ETF comparison
VEA vs VGK
Both International Developed.
Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares · Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF
Holdings overlap
1,217 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of VEA and VGK would leave roughly 47.7% 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
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VEA is 3 bps cheaper than VGK. On a $100,000 position that's about $30/yr more in fees for VGK.
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 VEA vs VGK.
Top shared holdings
1,217 shared in total| # | Holding | In VEA | In VGK | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASML Holding NV | 2.36% | 3.95% | 2.36% |
| 2 | HSBC Holdings PLC | 1.00% | 2.27% | 1.00% |
| 3 | Novartis AG | 0.90% | 1.81% | 0.90% |
| 4 | Roche Holding AG | 0.89% | 1.91% | 0.89% |
| 5 | AstraZeneca PLC | 0.87% | 1.59% | 0.87% |
| 6 | Nestle SA | 0.82% | 1.60% | 0.82% |
| 7 | Siemens AG | 0.73% | 1.49% | 0.73% |
| 8 | Banco Santander SA | 0.62% | 1.28% | 0.62% |
| 9 | Allianz SE | 0.56% | 1.18% | 0.56% |
| 10 | Schneider Electric SE | 0.55% | 1.13% | 0.55% |
| 11 | ABB Ltd | 0.52% | 0.95% | 0.52% |
| 12 | Iberdrola SA | 0.52% | 1.02% | 0.52% |
Only in VEA
2,645 total- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.61%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.55%
- SK hynix Inc 1.39%
- Royal Bank of Canada 0.90%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc 0.67%
- Tokyo Electron Ltd 0.66%
- BHP Group Ltd 0.65%
- Toronto-Dominion Bank/The 0.63%
- Kioxia Holdings Corp 0.60%
- Commonwealth Bank of Australia 0.59%
Only in VGK
11 total- N/A 0.01%
- Sodexo SA 0.01%
- Kitron ASA 0.00%
- Abivax SA 0.00%
- Idorsia Ltd 0.00%
- SUSS MicroTec SE 0.00%
- Pfisterer Holding SE 0.00%
- Banco di Desio e della Brianza SpA 0.00%
- Graubuendner Kantonalbank 0.00%
- Borr Drilling Ltd 0.00%
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- VEA vs BBEU · JPMorgan BetaBuilders Europe ETF 40.8%
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- VGK vs DFAI · Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF 47.7%
- VGK vs SCHF · Schwab International Equity ETF 47.0%
- VGK vs JIRE · JPMorgan International Research Enhanced Equity ETF 46.9%
- VGK vs EFV · iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF 46.2%
- VGK vs EZU · iShares MSCI Eurozone ETF 46.2%
- VGK vs SPDW · State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF 45.4%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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