VGAD vs CETF vs ISMD

  • VGAD
  • CETF
  • ISMD

VGAD, CETF and ISMD hold 1,401 companies between them. None is in every one of them, and VGAD and ISMD are the most alike: 5% of each is the same companies.

Side by side

VGADCETFISMD
FundVanguardVanEckGlobal X
Asset classInternational sharesInternational sharesInternational shares
Fee a year0.21%0.60%0.45%
Fund size$6.2b$36.0m--
Holdings122151298
1Y price return+13.1%−8.6%+1.4%only priced since 2026-07-20
Distribution yield2.35%2.01%Not yet
Look-through coverage99.7%100.0%99.5%

Return, last year

change since the start
share of each fund
  • VGAD
  • CETF
  • ISMD
  • 600519 KWEICHOW MOUTAI A (HK-C)In 1 of 3VGADnot heldCETF7.9%ISMDnot held
  • 300750 Contemporary Amperex Technology Co LtdIn 1 of 3VGADnot heldCETF6.4%ISMDnot held
  • NVDA NVIDIA CORPIn 1 of 3VGAD5.6%CETFnot heldISMDnot held
  • AAPL APPLE INCIn 1 of 3VGAD5.2%CETFnot heldISMDnot held
  • 300308 ZHONGJI INNOLI-AIn 1 of 3VGADnot heldCETF4.6%ISMDnot held

and 1,391 more companies the funds hold

How alike they are

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