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VSS vs VT

International Developed vs Global Stock (incl. US).

Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares · Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
3.0 %

4,561 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of VSS and VT would leave roughly 3.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

VSS unmatched 95.8% Shared 3.0% VT unmatched 96.1%

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 VSS only
257 positions
Shared
4,561 positions
In VT only
5,489 positions

Side by side

VSS

Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · International Developed

93 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.060%
Net assets
$13.99B
whole fund, 3 share classes
TTM yield
3.02%
Top-10 conc.
2.4%
VT

Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · Global Stock (incl. US)

92 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.060%
Net assets
$101.18B
whole fund, 3 share classes
TTM yield
1.55%
Top-10 conc.
21.5%

Sub-score comparison

94
Cost
94
77
Tax efficiency
85
100
Liquidity
100
100
Concentration
84
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Tracking quality
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VSS sub-score VT

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 VSS vs VT.

Top shared holdings

4,561 shared in total
# Holding In VSS In VT Overlap
1 Hudbay Minerals Inc 0.27% 0.01% 0.01%
2 Aritzia Inc 0.27% 0.01% 0.01%
3 Accelleron Industries AG 0.24% 0.01% 0.01%
4 Finning International Inc 0.24% 0.01% 0.01%
5 Storebrand ASA 0.24% 0.01% 0.01%
6 PrairieSky Royalty Ltd 0.16% 0.01% 0.01%
7 Taiwan Union Technology Corp 0.24% 0.01% 0.01%
8 Games Workshop Group PLC 0.24% 0.01% 0.01%
9 Subsea 7 SA 0.21% 0.01% 0.01%
10 Gaztransport Et Technigaz SA 0.23% 0.01% 0.01%
11 DPM Metals Inc 0.21% 0.01% 0.01%
12 Tritax Big Box REIT PLC 0.16% 0.01% 0.01%

Only in VSS

257 total
  • Sumec Corp Ltd 0.00%
  • Central Plaza Hotel PCL 0.00%
  • Euronext Athens Holding SA 0.00%
  • 263 Network Communications Co Ltd 0.00%
  • China Bester Group Telecom Co Ltd 0.00%
  • Guobang Pharma Ltd 0.00%
  • Guangdong Orient Zirconic Ind Sci & Tech Co Ltd 0.00%
  • AP Thailand PCL 0.00%
  • Guangdong Homa Appliances Co Ltd 0.00%
  • Tisco Financial Group PCL 0.00%

Only in VT

5,489 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%

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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.