Both funds come from Vanguard. VEA is an equity ETF, while VXUS is an international equity ETF. VEA and VXUS show heavy overlap, with an estimated weighted overlap of 71.93%. They share 3855 holdings in the loaded dataset, led by Y74718100, N07059202, and KR7000660001.
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Both funds come from Vanguard. VEA is an equity ETF, while VXUS is an international equity ETF. VEA and VXUS show heavy overlap, with an estimated weighted overlap of 71.93%. They share 3855 holdings in the loaded dataset, led by Y74718100, N07059202, and KR7000660001.
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Both funds come from Vanguard. VEA is an equity ETF, while VXUS is an international equity ETF. VEA and VXUS share a large chunk of the same portfolio weight. The overlap is driven by positions like Y74718100, N07059202, and KR7000660001, so owning both may not diversify your stock exposure as much as the fund names suggest.
Both funds come from Vanguard. VEA is an equity ETF, while VXUS is an international equity ETF. VXUS is the broader fund, while VEA is the more targeted sleeve. VEA has the lower expense ratio, while VXUS charges more for its exposure.
The overlap is driven by a relatively small set of large shared positions. The top three shared holdings account for 5.58% of the score, which means the result is heavily influenced by the biggest common weights rather than a long tail of tiny positions.
If you want the broader portfolio building block, VXUS is usually the wider choice. If you want the more focused tilt, VEA is the narrower expression. VEA has the lower expense ratio, while VXUS charges more for its exposure.
Concentration
The top three shared holdings explain 5.58% of the full overlap score.
That helps show whether the score comes from a handful of giant shared positions or from a broader mix of common holdings.
Shared Sector Tilt
Sector tags are not consistently available for the biggest shared positions in this dataset, so this comparison leans more on the specific holdings than on sector labels.
These are the holdings contributing the most to the overlap score between VEA and VXUS.
| Holding | Name | VEA Wt. | VXUS Wt. | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y74718100 | Samsung Electronics Co Ltd | 1.88% | 1.65% | 1.65% |
| N07059202 | ASML Holding NV | 1.77% | 1.30% | 1.30% |
| KR7000660001 | SK hynix Inc | 1.05% | 1.12% | 1.05% |
| GB0005405286 | HSBC Holdings PLC | 0.97% | 0.73% | 0.73% |
| CH1499059983 | Roche Holding AG | 0.96% | 0.67% | 0.67% |
| GB0009895292 | AstraZeneca PLC | 1.01% | 0.66% | 0.66% |
| H5820Q150 | Novartis AG | 1.01% | 0.66% | 0.66% |
| H57312649 | Nestle SA | 0.87% | 0.61% | 0.61% |
| GB00BP6MXD84 | Shell PLC | 0.90% | 0.60% | 0.60% |
| 780087102 | Royal Bank of Canada | 0.78% | 0.59% | 0.59% |
Both funds come from Vanguard. VEA is an equity ETF, while VXUS is an international equity ETF. The overlap exists because both funds allocate meaningful weight to the same holdings. In this dataset, the biggest shared drivers are Y74718100, N07059202, and KR7000660001, which appear in both portfolios and push the overlap score higher.
Holding both VEA and VXUS may add less diversification than you expect. Many investors would choose the ETF that best matches their goal and avoid paying for duplicate exposure.
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A straightforward approach used by portfolio analysts.
For every stock that appears in both ETFs, we take the smaller of the two weights. Adding up all those minimums gives the total overlap percentage. A score of 100% means the two ETFs hold the exact same stocks in the same proportions.
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