ETF comparison
VEU vs VT
International Total vs Global Stock (incl. US).
Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Index Fund ETF Shares · Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
3,817 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of VEU and VT would leave roughly 34.4% 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
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.
Cost difference
VEU is 2 bps cheaper than VT. On a $100,000 position that's about $20/yr more in fees for VT.
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 VEU vs VT.
Top shared holdings
3,817 shared in total| # | Holding | In VEU | In VT | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd | 4.43% | 1.56% | 1.56% |
| 2 | Samsung Electronics Co Ltd | 1.99% | 0.70% | 0.70% |
| 3 | ASML Holding NV | 1.58% | 0.55% | 0.55% |
| 4 | SK hynix Inc | 1.56% | 0.55% | 0.55% |
| 5 | Tencent Holdings Ltd | 0.95% | 0.33% | 0.33% |
| 6 | HSBC Holdings PLC | 0.91% | 0.32% | 0.32% |
| 7 | Novartis AG | 0.72% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| 8 | Royal Bank of Canada | 0.73% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| 9 | Alibaba Group Holding Ltd | 0.69% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| 10 | Roche Holding AG | 0.76% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| 11 | Shell PLC | 0.64% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| 12 | Nestle SA | 0.64% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
Only in VEU
29 total- Shinhan Financial Group Co Ltd 0.02%
- Cemex SAB de CV 0.02%
- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 0.01%
- Bangkok Bank PCL 0.01%
- Dr Reddy's Laboratories Ltd 0.00%
- Korea Electric Power Corp 0.00%
- Cia Energetica de Minas Gerais 0.00%
- Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd 0.00%
- True Corp PCL 0.00%
- KE Holdings Inc 0.00%
Only in VT
6,233 total- NVIDIA Corp 4.06%
- Apple Inc 3.87%
- Microsoft Corp 2.99%
- Amazon.com Inc 2.28%
- Alphabet Inc 1.83%
- Broadcom Inc 1.57%
- Alphabet Inc 1.44%
- Meta Platforms Inc 1.06%
- JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.81%
- Micron Technology Inc 0.80%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with VEU
- VEU vs IEMG · iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF 30.5%
- VEU vs VWO · Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Index Fund ETF Shares 25.6%
- VEU vs DFIV · Dimensional International Value ETF 24.7%
- VEU vs ACWX · iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF 88.9%
- VEU vs IXUS · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF 88.7%
- VEU vs VXUS · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares 88.5%
More comparisons with VT
- VT vs ACWX · iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF 31.9%
- VT vs DFAX · Dimensional World ex U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF 30.5%
- VT vs JGLO · Jpmorgan Global Select Equity ETF 28.7%
- VT vs VSGX · Vanguard ESG International Stock ETF 27.5%
- VT vs VEA · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares 27.5%
- VT vs CWI · State Street SPDR MSCI ACWI ex-US ETF 26.2%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
Open VEU or VT at a brokerage
Both funds trade commission-free at major US brokerages.
Affiliate links — opening an account through these earns PlainIndex a one-time referral. Scoring is computed before any affiliate consideration; see our methodology and funding disclosure.
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.