VGS vs VGAD vs CETF

  • VGS
  • VGAD
  • CETF

VGS, VGAD and CETF hold 1,260 companies between them. None is in every one of them, and VGS and VGAD are the most alike: 100% of each is the same companies.

Side by side

VGSVGADCETF
FundVanguardVanguardVanEck
Asset classInternational sharesInternational sharesInternational shares
Fee a year0.18%0.21%0.60%
Fund size$14.6b$6.2b$36.0m
Holdings1221122151
1Y price return+7.7%+12.7%−9.8%
Distribution yield1.19%2.35%2.01%
Look-through coverage99.7%99.7%100.0%

Return, last year

change since the start
share of each fund
  • VGS
  • VGAD
  • CETF
  • 600519 KWEICHOW MOUTAI A (HK-C)In 1 of 3VGSnot heldVGADnot heldCETF7.9%
  • 300750 Contemporary Amperex Technology Co LtdIn 1 of 3VGSnot heldVGADnot heldCETF6.4%
  • NVDA NVIDIA CORPIn 2 of 3VGS5.6%VGAD5.6%CETFnot held
  • AAPL APPLE INCIn 2 of 3VGS5.2%VGAD5.2%CETFnot held
  • 300308 ZHONGJI INNOLI-AIn 1 of 3VGSnot heldVGADnot heldCETF4.6%

and 1,250 more companies the funds hold

How alike they are

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