ETF comparison
HEDJ vs VSS
Both International Developed.
WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund · Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
48 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of HEDJ and VSS would leave roughly 2.4% 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
Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares
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Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VSS is 52 bps cheaper than HEDJ. On a $100,000 position that's about $520/yr more in fees for HEDJ.
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 HEDJ vs VSS.
Top shared holdings
48 shared in total| # | Holding | In HEDJ | In VSS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SAIPEM SPA | 0.95% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
| 2 | KONECRANES OYJ | 0.45% | 0.17% | 0.17% |
| 3 | GLANBIA PLC | 0.49% | 0.15% | 0.15% |
| 4 | SBM OFFSHORE NV | 0.48% | 0.13% | 0.13% |
| 5 | ACERINOX SA | 0.43% | 0.13% | 0.13% |
| 6 | HUHTAMAKI OYJ | 0.27% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
| 7 | KONINKLIJKE VOPAK NV | 0.40% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
| 8 | ARCADIS NV | 0.19% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 9 | VISCOFAN INDUSTRIA NAVARRA DE ENVOLTURA CELULOSICAS SA | 0.31% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 10 | PUIG BRANDS SA | 0.34% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 11 | HIAB OYJ | 0.30% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 12 | SOLVAY NV/SA | 0.30% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
Only in HEDJ
82 total- ASML HOLDING NV 7.50%
- BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA SA 6.34%
- BANCO SANTANDER SA 4.84%
- SIEMENS AG 4.19%
- LVMH MOET HENNESSY LOUIS VUITTON SE 3.96%
- SANOFI SA 3.49%
- DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG 3.17%
- L'OREAL SA 3.05%
- ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV SA/NV 2.62%
- BASF SE 1.94%
Only in VSS
4,770 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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More comparisons with VSS
- VSS vs FNDF · Schwab Fundamental International Equity ETF 2.4%
- VSS vs EWC · iShares MSCI Canada ETF 0.1%
- VSS vs BBEU · JPMorgan BetaBuilders Europe ETF 0.1%
- VSS vs BBIN · JPMorgan BetaBuilders International Equity ETF 0.1%
- VSS vs BBAX · JPMorgan BetaBuilders Developed Asia Pacific ex-Japan ETF 0.0%
- VSS vs BBJP · JPMorgan BetaBuilders Japan ETF 0.0%
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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