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Vanguard FTSE Pacific Index Fund ETF Shares (VPL)

Focused Region | Exchange Traded Fund | NYSEArca
110.00 USD -3.78 (-3.322%) ⇩ (July 13, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 110.00

Short-term:★★★⯪☆Long-term:★★★⯪☆Dividends:★★★☆☆
Hot Take | July 11, 2026, 6:34 a.m. EDT

The long-term outlook remains constructive, anchored by a nine-year cumulative gain of 41.54% and a current trailing P/E of 18.4x, which reflects reasonable valuation for a developed market index. The asset has avoided the severe multi-year decline penalty, showing six positive years against three negative ones, with the most recent annual performance trending up. However, the short-term picture is clouded by intense speculative hedging; the options chain reveals a stark imbalance where buyers are aggressively purchasing downside protection at strikes significantly below the current price, while call activity is sparse. This divergence between solid historical fundamentals and aggressive bearish positioning in the derivatives market creates a tense environment. While the statistical forecast offers a modest 2.54% upside with moderate confidence, the overwhelming put flow suggests the market is pricing in volatility or a drop, making this a solid hold but not a high-conviction momentum play until that defensive positioning eases.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.032359
AutoETS0.034255
AutoTheta0.041375
MSTL0.047830

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA

Forecast Reliability
Score 55%
H-stat 2.93
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.276
Excess Kurtosis -1.14
Attribute Value
Trailing P/E 17.82

As of July 11, 2026, 6:34 a.m. EDT: Speculators are overwhelmingly positioning for downside protection, evidenced by massive open interest in out-of-the-money puts (strikes 80-115) compared to negligible call volume. While there is some speculative buying in deep OTM calls (strikes 55-135), the heavy concentration of put volume suggests a fear of a significant correction or a 'crash' scenario rather than a rally.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
2.71% 3.40% 3.18% 3.12%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2025-12-19 2.419 2.709453
2025-09-19 0.606 0.686841
2025-06-20 0.184 0.232911
2025-03-21 0.418 0.559946
2024-12-20 1.238 1.752796
2024-09-20 0.507 0.656481
2024-06-21 0.204 0.279874
2024-03-15 0.287 0.385080
2023-12-18 1.300 1.869159
2023-09-18 0.278 0.398110
2023-06-20 0.521 0.737229
2023-03-20 0.146 0.223207
2022-12-19 1.026 1.601374
2022-09-19 0.149 0.240517
2022-06-21 0.545 0.861796
2022-03-21 0.052 0.070100
2021-12-20 1.471 1.911879
2021-09-20 0.363 0.439947
2021-06-21 0.495 0.599201
2021-03-22 0.157 0.189088
2020-12-21 0.882 1.140714
2020-09-21 0.314 0.463948
2020-06-22 0.231 0.355658
2020-03-23 0.012 0.024717
2019-12-23 1.069 1.535699
2019-09-24 0.262 0.394519
2019-06-17 0.523 0.814135
2019-03-25 0.126 0.192778
2018-12-24 0.974 1.659002
2018-09-26 0.245 0.343570
2018-06-22 0.524 0.739173
2018-03-26 0.114 0.158796
2017-12-19 0.961 1.335835
2017-09-20 0.290 0.424163
2017-06-21 0.492 0.750687
2017-03-22 0.127 0.201715
2016-12-20 0.753 1.279742
2016-09-13 0.213 0.366799
2016-06-14 0.457 0.839302
2016-03-15 0.117 0.214916
2015-12-21 0.623 1.110715
2015-09-25 0.193 0.356945
2015-06-26 0.450 0.724404
2015-03-25 0.111 0.177828
2014-12-22 0.629 1.094294
2014-09-24 0.313 0.516076
2014-06-24 0.472 0.762767
2014-03-25 0.115 0.199896
2013-12-20 0.787 1.317155
2013-09-23 0.199 0.325589
2013-06-24 0.410 0.761940
2013-03-22 0.133 0.230024
2012-12-20 0.965 1.808471
2012-09-24 0.759 1.487069
2011-12-21 1.585 3.359474
2010-12-22 2.243 3.991103
2009-12-24 1.421 2.749613
2008-12-24 0.823 2.005361
2007-12-24 1.669 2.468205
2006-12-22 1.473 2.236562
2005-12-27 0.930 1.551552
Additional Data
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.282
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0024784673
dividendYield 2.61

Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 121.23
All Time Low 31.8
Ask 0.0
Ask Size 500
Average Daily Volume10 Day 505,300
Average Daily Volume3 Month 628,063
Average Volume 628,063
Average Volume10Days 505,300
Beta3 Year 1.1
Bid 0.0
Bid Size 200
Book Value 71.188
Category Focused Region
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 111.06
Day Low 109.75
Dividend Yield 2.61
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 6.1736336
Esg Populated 0
Exchange PCX
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 113.4072
Fifty Day Average Change -3.4072037
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.03004398
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 40.054165
Fifty Two Week High 121.23
Fifty Two Week High Change -11.230003
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.09263386
Fifty Two Week Low 80.34
Fifty Two Week Low Change 29.660004
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.36918104
Fifty Two Week Range 80.34 - 121.23
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,110,465,000,000
Five Year Average Return 0.0998259
Full Exchange Name NYSEArca
Fund Family Vanguard
Fund Inception Date 997,660,800
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Language en-US
Legal Type Exchange Traded Fund
Long Business Summary The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the Target Index, a market-capitalization weighted index that is made up of common stocks of companies located in European countries. Under normal circumstances, it invests at least 80% of its net assets, plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes, in the stocks that make up the Target Index.
Long Name Vanguard FTSE Pacific Index Fund ETF Shares
Market us_market
Market State PREPRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_22939801
Nav Price 113.77
Net Assets 13,825,753,100.0
Net Expense Ratio 0.07
Open 110.84
Post Market Change 0.0
Post Market Change Percent 0.0
Post Market Price 110.0
Post Market Time 1,783,986,945
Previous Close 113.78
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 1.5452042
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change -3.78
Regular Market Change Percent -3.3222
Regular Market Day High 111.06
Regular Market Day Low 109.75
Regular Market Day Range 109.75 - 111.06
Regular Market Open 110.84
Regular Market Previous Close 113.78
Regular Market Price 110.0
Regular Market Time 1,783,972,800
Regular Market Volume 394,918
Shares Outstanding 18,395,600
Short Name Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF
Source Interval 15
Symbol VPL
Three Year Average Return 0.21818711
Total Assets 13,825,753,088
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.282
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0024784673
Trailing P E 17.817707
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns 19.19836
Trailing Three Month Returns 19.19836
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 100.22785
Two Hundred Day Average Change 9.772148
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.097499326
Type Disp ETF
Volume 394,918
Yield 0.026099999
Ytd Return 27.99912