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EWG vs VSS

Both International Developed.

iShares MSCI Germany ETF · Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWG and VSS would leave roughly 0.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

EWG unmatched 99.5% Shared 0.0% VSS unmatched 98.7%

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.

In EWG only
54 positions
Shared
0 positions
In VSS only
4,818 positions

Side by side

EWG

iShares MSCI Germany ETF

iShares · International Developed

56 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.49%
Net assets
$1.47B
TTM yield
2.03%
Top-10 conc.
62.4%
VSS

Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · International Developed

93 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.060%
Net assets
$13.99B
whole fund, 3 share classes
TTM yield
3.02%
Top-10 conc.
2.4%

Sub-score comparison

51
Cost
94
79
Tax efficiency
77
64
Liquidity
100
25
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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EWG sub-score VSS

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

VSS is 43 bps cheaper than EWG. On a $100,000 position that's about $430/yr more in fees for EWG.

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 EWG vs VSS.

Top shared holdings

0 shared in total

No shared holdings between these funds.

Only in EWG

54 total
  • Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 11.97%
  • SAP SE 9.49%
  • Allianz SE 8.47%
  • Siemens Energy AG 7.37%
  • Infineon Technologies AG 6.22%
  • Deutsche Telekom AG 6.21%
  • Rheinmetall Aktiengesellschaft 3.48%
  • Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft Aktiengesellschaft in Muenchen 3.45%
  • Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft 2.96%
  • Deutsche Post AG 2.75%

Only in VSS

4,818 total
  • Hudbay Minerals Inc 0.27%
  • Aritzia Inc 0.27%
  • Finning International Inc 0.24%
  • Storebrand ASA 0.24%
  • Accelleron Industries AG 0.24%
  • Games Workshop Group PLC 0.24%
  • Taiwan Union Technology Corp 0.24%
  • Gaztransport Et Technigaz SA 0.23%
  • South Bow Corp 0.22%
  • Subsea 7 SA 0.21%

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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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