ETF comparison
BBEU vs VGK
Both International Developed.
Holdings overlap
344 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BBEU and VGK would leave roughly 81.9% 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 3 bps cheaper than BBEU. On a $100,000 position that's about $30/yr more in fees for BBEU.
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 BBEU vs VGK.
Top shared holdings
344 shared in total| # | Holding | In BBEU | In VGK | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASML Holding NV | 4.58% | 3.95% | 3.95% |
| 2 | HSBC Holdings plc | 2.62% | 2.27% | 2.27% |
| 3 | Roche Holding AG | 2.16% | 1.91% | 1.91% |
| 4 | Novartis AG | 2.14% | 1.81% | 1.81% |
| 5 | Nestle SA | 1.78% | 1.60% | 1.60% |
| 6 | AstraZeneca plc | 1.89% | 1.59% | 1.59% |
| 7 | Siemens AG | 1.68% | 1.49% | 1.49% |
| 8 | Banco Santander SA | 1.46% | 1.28% | 1.28% |
| 9 | Allianz SE | 1.36% | 1.18% | 1.18% |
| 10 | SAP SE | 1.35% | 1.17% | 1.17% |
| 11 | Schneider Electric SE | 1.30% | 1.13% | 1.13% |
| 12 | TotalEnergies SE | 1.33% | 1.05% | 1.05% |
Only in BBEU
8 total- BioNTech SE 0.07%
- Sartorius AG 0.05%
- Dr Ing hc F Porsche AG 0.04%
- ING Bank Slaski SA 0.03%
- Orion OYJ 0.02%
- Kesko OYJ 0.01%
- Essity AB 0.00%
- Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson 0.00%
Only in VGK
884 total- Air Liquide SA 0.48%
- L'Oreal SA 0.35%
- Engie SA 0.20%
- Sunbelt Rentals Holdings Inc 0.18%
- ABN AMRO Bank NV 0.17%
- Sampo Oyj 0.15%
- Helvetia Baloise Holding AG 0.13%
- VAT Group AG 0.13%
- Bank of Ireland Group PLC 0.12%
- Banco de Sabadell SA 0.11%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions
matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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