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VNQ vs VNQI

Real Estate vs International Real Estate.

Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund ETF Shares · Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate Index Fund ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of VNQ and VNQI would leave roughly 0.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

VNQ only 99.7% Shared 0.0% VNQI only 99.0%
In VNQ only
146 positions
Shared
0 positions
In VNQI only
709 positions

Side by side

VNQ

Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · Real Estate

76 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.13%
Net assets
$71.35B
TTM yield
3.55%
Top-10 conc.
54.7%
VNQI

Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · International Real Estate

78 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.12%
Net assets
$3.71B
TTM yield
4.72%
Top-10 conc.
23.2%

Sub-score comparison

87
Cost
88
56
Tax efficiency
51
100
Liquidity
81
36
Concentration
81
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Tracking quality
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VNQ sub-score VNQI

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

VNQI is 1 bps cheaper than VNQ. On a $100,000 position that's about $10/yr more in fees for VNQ.

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 VNQ vs VNQI.

Top shared holdings

0 shared in total

No shared holdings between these funds.

Only in VNQ

146 total
  • Vanguard Real Estate II Index Fund 14.63%
  • Welltower Inc 7.84%
  • Prologis Inc 7.00%
  • Equinix Inc 5.64%
  • American Tower Corp 4.54%
  • Digital Realty Trust Inc 3.66%
  • Simon Property Group Inc 3.53%
  • Realty Income Corp 3.11%
  • Public Storage 2.54%
  • CBRE Group Inc 2.25%

Only in VNQI

709 total
  • Goodman Group 4.01%
  • Mitsubishi Estate Co Ltd 3.14%
  • Mitsui Fudosan Co Ltd 2.76%
  • Sumitomo Realty & Development Co Ltd 2.63%
  • Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd 2.44%
  • Vonovia SE 2.05%
  • Emaar Properties PJSC 1.81%
  • Daiwa House Industry Co Ltd 1.68%
  • Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield 1.34%
  • Scentre Group 1.27%

Open VNQ or VNQI at a brokerage

Both funds trade commission-free at major US brokerages.

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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/.

Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.