ETF comparison
VWO vs VXUS
International Emerging vs International Total.
Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Index Fund ETF Shares · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
4,830 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of VWO and VXUS would leave roughly 25.6% 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
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VXUS is 1 bps cheaper than VWO. On a $100,000 position that's about $10/yr more in fees for VWO.
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 VWO vs VXUS.
Top shared holdings
4,830 shared in total| # | Holding | In VWO | In VXUS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd | 15.56% | 4.10% | 4.10% |
| 2 | Tencent Holdings Ltd | 3.31% | 0.87% | 0.87% |
| 3 | Alibaba Group Holding Ltd | 2.41% | 0.63% | 0.63% |
| 4 | MediaTek Inc | 1.36% | 0.36% | 0.36% |
| 5 | China Construction Bank Corp | 0.90% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| 6 | Delta Electronics Inc | 0.82% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| 7 | Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd | 0.81% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 8 | Reliance Industries Ltd | 0.80% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 9 | HDFC Bank Ltd | 0.78% | 0.20% | 0.20% |
| 10 | ICICI Bank Ltd | 0.69% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
| 11 | Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd | 0.66% | 0.17% | 0.17% |
| 12 | PDD Holdings Inc | 0.59% | 0.16% | 0.16% |
Only in VWO
150 total- Siam Cement PCL/The 0.02%
- Bangkok Bank PCL 0.02%
- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 0.02%
- True Corp PCL 0.02%
- Kasikornbank PCL 0.02%
- Krung Thai Bank PCL 0.02%
- Banco Bradesco SA 0.01%
- Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA 0.01%
- Banco Santander Brasil SA 0.01%
- Ecopetrol SA 0.01%
Only in VXUS
3,906 total- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.83%
- ASML Holding NV 1.45%
- SK hynix Inc 1.43%
- HSBC Holdings PLC 0.83%
- Roche Holding AG 0.70%
- Royal Bank of Canada 0.67%
- Novartis AG 0.66%
- Nestle SA 0.59%
- Shell PLC 0.58%
- AstraZeneca PLC 0.58%
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- VWO vs VEU · Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Index Fund ETF Shares 25.6%
- VWO vs ACWX · iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF 24.3%
- VWO vs IXUS · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF 24.1%
- VWO vs DFAX · Dimensional World ex U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF 23.2%
- VWO vs MCHI · iShares MSCI China ETF 20.3%
- VWO vs AVES · Avantis Emerging Markets Value ETF 20.2%
More comparisons with VXUS
- VXUS vs AAXJ · iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF 24.0%
- VXUS vs SCHE · Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF 23.1%
- VXUS vs DFIV · Dimensional International Value ETF 22.7%
- VXUS vs AVEM · Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF 22.4%
- VXUS vs SPEM · State Street SPDR Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF 22.0%
- VXUS vs IPAC · iShares Core MSCI Pacific ETF 20.9%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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