ETF comparison
VSGX vs VXUS
Both International Total.
Vanguard ESG International Stock ETF · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
6,460 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of VSGX and VXUS would leave roughly 69.5% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VXUS is 5 bps cheaper than VSGX. On a $100,000 position that's about $50/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 the cost calculator pre-filled with VSGX vs VXUS.
Top shared holdings
6,460 shared in total| # | Holding | In VSGX | In VXUS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd | 4.76% | 3.93% | 3.93% |
| 2 | Samsung Electronics Co Ltd | 2.21% | 1.65% | 1.65% |
| 3 | ASML Holding NV | 1.80% | 1.30% | 1.30% |
| 4 | SK hynix Inc | 1.26% | 1.12% | 1.12% |
| 5 | Alibaba Group Holding Ltd | 1.02% | 0.69% | 0.69% |
| 6 | AstraZeneca PLC | 0.99% | 0.66% | 0.66% |
| 7 | Novartis AG | 1.01% | 0.66% | 0.66% |
| 8 | Nestle SA | 0.87% | 0.61% | 0.61% |
| 9 | Royal Bank of Canada | 0.74% | 0.59% | 0.59% |
| 10 | Siemens AG | 0.67% | 0.51% | 0.51% |
| 11 | Commonwealth Bank of Australia | 0.65% | 0.49% | 0.49% |
| 12 | Toyota Motor Corp | 0.81% | 0.47% | 0.47% |
Only in VSGX
103 total- Roche Holding AG 1.05%
- Ashtead Group PLC 0.09%
- Toyota Industries Corp 0.07%
- KE Holdings Inc 0.03%
- L'Oreal SA 0.03%
- Bharti Airtel Ltd 0.02%
- New Gold Inc 0.02%
- JDE Peet's NV 0.02%
- Alpha Dhabi Holding PJSC 0.01%
- Hesai Group 0.01%
Only in VXUS
2,268 total- Tencent Holdings Ltd 0.87%
- HSBC Holdings PLC 0.74%
- Roche Holding AG 0.67%
- Shell PLC 0.60%
- Toronto-Dominion Bank/The 0.42%
- Schneider Electric SE 0.40%
- TotalEnergies SE 0.39%
- Siemens Energy AG 0.37%
- ABB Ltd 0.37%
- Iberdrola SA 0.36%
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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/.
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