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ETF comparison

VSGX vs VXUS

Both International Total.

Vanguard ESG International Stock ETF · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
71.9 %

6,522 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of VSGX and VXUS would leave roughly 71.9% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

VSGX unmatched 26.4% Shared 71.9% VXUS unmatched 25.5%

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.

In VSGX only
41 positions
Shared
6,522 positions
In VXUS only
2,214 positions

Side by side

VSGX

Vanguard ESG International Stock ETF

Vanguard · International Total

88 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.10%
Net assets
$6.74B
TTM yield
3.10%
Top-10 conc.
18.0%
VXUS

Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · International Total

93 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.050%
Net assets
$649.29B
whole fund, 6 share classes
TTM yield
2.41%
Top-10 conc.
13.2%

Sub-score comparison

90
Cost
95
77
Tax efficiency
78
93
Liquidity
100
89
Concentration
95
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Tracking quality
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VSGX sub-score VXUS

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

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

6,522 shared in total
# Holding In VSGX In VXUS Overlap
1 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 5.46% 4.10% 4.10%
2 Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 3.00% 1.83% 1.83%
3 ASML Holding NV 1.90% 1.45% 1.45%
4 SK hynix Inc 2.55% 1.43% 1.43%
5 Roche Holding AG 0.90% 0.70% 0.70%
6 Royal Bank of Canada 0.81% 0.67% 0.67%
7 Novartis AG 0.87% 0.66% 0.66%
8 Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 0.84% 0.63% 0.63%
9 Nestle SA 0.79% 0.59% 0.59%
10 AstraZeneca PLC 0.84% 0.58% 0.58%
11 Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc 0.63% 0.55% 0.55%
12 Siemens AG 0.70% 0.55% 0.55%

Only in VSGX

41 total
  • Telecom Italia SpA/Milano 0.04%
  • L'Oreal SA 0.02%
  • Bayerische Motoren Werke AG 0.01%
  • Discovery Silver Corp 0.01%
  • Seabridge Gold Inc 0.01%
  • Taseko Mines Ltd 0.01%
  • FIBRA Macquarie Mexico 0.01%
  • JB Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd 0.01%
  • Hesai Group 0.01%
  • Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA 0.01%

Only in VXUS

2,214 total
  • Tencent Holdings Ltd 0.87%
  • HSBC Holdings PLC 0.83%
  • Shell PLC 0.58%
  • Toronto-Dominion Bank/The 0.46%
  • Schneider Electric SE 0.42%
  • TotalEnergies SE 0.39%
  • Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC 0.38%
  • Iberdrola SA 0.37%
  • ABB Ltd 0.35%
  • Hitachi Ltd 0.33%

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.