ETF comparison
VSGXvsVXUS
Both International Total.
Vanguard ESG International Stock ETF · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
6,546 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of VSGX and VXUS would leave roughly70.8%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 thecost calculator pre-filled with VSGX vs VXUS.
Top shared holdings
6,546 shared in total| # | Holding | In VSGX | In VXUS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd | 5.46% | 3.93% | 3.93% |
| 2 | Samsung Electronics Co Ltd | 3.00% | 1.65% | 1.65% |
| 3 | ASML Holding NV | 1.90% | 1.30% | 1.30% |
| 4 | SK hynix Inc | 2.55% | 1.12% | 1.12% |
| 5 | Alibaba Group Holding Ltd | 0.84% | 0.69% | 0.69% |
| 6 | Roche Holding AG | 0.90% | 0.67% | 0.67% |
| 7 | AstraZeneca PLC | 0.84% | 0.66% | 0.66% |
| 8 | Novartis AG | 0.87% | 0.66% | 0.66% |
| 9 | Nestle SA | 0.79% | 0.61% | 0.61% |
| 10 | Royal Bank of Canada | 0.81% | 0.59% | 0.59% |
| 11 | Siemens AG | 0.70% | 0.51% | 0.51% |
| 12 | Commonwealth Bank of Australia | 0.60% | 0.49% | 0.49% |
Only in VSGX
17 total- Thomson Reuters Corp0.04%
- Wise Group PLC0.03%
- L'Oreal SA0.02%
- Swissquote Group Holding SA0.02%
- Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA0.01%
- Electrolux AB0.00%
- Bradsaude SA0.00%
- Sodexo SA0.00%
- WellCell Holdings Co Ltd0.00%
- LISI SA0.00%
Only in VXUS
2,182 total- Tencent Holdings Ltd0.87%
- HSBC Holdings PLC0.74%
- Shell PLC0.60%
- Toronto-Dominion Bank/The0.42%
- Schneider Electric SE0.40%
- TotalEnergies SE0.39%
- Siemens Energy AG0.37%
- ABB Ltd0.37%
- Iberdrola SA0.36%
- Hitachi Ltd0.32%
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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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