ESTX vs EXUS vs HQUS vs IACT vs VEQ

  • ESTX
  • EXUS
  • HQUS
  • IACT
  • VEQ

ESTX, EXUS, HQUS, IACT and VEQ hold 2,261 companies between them. None is in every one of them, and EXUS and VEQ are the most alike: 54% of each is the same companies.

Side by side

ESTXEXUSHQUSIACTVEQ
FundGlobal XBetaSharesBetaSharesiSharesVanguard
Asset classInternational sharesInternational sharesInternational sharesInternational sharesInternational shares
Fee a year0.35%0.14%0.32%0.45%0.35%
Fund size$435.7m--$303.8m$258.0m$539.2m
Holdings508775052671227
1Y price return−5.1%+5.1%only priced since 2025-11-09+0.4%only priced since 2026-09-24+11.4%+0.6%
Distribution yield7.54%Not yet2.66%0.53%2.28%
Look-through coverage100.0%99.7%99.7%99.9%99.1%

Return, last year

change since the start
share of each fund
  • ESTX
  • EXUS
  • HQUS
  • IACT
  • VEQ
  • ASML ASML HOLDING NVIn 3 of 5ESTX10.4%EXUS2.9%HQUSnot heldIACTnot heldVEQ4.1%
  • NVDA NVIDIA CORPIn 2 of 5ESTXnot heldEXUSnot heldHQUS0.2%IACT8.4%VEQnot held
  • AAPL APPLE INCIn 2 of 5ESTXnot heldEXUSnot heldHQUS0.2%IACT7.7%VEQnot held
  • MSFT MICROSOFT CORPIn 2 of 5ESTXnot heldEXUSnot heldHQUS0.2%IACT4.9%VEQnot held
  • SIE SIEMENS AG-REGIn 3 of 5ESTX4.5%EXUS1.0%HQUSnot heldIACTnot heldVEQ1.5%

and 2,251 more companies the funds hold

How alike they are

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See ESTX + EXUS + HQUS + IACT + VEQ as one portfolioEvery company, where you'd own it twiceWhat moved ESTX this monthIts biggest gains and falls, by company