ESTX vs HQLT vs IHQL vs EXUS vs VEQ — overlap, fees and exposure compared

ESTX, HQLT, IHQL, EXUS and VEQ hold 1,880 companies between them. 5 are in every one of them, and EXUS and VEQ are the most alike: 54% of each is the same companies.

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ESTX HQLT IHQL EXUS VEQ

FundGlobal XBetaSharesiSharesBetaSharesVanguard

Asset classInternational sharesInternational sharesInternational sharesInternational sharesInternational shares

Fee a year0.35%0.38%0.28%0.14%0.35%

Fund size$435.7m--$2.0m--$539.2m

Holdings501633388771227

1Y price return−5.1%+10.2%--+5.1%only priced since 2025-11-09+0.6%

Distribution yield7.51%4.02%Not yetNot yet2.28%

Look-through coverage100.0%99.9%99.2%99.7%99.1%

Return, last year

change since the start

share of each fund

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HQLT
IHQL
EXUS
VEQ

ASML ASML HOLDING NVIn all 5ESTX10.4%HQLT5.2%IHQL2.9%EXUS2.9%VEQ4.1%
META META PLATFORMS INCIn 2 of 5ESTXnot heldHQLT5.6%IHQL5.8%EXUSnot heldVEQnot held
MSFT MICROSOFT CORPIn 2 of 5ESTXnot heldHQLT5.1%IHQL5.7%EXUSnot heldVEQnot held
AAPL APPLE INCIn 1 of 5ESTXnot heldHQLTnot heldIHQL5.2%EXUSnot heldVEQnot held
GOOG ALPHABET INC-CIn 2 of 5ESTXnot heldHQLT5.0%IHQL1.8%EXUSnot heldVEQnot held

and 1,870 more companies the funds hold

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