ETF comparison
IGRO vs VIGI
Both Dividend.
iShares International Dividend Growth ETF · Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
228 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IGRO and VIGI would leave roughly 45.9% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VIGI is 8 bps cheaper than IGRO. On a $100,000 position that's about $80/yr more in fees for IGRO.
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 IGRO vs VIGI.
Top shared holdings
228 shared in total| # | Holding | In IGRO | In VIGI | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nestle S.A. | 2.84% | 3.86% | 2.84% |
| 2 | Novartis AG | 2.83% | 3.55% | 2.83% |
| 3 | BANQUE ROYALE DU CANADA | 2.76% | 4.27% | 2.76% |
| 4 | Roche Holding AG | 2.66% | 3.34% | 2.66% |
| 5 | NOVO NORDISK A/S | 2.38% | 2.44% | 2.38% |
| 6 | THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK | 2.24% | 3.25% | 2.24% |
| 7 | Iberdrola, S.A. | 2.17% | 2.62% | 2.17% |
| 8 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 1.93% | 3.84% | 1.93% |
| 9 | Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. | 1.22% | 2.45% | 1.22% |
| 10 | BANQUE CANADIENNE IMPERIALE DE COMMERCE | 1.15% | 1.87% | 1.15% |
| 11 | AIA Group Limited | 1.12% | 2.06% | 1.12% |
| 12 | SAP SE | 1.07% | 3.08% | 1.07% |
Only in IGRO
340 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 3.05%
- BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO P.L.C. 2.98%
- SANOFI SA 2.50%
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 2.42%
- AXA SA 1.97%
- ENEL - SPA 1.94%
- WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION 1.60%
- NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LIMITED 1.45%
- UBS Group AG 1.32%
- VINCI SA 1.24%
Only in VIGI
118 total- Brookfield Corp 1.78%
- National Bank of Canada 1.06%
- Nutrien Ltd 0.66%
- Sandoz Group AG 0.64%
- Chugai Pharmaceutical Co Ltd 0.61%
- Restaurant Brands International Inc 0.50%
- America Movil SAB de CV 0.43%
- Hexagon AB 0.41%
- Gulf Development PCL 0.23%
- Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corp Ltd 0.23%
Open IGRO or VIGI at a brokerage
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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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