ETF comparison
VGK vs VT
International Developed vs Global Stock (incl. US).
Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF · Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
1,223 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of VGK and VT would leave roughly 13.8% 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
Expense ratios are effectively identical (0.060% vs 0.060%).
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 VGK vs VT.
Top shared holdings
1,223 shared in total| # | Holding | In VGK | In VT | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASML Holding NV | 3.95% | 0.55% | 0.55% |
| 2 | HSBC Holdings PLC | 2.27% | 0.32% | 0.32% |
| 3 | Novartis AG | 1.81% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| 4 | Roche Holding AG | 1.91% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| 5 | Nestle SA | 1.60% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| 6 | AstraZeneca PLC | 1.59% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| 7 | Siemens AG | 1.49% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 8 | Banco Santander SA | 1.28% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
| 9 | SAP SE | 1.17% | 0.16% | 0.16% |
| 10 | Allianz SE | 1.18% | 0.16% | 0.16% |
| 11 | Schneider Electric SE | 1.13% | 0.16% | 0.16% |
| 12 | TotalEnergies SE | 1.05% | 0.15% | 0.15% |
Only in VGK
5 total- N/A 0.01%
- N/A 0.00%
- LISI SA 0.00%
- N/A 0.00%
- Borr Drilling Ltd 0.00%
Only in VT
8,827 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%
- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 1.56%
- Alphabet Inc 1.44%
- Meta Platforms Inc 1.06%
- JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.81%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with VGK
- VGK vs EWL · iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF 12.8%
- VGK vs EWG · iShares MSCI Germany ETF 12.1%
- VGK vs FNDC · Schwab Fundamental International Small Equity ETF 10.6%
- VGK vs SCZ · iShares MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF 9.2%
- VGK vs VSS · Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares 7.5%
- VGK vs SCHC · Schwab International Small-Cap Equity ETF 7.5%
More comparisons with VT
- VT vs IEUR · iShares Core MSCI Europe ETF 13.5%
- VT vs JIRE · JPMorgan International Research Enhanced Equity ETF 12.8%
- VT vs BBEU · JPMorgan BetaBuilders Europe ETF 11.8%
- VT vs IEMG · iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF 11.5%
- VT vs DFAE · Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF 11.1%
- VT vs EFV · iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF 11.0%
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/.
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.