What Does the Vanguard Ethically Conscious Australian Shares ETF (ASX:VETH) Hold and How Is Its Latest Distribution Structured?

Sonal Goyal

11 October 2026 02:25 PM AEDT

What Does the Vanguard Ethically Conscious Australian Shares ETF (ASX:VETH) Hold and How Is Its Latest Distribution Structured?

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The Vanguard Ethically Conscious Australian Shares ETF (ASX:VETH) last traded at A$65.90 on 9 October 2026, up A$0.35 or 0.54% on the day, with 31,063 units traded and a bid/offer range of A$65.60 to A$66.25. The fund’s size was A$631.07 million. This article summarises the fund’s structure, its latest distribution and the composition of its portfolio.

Ticker	Fund name	Price (9 Oct 2026)	Fund size	Category
ASX:VETH	Vanguard Ethically Conscious Australian Shares ETF	A$65.90 (+A$0.35, +0.54%)	A$631.07 million	Equity Australia Large Blend

Type	Distribution amount	Annual yield	Ex date	Record date	Payment date
Interim	A$0.579	2.94%	1 Oct 2026	2 Oct 2026	16 Oct 2026

Fund overview

VETH is an exchange-traded fund admitted to the ASX on 14 October 2020. It sits in the Equity Australia Large Blend category, and its benchmark is the FTSE Australia 300 Choice TR AUD index. The management fee is 0.16%, there were 9,628,705 units outstanding, and its ISIN is AU0000103533.

The fund holds or is exposed to most of the securities in its index, allowing individual security weightings to vary marginally from the index from time to time. It may also be exposed to securities that have been removed from, or are expected to be included in, the index.

Latest distribution

The latest distribution is an interim distribution of A$0.579 per unit, with an annual Yield of 2.94%. The ex-date was 1 October 2026, the Record Date 2 October 2026 and the payment date 16 October 2026. The yield is a calculated measure that depends on the unit price and distributions over a period, and it does not forecast future payments.

Recent ASX announcements for the fund include an updated estimated distribution (1 October 2026), the final distributions notice and distribution reinvestment plan details (2 October 2026), a distribution tax estimate (5 October 2026) and an outstanding securities notice for September 2026 (7 October 2026).

Portfolio composition

The portfolio held 239 companies, with the top ten holdings making up 47.48% of the fund. By asset type, 100.04% was in stocks and negative 0.04% in cash, reflecting timing items. By geography, 98.85% was in Australia, with 0.51% in the United Kingdom, 0.24% in China, 0.22% in New Zealand and 0.18% in the United States. By size, 93.57% was in companies with a Market Capitalisation above A$1 billion, 6.00% between A$500 million and A$1 billion, and 0.44% below A$500 million.

The largest sector weightings were Financial Services (37.67%), Basic Materials (22.16%), Real Estate (8.12%), Healthcare (8.06%), Consumer Cyclical (6.60%), Industrials (6.34%), Communication Services (4.61%), Consumer Defensive (3.23%) and Technology (3.21%), with no exposure to Utilities.

The ten largest holdings were Commonwealth Bank of Australia (11.40%), National Australia Bank (5.05%), Westpac (5.04%), ANZ Group (4.79%), Wesfarmers (4.70%), CSL (4.37%), Macquarie Group (3.73%), Goodman Group (2.90%), Telstra Group (2.73%) and Northern Star Resources (2.73%).

Sector backdrop

Australian share Index Funds give exposure to a basket of listed companies, and their unit prices move with the share market. Funds that track an index with ethical or other screens can differ from broad-market indices in their sector mix, because excluded companies change the weights of the remaining ones.

Equity Australia Large Blend funds invest primarily in large Australian companies, defined as those in the top 70% of the capitalisation of the Australian equities market, with neither growth nor value characteristics dominating.

Distributions from equity funds reflect dividends and other income received by the fund, net of costs, and the amount varies from period to period.

Risks investors should weigh

Share Market Risk is the main Factor affecting unit prices, because values rise and fall with the prices of the underlying shares.

The portfolio is concentrated: financial services and basic materials together made up nearly 60% of the fund, and the top ten holdings were 47.48%, so the fund’s results can depend heavily on a small number of companies and sectors.

Because the fund follows a screened index, its holdings and returns can differ from the broader Australian market. Distribution amounts change each period, and the annual yield does not guarantee future income. ETF units can trade at prices that differ from the value of the underlying assets, and trading volumes vary.

What’s next

The distribution is payable on 16 October 2026. Investors who wish to understand the fund further may wish to read the product disclosure statement and the distribution reinvestment plan notice published on the ASX.

FAQs

Q: What is the Vanguard Ethically Conscious Australian Shares ETF?

A:An ASX-listed fund, code VETH, that aims to track the FTSE Australia 300 Choice TR AUD index, with a management fee of 0.16%.

Q: What is the latest VETH distribution?

A:An interim distribution of A$0.579 per unit with an annual yield of 2.94%, paid on 16 October 2026 to holders on the 2 October 2026 record date.

Q: What are the largest holdings?

A:Commonwealth Bank of Australia (11.40%), National Australia Bank (5.05%), Westpac (5.04%), ANZ Group (4.79%) and Wesfarmers (4.70%).

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