VGAD vs HQLT vs IWLD vs VGS

  • VGAD
  • HQLT
  • IWLD
  • VGS

VGAD, HQLT, IWLD and VGS hold 1,264 companies between them. 75 are in every one of them, and VGAD and VGS are the most alike: 100% of each is the same companies.

Side by side

VGADHQLTIWLDVGS
FundVanguardBetaSharesiSharesVanguard
Asset classInternational sharesInternational sharesInternational sharesInternational shares
Fee a year0.21%0.38%0.09%0.18%
Fund size$6.2b--$1.5b$14.6b
Holdings12211636181221
1Y price return+13.1%+10.2%+7.4%+7.5%
Distribution yield2.35%4.02%1.32%1.19%
Look-through coverage99.7%99.9%99.7%99.7%

Return, last year

change since the start
share of each fund
  • VGAD
  • HQLT
  • IWLD
  • VGS
  • NVDA NVIDIA CORPIn 3 of 4VGAD5.6%HQLTnot heldIWLD11.6%VGS5.6%
  • MSFT MICROSOFT CORPIn all 4VGAD4.0%HQLT5.1%IWLD8.0%VGS4.0%
  • META META PLATFORMS INCIn 3 of 4VGAD1.4%HQLT5.6%IWLDnot heldVGS1.4%
  • ASML ASML HOLDING NVIn all 4VGAD0.7%HQLT5.2%IWLD1.6%VGS0.7%
  • AAPL APPLE INCIn 2 of 4VGAD5.2%HQLTnot heldIWLDnot heldVGS5.2%

and 1,254 more companies the funds hold

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