ETF comparison
VTvsVXUS
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
8,401 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of VT and VXUS would leave roughly37.5%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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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 thecost 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 Corp4.19%
- Apple Inc3.50%
- Microsoft Corp2.71%
- Amazon.com Inc2.28%
- Alphabet Inc2.03%
- Broadcom Inc1.73%
- Alphabet Inc1.60%
- Meta Platforms Inc1.20%
- Tesla Inc0.97%
- JPMorgan Chase & Co0.71%
Only in VXUS
327 total- Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF0.12%
- National Storage REIT0.01%
- N/A0.01%
- Cia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo SABESP0.00%
- Embraer SA0.00%
- Cemex SAB de CV0.00%
- Keyera Corp0.00%
- Korea Electric Power Corp0.00%
- Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico SAB de CV0.00%
- Cia Energetica de Minas Gerais0.00%
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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.