ETF comparison
VEU vs VXUS
Both International Total.
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Holdings overlap
3,818 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of VEU and VXUS would leave roughly 87.8% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VEU is 1 bps cheaper than VXUS. On a $100,000 position that's about $10/yr more in fees for VXUS.
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 VEU vs VXUS.
Top shared holdings
3,818 shared in total| # | Holding | In VEU | In VXUS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd | 4.28% | 3.93% | 3.93% |
| 2 | Samsung Electronics Co Ltd | 1.81% | 1.65% | 1.65% |
| 3 | ASML Holding NV | 1.43% | 1.30% | 1.30% |
| 4 | SK hynix Inc | 1.23% | 1.12% | 1.12% |
| 5 | Tencent Holdings Ltd | 0.96% | 0.87% | 0.87% |
| 6 | HSBC Holdings PLC | 0.80% | 0.74% | 0.74% |
| 7 | Alibaba Group Holding Ltd | 0.75% | 0.69% | 0.69% |
| 8 | Roche Holding AG | 0.73% | 0.67% | 0.67% |
| 9 | AstraZeneca PLC | 0.72% | 0.66% | 0.66% |
| 10 | Novartis AG | 0.72% | 0.66% | 0.66% |
| 11 | Nestle SA | 0.66% | 0.61% | 0.61% |
| 12 | Shell PLC | 0.66% | 0.60% | 0.60% |
Only in VEU
32 total- Infosys Ltd 0.04%
- KB Financial Group Inc 0.03%
- Banco Bradesco SA 0.02%
- POSCO Holdings Inc 0.02%
- Petroleo Brasileiro SA 0.02%
- Shinhan Financial Group Co Ltd 0.02%
- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 0.01%
- Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA 0.01%
- Siam Cement PCL/The 0.01%
- SCB X PCL 0.01%
Only in VXUS
4,910 total- Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF 0.12%
- Accelleron Industries AG 0.02%
- Aritzia Inc 0.02%
- Finning International Inc 0.02%
- Gaztransport Et Technigaz SA 0.02%
- Hudbay Minerals Inc 0.02%
- Macronix International Co Ltd 0.02%
- Games Workshop Group PLC 0.02%
- WinWay Technology Co Ltd 0.02%
- Taiwan Union Technology Corp 0.02%
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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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