ETF comparison
VEA vs VXUS
International Developed vs International Total.
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Holdings overlap
3,855 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of VEA and VXUS would leave roughly 70.4% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VEA is 2 bps cheaper than VXUS. On a $100,000 position that's about $20/yr more in fees for VXUS.
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 VXUS.
Top shared holdings
3,855 shared in total| # | Holding | In VEA | In VXUS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samsung Electronics Co Ltd | 1.88% | 1.65% | 1.65% |
| 2 | ASML Holding NV | 1.77% | 1.30% | 1.30% |
| 3 | SK hynix Inc | 1.05% | 1.12% | 1.05% |
| 4 | HSBC Holdings PLC | 0.97% | 0.74% | 0.74% |
| 5 | Roche Holding AG | 0.96% | 0.67% | 0.67% |
| 6 | AstraZeneca PLC | 1.01% | 0.66% | 0.66% |
| 7 | Novartis AG | 1.01% | 0.66% | 0.66% |
| 8 | Nestle SA | 0.87% | 0.61% | 0.61% |
| 9 | Shell PLC | 0.90% | 0.60% | 0.60% |
| 10 | Royal Bank of Canada | 0.78% | 0.59% | 0.59% |
| 11 | Siemens AG | 0.61% | 0.51% | 0.51% |
| 12 | Commonwealth Bank of Australia | 0.67% | 0.49% | 0.49% |
Only in VEA
26 total- L'Oreal SA 0.02%
- Just Group PLC 0.01%
- Insignia Financial Ltd 0.01%
- Banca Popolare di Sondrio SPA 0.01%
- Foran Mining Corp 0.00%
- Pacific Industrial Co Ltd 0.00%
- MCJ Co Ltd 0.00%
- Aiful Corp 0.00%
- Hino Motors Ltd 0.00%
- Canon Electronics Inc 0.00%
Only in VXUS
4,873 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 3.93%
- Tencent Holdings Ltd 0.87%
- Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 0.69%
- Delta Electronics Inc 0.31%
- MediaTek Inc 0.28%
- Reliance Industries Ltd 0.24%
- China Construction Bank Corp 0.23%
- HDFC Bank Ltd 0.22%
- Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd 0.20%
- PDD Holdings Inc 0.18%
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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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