VGAD vs ISMD vs VGS

  • VGAD
  • ISMD
  • VGS

VGAD, ISMD and VGS hold 1,351 companies between them. 155 are in every one of them, and VGAD and VGS are the most alike: 100% of each is the same companies.

Side by side

VGADISMDVGS
FundVanguardGlobal XVanguard
Asset classInternational sharesInternational sharesInternational shares
Fee a year0.21%0.45%0.18%
Fund size$6.2b--$14.6b
Holdings12212981221
1Y price return+13.1%+1.4%only priced since 2026-07-20+7.5%
Distribution yield2.35%Not yet1.19%
Look-through coverage99.7%99.5%99.7%

Return, last year

change since the start
share of each fund
  • VGAD
  • ISMD
  • VGS
  • NVDA NVIDIA CORPIn 2 of 3VGAD5.6%ISMDnot heldVGS5.6%
  • AAPL APPLE INCIn 2 of 3VGAD5.2%ISMDnot heldVGS5.2%
  • MSFT MICROSOFT CORPIn 2 of 3VGAD4.0%ISMDnot heldVGS4.0%
  • AMZN AMAZON.COM INCIn 2 of 3VGAD2.8%ISMDnot heldVGS2.8%
  • GOOGL ALPHABET INC-AIn 2 of 3VGAD2.2%ISMDnot heldVGS2.2%

and 1,341 more companies the funds hold

How alike they are

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See VGAD + ISMD + VGS as one portfolioEvery company, where you'd own it twiceWhat moved VGAD this monthIts biggest gains and falls, by company