Which returned more over the last year, VGK or VT?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VGK returned +10.4% and VT +13.5%.

Which is cheaper, VGK or VT?

Neither: VGK and VT both charge 0.06% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do VGK and VT overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of VGK and 55% of VT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

VGK vs VT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, VGK returned +10.4% to VT's +13.5%; 14% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Sep 30, 2026: $29.6bn for Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF and $81.8bn for Vanguard Total World Stock Index ETF.

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At a glance

+10.4%

VGK total return, 1 year

+13.5%

VT total return, 1 year

0.06%

VGK expense ratio

0.06%

VT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

Both cost 0.06% a year; their one-year returns differ by 3.1 points; VT is 2.8 times larger.

VGK vs VT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	VGK	VT
Return
Measure	VGK	VT
Total return, 1 year	+10.4%	+13.5%
Drawdown
Measure	VGK	VT
Below its high	6.1%, high on Aug 25, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	VGK	VT
What it tracks	FTSE Developed Europe All Cap Index	FTSE Global All Cap Index
Cost and size
Measure	VGK	VT
Expense ratio	0.06%	0.06%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$29.6bn	$81.8bn
Holdings
Measure	VGK	VT
Holdings in common	14%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	19.0%	22.5%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Sep 30, 2026. Method

Risk and return

Jul 3, 2008 to Oct 23, 2026 · 955 weekly returns

VGK VT

Return

Total return edge VT +164.7% +371.6%

Annualized edge VT +5.4% +8.8%

Price return edge VT +33.5% +221.4%

Risk

Volatility edge VT 21.6% 18.3%

Max drawdown edge VT −54.3% −48.3%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge VT 0.29 0.48

Sortino edge VT 0.40 0.66

Calmar edge VT 0.10 0.18

Reading

VT returned more: +371.6% to +164.7%. VT swung less: 18.3% to 21.6%. VT fell less at its worst: −48.3% to −54.3%.

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Risk and return: VGK vs VT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	VGK	VT	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+164.7%	+371.6%	VT	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+5.4%	+8.8%	VT	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+33.5%	+221.4%	VT	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	21.6%	18.3%	VT	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	15.7%	13.1%	VT	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−54.3%	−48.3%	VT	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.29	0.48	VT	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.40	0.66	VT	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.10	0.18	VT	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 955 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

14%

By the books each fund has filed, VGK and VT hold 14% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026.

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14% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first VGK VT

ASML Holding NV 4.47% 0.59%

SLBBH1142 0.44% 0.54%

HSBC Holdings PLC 2.19% 0.29%

Shell PLC 1.64% 0.24%

Novartis AG 1.72% 0.23%

Roche Holding AG 1.89% 0.22%

AstraZeneca PLC 1.56% 0.21%

Nestle SA 1.51% 0.20%

Siemens AG 1.45% 0.19%

SAP SE 1.32% 0.17%

Banco Santander SA 1.29% 0.17%

Allianz SE 1.16% 0.15%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in VGK

Shell PLC 0.15%

Aurubis AG 0.03%

Sagax AB 0.02%

Stellantis NV 0.02%

Tieto Oyj 0.00%

ABIVAX SA-ADR 0.00%

Forvia SE 0.00%

LISI - PF - 2028 0.00%

Only in VT

NVIDIA Corp 4.54%

Apple Inc 4.11%

Microsoft Corp 3.25%

Amazon.com Inc 2.06%

Alphabet Inc 1.73%

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 1.62%

Broadcom Inc 1.39%

Meta Platforms Inc 1.36%

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Side by side

VGK Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF VT Vanguard Total World Stock Index ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Vanguard Vanguard

What it is Tracks an index of European Stock Tracks an index of Total World Stock

Total return, 1 year +10.4% +13.5%

Expense ratio 0.06% 0.06%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 54.7%

Holdings 1245 10194

Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026 $29.6bn $81.8bn

VGK and VT on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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VGK and VT do different jobs. What does each one do in a portfolio?

What each follows. VGK follows FTSE Developed Europe All Cap Index and VT follows FTSE Global All Cap Index.
Holdings in common. 14% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Sep 30, 2026).
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 VGK returned +10.4% and VT +13.5% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 3.1 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund

VGK

VGK tracks an index of European Stock. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +10.4% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,245 positions, with the top ten at 19.0%. It sat 6.1% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

VT tracks an index of Total World Stock. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.5% with distributions reinvested. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 55% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 10,194 positions, with the top ten at 22.5%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, VGK or VT?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VGK returned +10.4% and VT +13.5%.
Which is cheaper, VGK or VT?: Neither: VGK and VT both charge 0.06% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do VGK and VT overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of VGK and 55% of VT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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