VDGR
DiversifiedVanguard Diversified Growth Index ETF
About this ETF
An all-in-one portfolio of underlying Vanguard index funds with a fixed strategic asset allocation of 70% growth assets (shares) and 30% defensive assets (bonds), rebalanced automatically.
IssuerVanguard
Management fee (MER)0.27% p.a.
Inception date20 Nov 2017
BenchmarkGrowth Composite Index
Scout Score
73/100
Ranked #1 of 16 in DiversifiedAn independent score calculated by ETF Scout across 7 real-data factors (cost, diversification, tracking, liquidity, fund strength, performance, income), ranked against other funds in the same category.
Cost60
Diversification67
Tracking83
Liquidity85
Fund Strength92
Performance55
Income80
Strengths
- Large, established fund — $1.6B in assets, bigger than 92% of Diversified funds.
- Highly liquid — 0.03% bid/ask spread, better than 85% of Diversified peers.
- Tight index tracking — 0.76% tracking error, tighter than 83% of Diversified peers.
Weaknesses
No notable weaknesses found relative to category peers.
Performance (as of 30 Sep 2026)
Total returns, net of fees. Periods longer than 1 year are annualised.
1 Month-0.84%
3 Months-0.15%
YTD+4.66%
1 Year+5.72%
3 Years (p.a.)+12.04%
5 Years (p.a.)+6.67%
Price history
Cumulative return over the selected period, indexed to 0% at the start of the range.
Top holdings (as of 30 Jun 2026)
The fund's largest individual holdings, ranked by portfolio weight.
- 1.Vanguard Australian Shares Index Fund24.82%
- 2.Vanguard International Shares Index Fund20.02%
- 3.Vanguard Global Aggregate Bond Index Fund Hedged14.20%
- 4.Vanguard International Shares Index Fund Hedged11.84%
- 5.Vanguard Australian Fixed Interest Index Fund6.82%
- 6.Vanguard Global Aggregate Bond Index Fund Hedged ETF5.91%
- 7.Vanguard International Small Companies Index Fund5.10%
- 8.Vanguard Emerging Markets Shares Index Fund4.52%
- 9.Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF3.32%
- 10.Vanguard Australian Fixed Interest Index ETF1.98%