ETF comparison
VEAvsVSGX
International Developed vs International Total.
Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares · Vanguard ESG International Stock ETF
Holdings overlap
3,031 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of VEA and VSGX would leave roughly64.8%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VEA is 7 bps cheaper than VSGX. On a $100,000 position that's about $70/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 VEA vs VSGX.
Top shared holdings
3,031 shared in total| # | Holding | In VEA | In VSGX | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASML Holding NV | 2.36% | 1.90% | 1.90% |
| 2 | Samsung Electronics Co Ltd | 1.55% | 3.00% | 1.55% |
| 3 | SK hynix Inc | 1.39% | 2.55% | 1.39% |
| 4 | Roche Holding AG | 0.89% | 0.90% | 0.89% |
| 5 | Novartis AG | 0.90% | 0.87% | 0.87% |
| 6 | AstraZeneca PLC | 0.87% | 0.84% | 0.84% |
| 7 | Royal Bank of Canada | 0.90% | 0.81% | 0.81% |
| 8 | Nestle SA | 0.82% | 0.79% | 0.79% |
| 9 | Siemens AG | 0.73% | 0.70% | 0.70% |
| 10 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc | 0.67% | 0.63% | 0.63% |
| 11 | Commonwealth Bank of Australia | 0.59% | 0.60% | 0.59% |
| 12 | Banco Santander SA | 0.62% | 0.55% | 0.55% |
Only in VEA
831 total- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd1.61%
- HSBC Holdings PLC1.00%
- Shell PLC0.67%
- BHP Group Ltd0.65%
- Toronto-Dominion Bank/The0.63%
- Schneider Electric SE0.55%
- ABB Ltd0.52%
- Iberdrola SA0.52%
- Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC0.50%
- TotalEnergies SE0.46%
Only in VSGX
3,532 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd5.46%
- Alibaba Group Holding Ltd0.84%
- MediaTek Inc0.61%
- Delta Electronics Inc0.45%
- Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd0.34%
- China Construction Bank Corp0.29%
- HDFC Bank Ltd0.27%
- ICICI Bank Ltd0.21%
- Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd0.20%
- PDD Holdings Inc0.20%
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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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