ETF comparison
AVDE vs VSS
Both International Developed.
Avantis International Equity ETF · Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
1,436 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AVDE and VSS would leave roughly 14.5% 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
Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares
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Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VSS is 17 bps cheaper than AVDE. On a $100,000 position that's about $170/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 VSS.
Top shared holdings
1,436 shared in total| # | Holding | In AVDE | In VSS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | thyssenkrupp AG | 0.14% | 0.19% | 0.14% |
| 2 | Aritzia Inc | 0.12% | 0.27% | 0.12% |
| 3 | Finning International Inc | 0.12% | 0.24% | 0.12% |
| 4 | Avanza Bank Holding AB | 0.12% | 0.15% | 0.12% |
| 5 | Gaztransport Et Technigaz SA | 0.12% | 0.23% | 0.12% |
| 6 | B2Gold Corp | 0.11% | 0.13% | 0.11% |
| 7 | Saipem SpA | 0.10% | 0.18% | 0.10% |
| 8 | Storebrand ASA | 0.10% | 0.24% | 0.10% |
| 9 | NKT A/S | 0.10% | 0.20% | 0.10% |
| 10 | Eldorado Gold Corp | 0.10% | 0.20% | 0.10% |
| 11 | Athabasca Oil Corp | 0.10% | 0.10% | 0.10% |
| 12 | Games Workshop Group PLC | 0.10% | 0.24% | 0.10% |
Only in AVDE
1,893 total- ASML Holding NV 1.32%
- Roche Holding AG 0.93%
- Shell PLC 0.85%
- HSBC Holdings PLC 0.83%
- Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA 0.62%
- BHP Group Ltd 0.61%
- UBS Group AG 0.57%
- Allianz SE 0.56%
- Safran SA 0.54%
- Novartis AG 0.53%
Only in VSS
3,382 total- Taiwan Union Technology Corp 0.24%
- Aedifica SA 0.21%
- Lottomatica Group Spa 0.18%
- Kinsus Interconnect Technology Corp 0.18%
- LondonMetric Property PLC 0.17%
- NexGen Energy Ltd 0.16%
- Nordex SE 0.16%
- Tritax Big Box REIT PLC 0.16%
- Macronix International Co Ltd 0.16%
- Rotork PLC 0.15%
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- VSS vs DFAI · Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF 7.9%
- VSS vs VXUS · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares 7.9%
- VSS vs VWO · Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Index Fund ETF Shares 7.8%
- VSS vs VEA · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares 7.7%
- VSS vs VGK · Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF 7.5%
- VSS vs VPL · Vanguard FTSE Pacific Index Fund ETF Shares 7.3%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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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/.
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