ETF comparison
VSGX vs VXUS
Both International Total.
Vanguard ESG International Stock ETF · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
6,586 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of VSGX and VXUS would leave roughly 72.2% 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
VXUS is 5 bps cheaper than VSGX. On a $100,000 position that's about $50/yr more in fees for VSGX.
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 VSGX vs VXUS.
Top shared holdings
6,586 shared in total| # | Holding | In VSGX | In VXUS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd | 5.43% | 4.10% | 4.10% |
| 2 | Samsung Electronics Co Ltd | 2.59% | 1.83% | 1.83% |
| 3 | ASML Holding NV | 1.95% | 1.45% | 1.45% |
| 4 | SK hynix Inc | 2.00% | 1.43% | 1.43% |
| 5 | Roche Holding AG | 0.91% | 0.70% | 0.70% |
| 6 | Royal Bank of Canada | 0.86% | 0.67% | 0.67% |
| 7 | Novartis AG | 0.84% | 0.66% | 0.66% |
| 8 | Alibaba Group Holding Ltd | 0.81% | 0.63% | 0.63% |
| 9 | Nestle SA | 0.75% | 0.59% | 0.59% |
| 10 | AstraZeneca PLC | 0.72% | 0.58% | 0.58% |
| 11 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc | 0.74% | 0.55% | 0.55% |
| 12 | Siemens AG | 0.73% | 0.55% | 0.55% |
Only in VSGX
14 total- L'Oreal SA 0.02%
- Predictive Discovery Ltd 0.01%
- Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA 0.00%
- Sodexo SA 0.00%
- Mitra Adiperkasa Tbk PT 0.00%
- LISI SA 0.00%
- Draegerwerk AG & Co KGaA 0.00%
- Norma Group SE 0.00%
- Beijing North Star Co Ltd 0.00%
- Shinfox Energy Co Ltd 0.00%
Only in VXUS
2,150 total- Tencent Holdings Ltd 0.87%
- HSBC Holdings PLC 0.83%
- Shell PLC 0.58%
- Toronto-Dominion Bank/The 0.46%
- Schneider Electric SE 0.42%
- TotalEnergies SE 0.39%
- Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC 0.38%
- Iberdrola SA 0.37%
- ABB Ltd 0.35%
- Hitachi Ltd 0.33%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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