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VT vs VXUS

Global Stock (incl. US) vs International Total.

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

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
37.5 %

8,401 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of VT and VXUS would leave roughly 37.5% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

VT only 61.7% Shared 37.5% VXUS only 59.8%
In VT only
1,616 positions
Shared
8,401 positions
In VXUS only
327 positions

Side by side

VT

Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · Global Stock (incl. US)

92 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.060%
Net assets
$96.77B
TTM yield
1.58%
Top-10 conc.
21.7%
VXUS

Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · International Total

93 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.050%
Net assets
$650.32B
TTM yield
2.58%
Top-10 conc.
13.4%

Sub-score comparison

94
Cost
95
85
Tax efficiency
78
100
Liquidity
100
83
Concentration
95
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Tracking quality
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VT sub-score VXUS

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

Cost difference

VXUS is 1 bps cheaper than VT. On a $100,000 position that's about $10/yr more in fees for VT.

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 VT vs VXUS.

Top shared holdings

8,401 shared in total
# Holding In VT In VXUS Overlap
1 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 1.51% 3.93% 1.51%
2 Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 0.64% 1.65% 0.64%
3 ASML Holding NV 0.50% 1.30% 0.50%
4 SK hynix Inc 0.43% 1.12% 0.43%
5 Tencent Holdings Ltd 0.34% 0.87% 0.34%
6 HSBC Holdings PLC 0.28% 0.74% 0.28%
7 Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 0.26% 0.69% 0.26%
8 AstraZeneca PLC 0.25% 0.66% 0.25%
9 Novartis AG 0.25% 0.66% 0.25%
10 Nestle SA 0.23% 0.61% 0.23%
11 Shell PLC 0.23% 0.60% 0.23%
12 Roche Holding AG 0.23% 0.67% 0.23%

Only in VT

1,616 total
  • NVIDIA Corp 4.19%
  • Apple Inc 3.50%
  • Microsoft Corp 2.71%
  • Amazon.com Inc 2.28%
  • Alphabet Inc 2.03%
  • Broadcom Inc 1.73%
  • Alphabet Inc 1.60%
  • Meta Platforms Inc 1.20%
  • Tesla Inc 0.97%
  • JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.71%

Only in VXUS

327 total
  • Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF 0.12%
  • National Storage REIT 0.01%
  • N/A 0.01%
  • Cia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo SABESP 0.00%
  • Embraer SA 0.00%
  • Cemex SAB de CV 0.00%
  • Keyera Corp 0.00%
  • Korea Electric Power Corp 0.00%
  • Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico SAB de CV 0.00%
  • Cia Energetica de Minas Gerais 0.00%

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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.