE Developed Europe ex UK UCITS ETFThis fundDistributing · 0.10% a year | 0.10% | +11.1% | +53.2% | +49.3% |
| Vanguard FTSE Developed Europe ex UK UCITS ETF AccumEURAccumulating · 0.10% a year | 0.10% | +11.1% | +53.2% | +49.5% |
As of
FTSE Developed Europe ex UK funds compared: charges, sizes and share classes
Read more:Index fundsTracking differenceHow funds are compared
Other versions of this fund
Risk and return in depth
Sharpe, Sortino and Calmar ratios
Sharpe, Sortino and Calmar ratios over 1, 3 and 5 years, from weekly returns in pounds.
With a free accountRolling returns
The full range of 254 rolling 12-month returns since January 2021, and of 150 rolling three-year returns, in pounds, with how often they were above zero.
With a free accountLargest falls and recoveries
The 3 largest falls since November 2021, in pounds, with how many weeks each took to reach its low and to recover.
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Rank among similar funds
Rank by total return over 1, 3 and 5 years among up to 210 European share funds, not currency-hedged, highest first.
ProMoves compared with a similar fund
Correlation and beta of weekly returns in pounds against iShares Core MSCI Europe UCITS ETF EUR (Acc), over the three years to 13/11/2026 (129 weeks).
Pro
Pro — currently by invitation
Pro includes the rank among similar funds and moves against a comparable fund
Pro is open by invitation while it is being built. There is nothing to buy. To ask about access, email [email protected].
Questions people ask
What is the ongoing charge of VERX?
The ongoing charge of VERX is 0.10% a year — about £10 a year on every £10,000 invested, taken from the fund’s value rather than billed to you. Platform and dealing fees are charged separately. Ongoing charge of Vanguard FTSE Developed Europe ex UK UCITS ETF 0.10% a year. Compared on 14/11/2026, 206 of the 242 other European share funds charge more, 17 the same and 19 less (share classes counted once).
What does VERX track?
VERX tracks the FTSE Developed Europe ex UK Index - EUR — large and medium-sized European companies.
Is VERX accumulating or distributing?
VERX is distributing: income is paid out to holders as cash, usually a few times a year. It pays out quarterly.
When does VERX pay dividends?
VERX pays its income out quarterly. In the 12 months to 14/11/2026 it went ex-dividend on 18/12/2025, 19/03/2026, 18/06/2026 and 17/09/2026. The latest distribution went ex-dividend on 17/09/2026 and was paid on 30/09/2026. Future dates are set and announced by the fund manager; distributions are not guaranteed and can change.
What is VERX’s dividend yield?
VERX has a distribution yield of 2.56% as at 31/10/2026. In UK fund terms, a distribution yield is the income expected to be paid over the next 12 months as a percentage of the price on that date — an estimate, not a promise. Yields change with the fund’s price and income; a yield describes the fund, not what any investor will receive.
What is the ISIN of VERX?
The ISIN of VERX is IE00BKX55S42. An ISIN identifies one exact share class of a fund; VERX is its ticker on the London Stock Exchange.
What does VERX hold?
As of 31/10/2026, VERX holds 444 positions, according to its published holdings. The largest is ASML at 5.51% of the fund; the ten largest make up 24.4%. Its ten largest holdings are ASML (5.51%), Roche (3.26%), Novartis (2.75%), Nestle (2.40%), SAP (2.09%), Siemens (1.95%), TotalEnergies (1.73%), Allianz (1.69%), Iberdrola (1.50%) and Banco Santander (1.48%).
What were VERX’s returns in each of the last five years?
Calendar-year returns of VERX in pounds (price only, income paid out not included): 2022 −9.9%, 2023 +12.0%, 2024 −0.5%, 2025 +24.1%; 2026 to 13/11/2026 +6.2%. Past performance is not a guide to future returns.
How has VERX done after inflation?
Over the five years to 13/11/2026 VERX’s total return was +49.3%, or +16.5% after UK CPIH inflation. Past performance is not a guide to future returns.
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Fund documents and methods
- Fund documents
- Fund page at Vanguard · Key investor information document (KIID) · Factsheet (links checked )
Methodology:ReturnsCategoriesAll methods
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