ETF comparison
IDEV vs VSS
Both International Developed.
iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF · Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
981 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IDEV and VSS would leave roughly 7.2% 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
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
IDEV is 2 bps cheaper than VSS. On a $100,000 position that's about $20/yr more in fees for VSS.
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 IDEV vs VSS.
Top shared holdings
981 shared in total| # | Holding | In IDEV | In VSS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | STOREBRAND ASA | 0.03% | 0.24% | 0.03% |
| 2 | FINNING INTERNATIONAL INC. | 0.03% | 0.24% | 0.03% |
| 3 | Hudbay Minerals Inc. | 0.03% | 0.27% | 0.03% |
| 4 | Aritzia Inc. | 0.03% | 0.27% | 0.03% |
| 5 | Accelleron Industries AG | 0.03% | 0.24% | 0.03% |
| 6 | Subsea 7 S.A. | 0.03% | 0.21% | 0.03% |
| 7 | Games Workshop Group PLC | 0.03% | 0.24% | 0.03% |
| 8 | GAZTRANSPORT ET TECHNIGAZ SA | 0.03% | 0.23% | 0.03% |
| 9 | NKT A/S | 0.03% | 0.20% | 0.03% |
| 10 | South Bow Corporation | 0.03% | 0.22% | 0.03% |
| 11 | CAPITAL POWER CORPORATION | 0.03% | 0.21% | 0.03% |
| 12 | CAPSTONE COPPER CORP. | 0.03% | 0.18% | 0.03% |
Only in IDEV
1,335 total- ASML Holding N.V. 2.19%
- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.24%
- Roche Holding AG 1.05%
- ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 1.00%
- Novartis AG 0.98%
- ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.88%
- Nestle S.A. 0.88%
- SHELL PLC 0.88%
- Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 0.83%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.82%
Only in VSS
3,837 total- Taiwan Union Technology Corp 0.24%
- Kinsus Interconnect Technology Corp 0.18%
- Macronix International Co Ltd 0.16%
- Compeq Manufacturing Co Ltd 0.15%
- Chartwell Retirement Residences 0.15%
- CD Projekt SA 0.13%
- WinWay Technology Co Ltd 0.12%
- Zabka Group SA 0.12%
- Benefit Systems SA 0.12%
- Fibra MTY SAPI de CV 0.12%
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- IDEV vs EWG · iShares MSCI Germany ETF 6.7%
- IDEV vs DISV · Dimensional International Small Cap Value ETF 5.5%
- IDEV vs AVDV · Avantis International Small Cap Value ETF 5.1%
- IDEV vs EWA · iShares MSCI Australia ETF 5.0%
More comparisons with VSS
- VSS vs IEUR · iShares Core MSCI Europe ETF 7.1%
- VSS vs IXUS · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF 7.0%
- VSS vs IEFA · iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF 6.8%
- VSS vs IEMG · iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF 6.6%
- VSS vs IPAC · iShares Core MSCI Pacific ETF 6.2%
- VSS vs SPDW · State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF 5.4%
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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