ETF comparison
AVDE vs VGK
Both International Developed.
Holdings overlap
905 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AVDE and VGK would leave roughly 35.7% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.
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Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VGK is 17 bps cheaper than AVDE. On a $100,000 position that's about $170/yr more in fees for AVDE.
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open the cost calculator pre-filled with AVDE vs VGK.
Top shared holdings
905 shared in total| # | Holding | In AVDE | In VGK | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roche Holding AG | 0.94% | 1.91% | 0.94% |
| 2 | Safran SA | 0.52% | 0.84% | 0.52% |
| 3 | UBS Group AG | 0.50% | 1.03% | 0.50% |
| 4 | Allianz SE | 0.50% | 1.18% | 0.50% |
| 5 | Deutsche Telekom AG | 0.49% | 0.66% | 0.49% |
| 6 | AstraZeneca PLC | 0.48% | 1.59% | 0.48% |
| 7 | TotalEnergies SE | 0.46% | 1.05% | 0.46% |
| 8 | Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC | 0.44% | 1.04% | 0.44% |
| 9 | Infineon Technologies AG | 0.42% | 0.58% | 0.42% |
| 10 | BNP Paribas SA | 0.42% | 0.77% | 0.42% |
| 11 | Vinci SA | 0.40% | 0.43% | 0.40% |
| 12 | Zurich Insurance Group AG | 0.40% | 0.71% | 0.40% |
Only in AVDE
2,391 total- ASML Holding NV 1.31%
- Shell PLC 0.83%
- HSBC Holdings PLC 0.81%
- BHP Group Ltd 0.59%
- Novartis AG 0.54%
- Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA 0.52%
- Mitsui Kinzoku Co Ltd 0.49%
- BP PLC 0.48%
- SoftBank Group Corp 0.47%
- Celestica Inc 0.46%
Only in VGK
323 total- ASML Holding NV 3.95%
- HSBC Holdings PLC 2.27%
- Novartis AG 1.81%
- Banco Santander SA 1.28%
- SAP SE 1.17%
- Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA 0.98%
- Novo Nordisk A/S 0.94%
- Unilever PLC 0.83%
- British American Tobacco PLC 0.77%
- BP PLC 0.73%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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/methodology/.
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