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Data as of Sep 13, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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SGOV vs VXUS: how they differ

SGOV and VXUS hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and VXUS returned more over the year.

iShares 0-3 Month Treasury Bond ETF and Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, SGOV and VXUS hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in SGOVOnly in VXUS
TREASURY BILL 0.94%Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Lt 3.97%
BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY 0.51%Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.67%
ASML Holding NV 1.32%
SK hynix Inc 1.14%
Tencent Holdings Ltd 0.89%
HSBC Holdings PLC 0.74%
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 0.69%
AstraZeneca PLC 0.67%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Apr 30, 2026 and Sep 10, 2026.

SGOV and VXUS on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
SGOV
iShares 0-3 Month Treasury Bond ETF
VXUS
Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssueriSharesVanguard
What it is0-3 month T-billsTotal International Stock
Total return, 1 year+3.8%+22.3%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500−13.7 pts+4.8 pts
Expense ratio0.09%0.05%
Holdings238775

SGOV in plain words

SGOV is a cash and treasury bills tracking the 0-3 month T-bills. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +3.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year.

VXUS in plain words

VXUS is an index equity fund tracking the Total International Stock. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +22.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% a year. By its holdings filed for Apr 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 8775 positions, with the top ten at 12.4%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SGOV or VXUS?
In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SGOV returned +3.8% and VXUS returned +22.3%, so VXUS returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, SGOV or VXUS?
SGOV charges 0.09% a year and VXUS charges 0.05%, so VXUS is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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SGOV against VXUS, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 13, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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