Which returned more over the last year, VIGI or VSGX?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VIGI returned +7.3% and VSGX +19.5%.

Which is cheaper, VIGI or VSGX?

VIGI is cheaper, by 0.03 percentage points a year. That is about $3 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do VIGI and VSGX overlap with the S&P 500?

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

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VIGI vs VSGX: Differences, Returns & Fees

VIGI and VSGX hold 13% of their weight in the same names, and VSGX returned +19.5% over the year. Net assets on Sep 30, 2026: $8.8bn for Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF and $6.7bn for Vanguard ESG International Stock ETF.

VIGI costs 0.03 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 12.2 points; VIGI is 1.3 times larger.

	VIGI	VSGX
Expense ratio	0.07%	0.10%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$8.8bn	$6.7bn
Total return, 1 year	+7.3%	+19.5%
What it tracks	not read by ETFIQ	FTSE Global All Cap ex US Choice Index
Holdings in common	13%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	35.4%	17.1%
Below its high	4.8%, high on Sep 3, 2026	3.6%, high on Sep 4, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Aug 31, 2026.

+7.3%

VIGI total return, 1 year

+19.5%

VSGX total return, 1 year

0.07%

VIGI expense ratio

0.10%

VSGX expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, VIGI and VSGX hold 13% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Aug 31, 2026.

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Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding VIGI VSGX

Roche Holding AG 3.40% 0.90%

Royal Bank of Canada 4.61% 0.85%

Novartis AG 3.35% 0.84%

Nestle SA 3.52% 0.74%

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc 4.63% 0.73%

SAP SE 3.84% 0.67%

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc 2.81% 0.46%

Sony Group Corp 2.60% 0.43%

Novo Nordisk A/S 2.47% 0.42%

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce 1.79% 0.31%

AIA Group Ltd 1.73% 0.30%

Tokio Marine Holdings Inc 1.59% 0.27%

Only in VIGI

Toronto-Dominion Bank/The 3.46%

Schneider Electric SE 3.18%

Hitachi Ltd 2.63%

Iberdrola SA 2.48%

Mitsubishi Corp 1.90%

Reliance Industries Ltd 1.55%

Brookfield Corp 1.51%

BAE Systems PLC 1.41%

Only in VSGX

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 5.37%

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 2.56%

SK hynix Inc 1.98%

ASML Holding NV 1.93%

SLCMT1142 1.18%

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 0.80%

Siemens AG 0.72%

AstraZeneca PLC 0.71%

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On the same fields

VIGI

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF

VSGX

Vanguard ESG International Stock ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Vanguard Vanguard

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +7.3% +19.5%

S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 −10.0 pts +2.2 pts

Expense ratio 0.07% 0.10%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 343 6631

Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026 $8.8bn $6.7bn

VIGI and VSGX on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

VIGI in plain words

VIGI tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +7.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.07% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Aug 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 343 positions, with the top ten at 35.4%. It sat 4.8% below its high of Sep 3, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

VSGX in plain words

VSGX tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +19.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.10% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Aug 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 6,631 positions, with the top ten at 17.1%. It sat 3.6% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, VIGI or VSGX?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VIGI returned +7.3% and VSGX +19.5%.
Which is cheaper, VIGI or VSGX?: VIGI is cheaper, by 0.03 percentage points a year. That is about $3 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do VIGI and VSGX overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of VIGI and 0% of VSGX by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

VIGI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VIGI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VIGI ↗VSGX filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VSGX prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VSGX ↗

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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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