VXUS vs VT: ETF Overlap

Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares vs Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund ETF Shares — shared top holdings, sector duplication, and what makes each fund different.

Data as of October 20, 2026

Different top holdings

VXUS and VT share 1 of their 10 biggest holdings

Shared top holdings

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing: 4% of VXUS, 1.5% of VT

Only in VXUS's top 10: Samsung Electronics 1.9%
Only in VXUS's top 10: SK hynix 1.5%
Only in VXUS's top 10: ASML 1.4%
Only in VT's top 10: NVIDIA 4.3%
Only in VT's top 10: Apple 3.8%
Only in VT's top 10: Microsoft 3.2%

Yearly fee on $10,000

VXUS: $5 a year, expense ratio 0.05%
VT: $6 a year, expense ratio 0.06%

Where they differ

Tech
Financials
Communication
Consumer
Health
Other

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What's different between VXUS and VT?

The largest VXUS positions missing from VT's disclosed top holdings are 005930.KQ, 000660.KQ, ASML.AS. In the other direction, VT's largest positions not in VXUS's top list are NVDA, AAPL, MSFT. Disclosed lists cover 12.8% of VXUS and 21.4% of VT; the sector table below compares the funds on complete data.

What does this overlap mean?

Their disclosed top holdings share essentially nothing — typical for funds covering different markets (e.g. US vs ex-US) or different corners of one market. The 84% sector overlap reflects a similar sector mix, not duplicated top positions: weighting the same industries is not owning the same stocks. On their biggest positions, treat the pair as complements, not duplicates.

Sector breakdown: VXUS vs VT

Sector	VXUS	VT	Overlap
Technology	19.9%	30.3%	19.9%
Financial Services	23.3%	16.5%	16.5%
Industrials	15.1%	11.1%	11.1%
Consumer Discretionary	8.1%	9%	8.1%
Health Care	6.9%	8.6%	6.9%
Materials	7.7%	4.1%	4.1%
Communication Services	4.3%	7.3%	4.3%
Consumer Staples	4.8%	4.5%	4.5%
Energy	4.8%	4.1%	4.1%
Utilities	2.9%	2.3%	2.3%
Real Estate	2.3%	2.3%	2.3%

How we calculate it

Holdings overlap sums min(weight in fund A, weight in fund B) across positions that appear in both funds' disclosed top-holdings lists — public data discloses only each fund's largest positions, so this number is a lower bound on true full-portfolio overlap. Sector overlap applies the same min() logic to the funds' complete sector allocations, which cover ~100% of each fund, making it the more complete signal of duplication.

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Data & methodology disclaimer

This tool is for education, not investment advice. Holdings and sector data come from public market-data feeds, reflect each fund's most recently disclosed top positions, and can lag the fund's actual portfolio. Overlap computed from disclosed top holdings is a lower bound. Always verify against the fund provider's official holdings file before making decisions.

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