ETF comparison
AVDV vs VGK
Both International Developed.
Avantis International Small Cap Value ETF · Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF
Holdings overlap
307 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AVDV and VGK would leave roughly 3.2% 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
VGK is 30 bps cheaper than AVDV. On a $100,000 position that's about $300/yr more in fees for AVDV.
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 AVDV vs VGK.
Top shared holdings
307 shared in total| # | Holding | In AVDV | In VGK | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bankinter SA | 0.07% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 2 | NKT A/S | 0.36% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 3 | St James's Place PLC | 0.09% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 4 | ICG PLC | 0.06% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 5 | IG Group Holdings PLC | 0.13% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 6 | Saipem SpA | 0.49% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 7 | AL Sydbank | 0.30% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 8 | Nexans SA | 0.06% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 9 | Swissquote Group Holding SA | 0.30% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 10 | Burberry Group PLC | 0.56% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 11 | Howden Joinery Group PLC | 0.36% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 12 | Umicore SA | 0.31% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
Only in AVDV
1,400 total- Perseus Mining Ltd 0.69%
- Regis Resources Ltd 0.65%
- B2Gold Corp 0.64%
- Coeur Mining Inc 0.62%
- Clal Insurance Enterprises Holdings Ltd 0.57%
- OceanaGold Corp 0.55%
- Vault Minerals Ltd 0.52%
- Tamarack Valley Energy Ltd 0.51%
- Toyoda Gosei Co Ltd 0.50%
- Whitehaven Coal Ltd 0.48%
Only in VGK
921 total- ASML Holding NV 3.95%
- HSBC Holdings PLC 2.27%
- Roche Holding AG 1.91%
- Novartis AG 1.81%
- Nestle SA 1.60%
- AstraZeneca PLC 1.59%
- Siemens AG 1.49%
- Banco Santander SA 1.28%
- Allianz SE 1.18%
- SAP SE 1.17%
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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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