ETF comparison
IXUSvsVSGX
Both International Total.
iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF · Vanguard ESG International Stock ETF
Holdings overlap
3,093 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IXUS and VSGX would leave roughly69.2%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
IXUS is 3 bps cheaper than VSGX. On a $100,000 position that's about $30/yr more in fees for VSGX.
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open thecost calculator pre-filled with IXUS vs VSGX.
Top shared holdings
3,093 shared in total| # | Holding | In IXUS | In VSGX | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 4.02% | 5.46% | 4.02% |
| 2 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 1.68% | 3.00% | 1.68% |
| 3 | ASML Holding N.V. | 1.32% | 1.90% | 1.32% |
| 4 | SK hynix Inc. | 1.15% | 2.55% | 1.15% |
| 5 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 0.69% | 0.84% | 0.69% |
| 6 | Roche Holding AG | 0.68% | 0.90% | 0.68% |
| 7 | Alibaba Group Holding Limited | 0.67% | 0.84% | 0.67% |
| 8 | Novartis AG | 0.66% | 0.87% | 0.66% |
| 9 | Nestle S.A. | 0.61% | 0.79% | 0.61% |
| 10 | ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | 0.59% | 0.81% | 0.59% |
| 11 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 0.53% | 0.70% | 0.53% |
| 12 | COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA | 0.50% | 0.60% | 0.50% |
Only in IXUS
1,061 total- Tencent Holdings Limited0.91%
- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC0.74%
- SHELL PLC0.61%
- BHP GROUP LIMITED0.47%
- TOTALENERGIES SE0.43%
- THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK0.43%
- SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SE0.41%
- Siemens Energy AG0.39%
- ABB Ltd0.37%
- Iberdrola, S.A.0.35%
Only in VSGX
3,470 total- L'Oreal SA0.18%
- Waste Connections Inc0.12%
- Delta Electronics Thailand PCL0.09%
- Sampo Oyj0.07%
- Investor AB0.06%
- James Hardie Industries PLC0.04%
- Thomson Reuters Corp0.04%
- Advanced Info Service PCL0.03%
- Kasikornbank PCL0.03%
- Wise Group PLC0.03%
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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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