ETF comparison
AVDE vs VEA
Both International Developed.
Avantis International Equity ETF · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
2,511 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AVDE and VEA would leave roughly 50.3% 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
VEA is 20 bps cheaper than AVDE. On a $100,000 position that's about $200/yr more in fees for AVDE.
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 AVDE vs VEA.
Top shared holdings
2,511 shared in total| # | Holding | In AVDE | In VEA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roche Holding AG | 0.93% | 0.89% | 0.89% |
| 2 | Allianz SE | 0.56% | 0.56% | 0.56% |
| 3 | Nestle SA | 0.50% | 0.82% | 0.50% |
| 4 | Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC | 0.48% | 0.50% | 0.48% |
| 5 | UBS Group AG | 0.57% | 0.48% | 0.48% |
| 6 | Royal Bank of Canada | 0.43% | 0.90% | 0.43% |
| 7 | Advantest Corp | 0.42% | 0.46% | 0.42% |
| 8 | Safran SA | 0.54% | 0.42% | 0.42% |
| 9 | TotalEnergies SE | 0.41% | 0.46% | 0.41% |
| 10 | AstraZeneca PLC | 0.40% | 0.87% | 0.40% |
| 11 | Toronto-Dominion Bank/The | 0.37% | 0.63% | 0.37% |
| 12 | BNP Paribas SA | 0.44% | 0.35% | 0.35% |
Only in AVDE
818 total- ASML Holding NV 1.32%
- Shell PLC 0.85%
- HSBC Holdings PLC 0.83%
- Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA 0.62%
- BHP Group Ltd 0.61%
- Novartis AG 0.53%
- BP PLC 0.47%
- ING Groep NV 0.46%
- Toyota Motor Corp 0.45%
- Banco Santander SA 0.42%
Only in VEA
1,351 total- ASML Holding NV 2.36%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.61%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.55%
- SK hynix Inc 1.39%
- HSBC Holdings PLC 1.00%
- Novartis AG 0.90%
- Shell PLC 0.67%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc 0.67%
- BHP Group Ltd 0.65%
- Banco Santander SA 0.62%
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- AVDE vs SCHF · Schwab International Equity ETF 49.1%
- AVDE vs PXF · Invesco RAFI Developed Markets ex-U.S. ETF 47.0%
- AVDE vs FNDF · Schwab Fundamental International Equity ETF 45.4%
- AVDE vs IXUS · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF 43.9%
More comparisons with VEA
- VEA vs VGK · Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF 47.7%
- VEA vs DFAX · Dimensional World ex U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF 46.6%
- VEA vs IEUR · iShares Core MSCI Europe ETF 46.6%
- VEA vs JIRE · JPMorgan International Research Enhanced Equity ETF 43.3%
- VEA vs BBEU · JPMorgan BetaBuilders Europe ETF 40.8%
- VEA vs EFG · iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF 38.8%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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