ETF comparison
VSS vs VXUS
International Developed vs International Total.
Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
4,798 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of VSS and VXUS would leave roughly 7.9% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
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.
Side by side
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Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VXUS is 1 bps cheaper than VSS. On a $100,000 position that's about $10/yr more in fees for VSS.
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 VXUS.
Top shared holdings
4,798 shared in total| # | Holding | In VSS | In VXUS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hudbay Minerals Inc | 0.27% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| 2 | Aritzia Inc | 0.27% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| 3 | Storebrand ASA | 0.24% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| 4 | Finning International Inc | 0.24% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| 5 | Accelleron Industries AG | 0.24% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| 6 | Games Workshop Group PLC | 0.24% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| 7 | Taiwan Union Technology Corp | 0.24% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| 8 | Gaztransport Et Technigaz SA | 0.23% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| 9 | South Bow Corp | 0.22% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| 10 | Subsea 7 SA | 0.21% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| 11 | DPM Metals Inc | 0.21% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| 12 | Aedifica SA | 0.21% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
Only in VSS
20 total- Central Plaza Hotel PCL 0.00%
- AP Thailand PCL 0.00%
- Tisco Financial Group PCL 0.00%
- Hesai Group 0.00%
- Citycon Oyj 0.00%
- AEON Thana Sinsap Thailand PCL 0.00%
- Precious Shipping PCL 0.00%
- FIBRA Macquarie Mexico 0.00%
- Banco ABC Brasil SA 0.00%
- Orient Group Inc 0.00%
Only in VXUS
3,938 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 4.10%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.83%
- ASML Holding NV 1.45%
- SK hynix Inc 1.43%
- Tencent Holdings Ltd 0.87%
- HSBC Holdings PLC 0.83%
- Roche Holding AG 0.70%
- Royal Bank of Canada 0.67%
- Novartis AG 0.66%
- Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 0.63%
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- VSS vs VPL · Vanguard FTSE Pacific Index Fund ETF Shares 7.3%
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- VSS vs IEUR · iShares Core MSCI Europe ETF 7.1%
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