VGAD vs QSML vs VGS

  • VGAD
  • QSML
  • VGS

VGAD, QSML and VGS hold 1,355 companies between them. None is in every one of them, and VGAD and VGS are the most alike: 100% of each is the same companies.

Side by side

VGADQSMLVGS
FundVanguardVanEckVanguard
Asset classInternational sharesInternational sharesInternational shares
Fee a year0.21%0.59%0.18%
Fund size$6.2b$1.5b$14.6b
Holdings12211461221
1Y price return+13.1%−2.3%+7.5%
Distribution yield2.35%0.42%1.19%
Look-through coverage99.7%99.9%99.7%

Return, last year

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

and 1,345 more companies the funds hold

How alike they are

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