VAS

The Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF (ASX: VAS) is still the ASX's most popular. But are income investors better off with something else?

That beats out VAS, which has given investors a 4.77% return over the past 12 months and an average of 8.95% per annum over the past five years. On IHD’s current unit price of $12.77, that gives this ETF a distribution yield of 5.75%. But let’s check out the performance figures here too. That makes VAS itself a dividend-paying ETF in its own right. But the ASX is also known for its dividends. That yield alone doesn’t match VAS.