ETF comparison
VNQvsVNQI
Real Estate vs International Real Estate.
Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund ETF Shares · Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of VNQ and VNQI would leave roughly0.0%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — seewhat we don't scorefor why.
Cost difference
VNQI is 1 bps cheaper than VNQ. On a $100,000 position that's about $10/yr more in fees for VNQ.
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 VNQ vs VNQI.
Top shared holdings
0 shared in totalNo shared holdings between these funds.
Only in VNQ
146 total- Vanguard Real Estate II Index Fund14.63%
- Welltower Inc7.84%
- Prologis Inc7.00%
- Equinix Inc5.64%
- American Tower Corp4.54%
- Digital Realty Trust Inc3.66%
- Simon Property Group Inc3.53%
- Realty Income Corp3.11%
- Public Storage2.54%
- CBRE Group Inc2.25%
Only in VNQI
709 total- Goodman Group4.01%
- Mitsubishi Estate Co Ltd3.14%
- Mitsui Fudosan Co Ltd2.76%
- Sumitomo Realty & Development Co Ltd2.63%
- Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd2.44%
- Vonovia SE2.05%
- Emaar Properties PJSC1.81%
- Daiwa House Industry Co Ltd1.68%
- Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield1.34%
- Scentre Group1.27%
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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.