VGS vs GARP vs VGAD

  • VGS
  • GARP
  • VGAD

VGS, GARP and VGAD hold 1,240 companies between them. 190 are in every one of them, and VGS and VGAD are the most alike: 100% of each is the same companies.

Side by side

VGSGARPVGAD
FundVanguardGlobal XVanguard
Asset classInternational sharesInternational sharesInternational shares
Fee a year0.18%0.30%0.21%
Fund size$14.6b$131.6m$6.2b
Holdings12212201221
1Y price return+7.5%−2.6%+13.1%
Distribution yield1.19%5.92%2.35%
Look-through coverage99.7%100.0%99.7%

Return, last year

change since the start
share of each fund
  • VGS
  • GARP
  • VGAD
  • MSFT MICROSOFT CORPIn all 3VGS4.0%GARP6.2%VGAD4.0%
  • META META PLATFORMS INCIn all 3VGS1.4%GARP6.1%VGAD1.4%
  • NVDA NVIDIA CORPIn all 3VGS5.6%GARP5.5%VGAD5.6%
  • AAPL APPLE INCIn 2 of 3VGS5.2%GARPnot heldVGAD5.2%
  • LLY ELI LILLY & COIn all 3VGS1.0%GARP5.1%VGAD1.0%

and 1,230 more companies the funds hold

How alike they are

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