ETF comparison

VEUvsVSGX

Both International Total.

Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Index Fund ETF Shares · Vanguard ESG International Stock ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
70.3%

2,724 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of VEU and VSGX would leave roughly70.3%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

VEU only 27.9%Shared 70.3%VSGX only 28.1%
In VEU only
1,126 positions
Shared
2,724 positions
In VSGX only
3,839 positions

Side by side

VEU

Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · International Total

93composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.040%
Net assets
$98.64B
TTM yield
2.51%
Top-10 conc.
13.7%
VSGX

Vanguard ESG International Stock ETF

Vanguard · International Total

88composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.10%
Net assets
$6.82B
TTM yield
2.92%
Top-10 conc.
18.4%

Sub-score comparison

96
Cost
90
78
Tax efficiency
77
100
Liquidity
93
95
Concentration
88
Tracking quality
VEUsub-scoreVSGX

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — seewhat we don't scorefor why.

Cost difference

VEU is 6 bps cheaper than VSGX. On a $100,000 position that's about $60/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 VEU vs VSGX.

Top shared holdings

2,724 shared in total
#HoldingIn VEUIn VSGXOverlap
1Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd4.28%5.46%4.28%
2Samsung Electronics Co Ltd1.81%3.00%1.81%
3ASML Holding NV1.43%1.90%1.43%
4SK hynix Inc1.23%2.55%1.23%
5Alibaba Group Holding Ltd0.75%0.84%0.75%
6Roche Holding AG0.73%0.90%0.73%
7AstraZeneca PLC0.72%0.84%0.72%
8Novartis AG0.72%0.87%0.72%
9Nestle SA0.66%0.79%0.66%
10Royal Bank of Canada0.64%0.81%0.64%
11Siemens AG0.56%0.70%0.56%
12Commonwealth Bank of Australia0.54%0.60%0.54%

Only in VEU

1,126 total
  • Tencent Holdings Ltd0.96%
  • HSBC Holdings PLC0.80%
  • Shell PLC0.66%
  • BHP Group Ltd0.49%
  • Toronto-Dominion Bank/The0.46%
  • Schneider Electric SE0.44%
  • TotalEnergies SE0.43%
  • Siemens Energy AG0.40%
  • ABB Ltd0.40%
  • Iberdrola SA0.39%

Only in VSGX

3,839 total
  • Taiwan Union Technology Corp0.04%
  • Thomson Reuters Corp0.04%
  • Aritzia Inc0.03%
  • Hudbay Minerals Inc0.03%
  • Wise Group PLC0.03%
  • Macronix International Co Ltd0.03%
  • Accelleron Industries AG0.03%
  • Games Workshop Group PLC0.03%
  • Compeq Manufacturing Co Ltd0.03%
  • NKT A/S0.03%

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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/.

Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.