ETF comparison
VEA vs VSS
Both International Developed.
Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares · Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
2,311 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of VEA and VSS would leave roughly 7.7% 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
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
VEA is 3 bps cheaper than VSS. On a $100,000 position that's about $30/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 VEA vs VSS.
Top shared holdings
2,311 shared in total| # | Holding | In VEA | In VSS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aritzia Inc | 0.03% | 0.27% | 0.03% |
| 2 | Hudbay Minerals Inc | 0.03% | 0.27% | 0.03% |
| 3 | Accelleron Industries AG | 0.03% | 0.24% | 0.03% |
| 4 | Games Workshop Group PLC | 0.03% | 0.24% | 0.03% |
| 5 | Finning International Inc | 0.03% | 0.24% | 0.03% |
| 6 | Capital Power Corp | 0.03% | 0.21% | 0.03% |
| 7 | NKT A/S | 0.02% | 0.20% | 0.02% |
| 8 | Gaztransport Et Technigaz SA | 0.02% | 0.23% | 0.02% |
| 9 | IG Group Holdings PLC | 0.02% | 0.18% | 0.02% |
| 10 | Subsea 7 SA | 0.02% | 0.21% | 0.02% |
| 11 | Storebrand ASA | 0.02% | 0.24% | 0.02% |
| 12 | BlackBerry Ltd | 0.02% | 0.14% | 0.02% |
Only in VEA
1,551 total- ASML Holding NV 2.36%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.61%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.55%
- SK hynix Inc 1.39%
- HSBC Holdings PLC 1.00%
- Novartis AG 0.90%
- Royal Bank of Canada 0.90%
- Roche Holding AG 0.89%
- AstraZeneca PLC 0.87%
- Nestle SA 0.82%
Only in VSS
2,507 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%
- WinWay Technology Co Ltd 0.12%
- Fibra MTY SAPI de CV 0.12%
- LandMark Optoelectronics Corp 0.11%
- Radico Khaitan Ltd 0.10%
- ADATA Technology Co Ltd 0.10%
- L&K Engineering Co Ltd 0.09%
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- VSS vs IXUS · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF 7.0%
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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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