VGS vs EXUS vs VGAD

  • VGS
  • EXUS
  • VGAD

VGS, EXUS and VGAD hold 1,461 companies between them. 611 are in every one of them, and VGS and VGAD are the most alike: 100% of each is the same companies.

Side by side

VGSEXUSVGAD
FundVanguardBetaSharesVanguard
Asset classInternational sharesInternational sharesInternational shares
Fee a year0.18%0.14%0.21%
Fund size$14.6b--$6.2b
Holdings12218771221
1Y price return+7.5%+5.1%only priced since 2025-11-09+13.1%
Distribution yield1.19%Not yet2.35%
Look-through coverage99.7%99.7%99.7%

Return, last year

change since the start
share of each fund
  • VGS
  • EXUS
  • VGAD
  • NVDA NVIDIA CORPIn 2 of 3VGS5.6%EXUSnot heldVGAD5.6%
  • AAPL APPLE INCIn 2 of 3VGS5.2%EXUSnot heldVGAD5.2%
  • MSFT MICROSOFT CORPIn 2 of 3VGS4.0%EXUSnot heldVGAD4.0%
  • ASML ASML HOLDING NVIn all 3VGS0.7%EXUS2.9%VGAD0.7%
  • AMZN AMAZON.COM INCIn 2 of 3VGS2.8%EXUSnot heldVGAD2.8%

and 1,451 more companies the funds hold

How alike they are

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