Key Highlights

  • The fund holds 517 companies, with the top ten at 37.29% and NVIDIA at 7.97%.
  • Technology holds 38.69%, and the United States 99.52%.
  • The management fee is 0.07% and the fund size is $186.12 million.
  • The fund listed on 4 March 2026, so its distribution and risk history is short.

Vanguard S&P 500 US Shares Index ETF (ASX:V500) seeks to track the return of the S&P 500 Index before fees, expenses and tax. The listing's benchmark is the S&P 500 Net Return Index in Australian dollars, although the fund's descriptive text refers to a hedged version of the index. The fund was admitted to the ASX on 4 March 2026 and last traded at $57.74 on 13 October 2026. It reports a fund size of $186.12 million.

Detail

Information

Ticker

ASX:V500

Fund

Vanguard S&P 500 US Shares Index ETF

Category

Equity North America

Benchmark

S&P 500 NR AUD

Fund size

$186.12 million

Management fee

0.07%

Total holdings

517

ASX admission date

4 March 2026

Holdings

The ten largest positions represent 37.29% of the fund. NVIDIA leads at 7.97%, followed by Apple (6.93%), Microsoft (5.61%), Amazon.com (3.79%) and Alphabet Class A (2.99%). Broadcom holds 2.61%, Alphabet Class C 2.33%, Meta Platforms 1.87%, Micron Technology 1.61% and Tesla 1.54%.

Cash is 0.46% and stocks 99.54%. Companies above $1 billion in market capitalisation represent 98.94%.

Sector and country mix

Technology holds 38.69%, below the 41.35% category figure, and Financial Services 12.07%, against 6.67%. Communication Services holds 9.50%, against 15.22%, Consumer Cyclical 9.31% and Healthcare 9.29%. Industrials holds 7.74%, Consumer Defensive 4.47% and Energy 3.48%.

The United States accounts for 99.52% of the fund, Switzerland 0.25% and China 0.09%.

Fee and distributions

The management fee is 0.07% a year. Beta and standard deviation are not yet reported because of the fund's short history. The interim distribution of $0.099 per unit had an ex-date of 1 October 2026, a record date of 2 October and payment on 16 October.

That is lower than the $0.114 paid in July, but higher than the $0.026 paid in April.

Category classification and liquidity

Morningstar places the fund in the Equity North America category, which covers funds investing primarily in the securities of companies listed in the United States and Canada, which typically account for at least 75% of the portfolio.

Liquidity indicators add a further view. There are 3,220,082 units on issue, and average daily trading volume is 23,284 units. Over the five sessions from 7 to 13 October 2026, daily volume ranged from 12,100 to 19,200 units, with 12,126 recorded on 13 October while the market was still open. The bid-offer range stood at $57.60 to $58.00, and the day range at $57.63 to $57.84. These figures change through the trading day and reflect market activity rather than the fund's holdings.

Recent announcements

Vanguard lodged Outstanding Securities for September 2026 on 7 October, a Distribution Tax Estimate on 5 October, DRP and Final Distributions notices on 2 October, and an Updated Estimated Distribution on 1 October.

Closing Perspective

V500 offers broad US large-company exposure at a 0.07% fee, with the top ten holdings making up more than a third of assets. The fund has too short a history for risk measures, and its quarterly distributions vary. These facts do not forecast outcomes.