ETF comparison
DGS vs VIGI
Both Dividend.
WisdomTree Emerging Markets SmallCap Dividend Fund · Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
10 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DGS and VIGI would leave roughly 0.2% 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.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VIGI is 51 bps cheaper than DGS. On a $100,000 position that's about $510/yr more in fees for DGS.
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 DGS vs VIGI.
Top shared holdings
10 shared in total| # | Holding | In DGS | In VIGI | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JB FINANCIAL GROUP CO LTD | 0.32% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 2 | PSG FINANCIAL SERVICES LTD | 0.17% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 3 | TATA ELXSI LTD | 0.07% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| 4 | CRISIL LTD | 0.08% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| 5 | ALLIS ELECTRIC COMPANY LTD | 0.03% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
| 6 | HANKOOK & COMPANY CO LTD | 0.09% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
| 7 | CAPLIN POINT LABORATORIES LTD | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
| 8 | KYUNG DONG NAVIEN CO LTD | 0.02% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 9 | FIEM INDUSTRIES LTD | 0.02% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 10 | JW PHARMACEUTICAL CORP | 0.03% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
Only in DGS
1,000 total- INNOLUX CORP 3.24%
- GROWTHPOINT PROPERTIES LTD 1.22%
- POWERTECH TECHNOLOGY INC 1.16%
- BANCO DEL BAJIO SA 0.97%
- OLD MUTUAL LTD 0.92%
- WPG HOLDINGS LTD 0.76%
- TRANSMISSORA ALIANCA DE ENERGIA ELETRICA SA 0.73%
- GRUPO AEROPORTUARIO DEL CENTRO SAB DE CV 0.72%
- REDEFINE PROPERTIES LTD 0.70%
- ALIOR BANK SA 0.69%
Only in VIGI
331 total- Royal Bank of Canada 4.78%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc 4.59%
- Nestle SA 3.66%
- Novartis AG 3.48%
- Toronto-Dominion Bank/The 3.47%
- Roche Holding AG 3.45%
- SAP SE 3.24%
- Schneider Electric SE 3.16%
- Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc 2.85%
- Novo Nordisk A/S 2.61%
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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
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/methodology/.
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