ETF comparison

VEUvsVXUS

Both International Total.

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

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
87.8%

3,818 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of VEU and VXUS would leave roughly87.8%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

VEU only 10.4%Shared 87.8%VXUS only 9.5%
In VEU only
32 positions
Shared
3,818 positions
In VXUS only
4,910 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%
VXUS

Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · International Total

93composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.050%
Net assets
$665.69B
TTM yield
2.54%
Top-10 conc.
13.4%

Sub-score comparison

96
Cost
95
78
Tax efficiency
78
100
Liquidity
100
95
Concentration
95
Tracking quality
VEUsub-scoreVXUS

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

Cost difference

VEU is 1 bps cheaper than VXUS. On a $100,000 position that's about $10/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 thecost calculator pre-filled with VEU vs VXUS.

Top shared holdings

3,818 shared in total
#HoldingIn VEUIn VXUSOverlap
1Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd4.28%3.93%3.93%
2Samsung Electronics Co Ltd1.81%1.65%1.65%
3ASML Holding NV1.43%1.30%1.30%
4SK hynix Inc1.23%1.12%1.12%
5Tencent Holdings Ltd0.96%0.87%0.87%
6HSBC Holdings PLC0.80%0.74%0.74%
7Alibaba Group Holding Ltd0.75%0.69%0.69%
8Roche Holding AG0.73%0.67%0.67%
9AstraZeneca PLC0.72%0.66%0.66%
10Novartis AG0.72%0.66%0.66%
11Nestle SA0.66%0.61%0.61%
12Shell PLC0.66%0.60%0.60%

Only in VEU

32 total
  • Infosys Ltd0.04%
  • KB Financial Group Inc0.03%
  • Banco Bradesco SA0.02%
  • POSCO Holdings Inc0.02%
  • Petroleo Brasileiro SA0.02%
  • Shinhan Financial Group Co Ltd0.02%
  • Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd0.01%
  • Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA0.01%
  • Siam Cement PCL/The0.01%
  • SCB X PCL0.01%

Only in VXUS

4,910 total
  • Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF0.12%
  • Accelleron Industries AG0.02%
  • Aritzia Inc0.02%
  • Finning International Inc0.02%
  • Gaztransport Et Technigaz SA0.02%
  • Hudbay Minerals Inc0.02%
  • Macronix International Co Ltd0.02%
  • Games Workshop Group PLC0.02%
  • WinWay Technology Co Ltd0.02%
  • Taiwan Union Technology Corp0.02%

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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.