A high growth ETF in Australia is an ETF available to Australian investors that invests in companies expected to deliver stronger revenue or earnings growth than the broader market. These companies often reinvest heavily, operate in innovative industries or benefit from structural growth trends.

As an ETF with international growth exposure that investors can trade on the ASX, GWTH provides access to a diversified portfolio of high growth international companies listed in developed markets outside Australia.

GWTH, an ETF with international growth exposure, selects companies with higher growth characteristics from global developed markets outside Australia.

For GWTH, a growth company is defined using MSCI's growth factor methodology. Companies are assessed using five fundamentals: long-term forward-looking earnings per share (EPS) growth; short-term forward-looking EPS growth; current internal growth rate; long-term historical EPS growth; and long-term historical sales per share growth.

Other high growth ETF Australia and ETF international growth offerings may not employ the same systematic, rules-based investment approach that differentiates GWTH.

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Growth factor investing deliberately targets companies with stronger growth characteristics, rather than simply owning a broad market-cap weighted portfolio. In the context of a high growth ETF Australia or ETF international growth, the growth factor aims to identify companies poised for rapid revenue and earnings expansion, often driven by innovation, market disruption or evolving consumer preferences.

In contrast to a broad international ETF which will typically hold companies according to their market size, including growth, value and lower growth companies, an ETF with international growth exposure targets companies with high growth characteristics. GWTH provides specific exposure to the growth factor, which has historically outperformed over the long term relative to global equity benchmarks.

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GWTH, QUAL and VLUE all invest in international equities, but target different return drivers.

As an ETF with international growth exposure, GWTH provides access to a portfolio of high growth companies. QUAL targets quality companies with high return on equity, stable earnings and low leverage. VLUE targets value companies that appear attractively priced against fundamentals.

GWTH may suit investors wanting a dedicated growth tilt, while QUAL and VLUE provide quality and value factor exposures respectively.

Unlike other high growth ETF Australia offerings, GWTH invests in developed markets outside Australia and the portfolio is diversified across countries, sectors and companies.

Current holdings include companies from markets such as the United States, Europe, Japan and Canada, with exposure across technology, industrials, financials, health care, consumer and other sectors.

Example companies that GWTH, an ETF with international growth exposure, invests in include NVIDIA Corp, Advanced Micro Devices Inc and Broadcom Inc. Portfolio allocations change over time as the index rebalances and holdings move.

View GWTH's latest holdings and allocations.

As an ETF with international growth exposure, GWTH may be suited to investors seeking capital growth from international equities with a targeted growth factor selection.

GWTH's Target Market Determination indicates it may be appropriate as a major, core, minor or satellite allocation within a portfolio for investors with a minimum suggested timeframe of five years and a high risk/return profile.

Investors considering a high growth ETF or ETF international growth should consider key risks of investing including share market risk, ASX trading time differences, financial markets generally, individual company management, industry sectors, foreign currency, country or sector concentration, political, regulatory and tax risks, fund operations and tracking an index.

Growth companies can be more sensitive to changes in interest rates, earnings expectations and investor sentiment. International investing also introduces country, regulatory and tax risks.

Investors should review the PDS and TMD before investing in GWTH.