VSS holdings and overlap

Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap ETF (VSS) holds 4,807 positions in its SEC Form N-PORT for the period ended 2026-07-31, filed 2026-09-28. Its three largest are Hudbay Minerals (HBM) at 0.27%, Aritzia Inc Subordinate Voti (ATZ.CA) at 0.27% and Finning International Inc (FTT.CA) at 0.24%, and its ten largest make up 2.4% of the fund.

In its SEC Form N-PORT for the period ended 2026-07-31, filed 2026-09-28, VSS holds none of the mega-cap tech companies and none of the ten largest US companies by market value. By country, 14.9% of VSS is in Japan, 9.5% in Canada, 8.1% in the United Kingdom and 7.7% in Taiwan.

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VSSVanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap ETFInternational Small-Mid Blend, Vanguard, 4807 positions
Last close, 2026-10-28
$151.48 +0.60%
52-week range 137 to 163
Largest position, N-PORT 2026-07-31
HBM
0.27% of the ETF, Hudbay Minerals
Positions, N-PORT 2026-07-31
4807
2.4% in the ten largest
Cost per year
0.06%
$6 a year on $10,000
Assets
$14.0B
the whole fund, all share classes
Return, 3 years
+56.7%
cumulative, total return
Worst fall
-12.6%
peak to trough, 3 years, weekly closes

What does VSS hold, from its SEC Form N-PORT for the period ended 2026-07-31?

VSS spreads its weight across 4807 positions, against a median of 2021 across the 8 International Small-Mid Blend funds with a page here. No fund in that group costs less than VSS, at 0.06% a year.

The 100 largest of the 4,807 positions in VSS's filing; all 4,807 are in the fund's JSON file.
RankCompanyWeightWeight bar
1 HBM Hudbay Minerals 0.27%
2 ATZ.CA Aritzia Inc Subordinate Voti 0.27%
3 FTT.CA Finning International Inc 0.24%
4 STB.NO Storebrand ASA 0.24%
5 ACLN.CH Accelleron Industries AG 0.24%
6 GAW.GB Games Workshop Group PLC 0.24%
7 6274.TW Taiwan Union Technology Corp 0.24%
8 GTT.FR Gaztransport et Techniga SA 0.23%
9 SOBO South Bow 0.22%
10 SUBC.NO Subsea 7 SA 0.21%
11 DPM.CA DPM Metals Inc 0.21%
12 AED.BE Aedifica 0.21%
13 CPX.CA Capital Power Corp 0.21%
14 NKT.DK NKT A/S 0.2%
15 SAVE.SE Nordnet AB Publ 0.2%
16 EGO Eldorado Gold 0.2%
17 TKA.DE Thyssenkrupp AG 0.19%
18 RILBA.DK Ringkjoebing Landbobank A/S 0.19%
19 LTMC.IT Lottomatica Group SPA 0.18%
20 IGG.GB Ig Group Holdings PLC 0.18%
21 JYSK.DK Jyske Bank 0.18%
22 ALSYDB.DK Al Sydbank 0.18%
23 SPM.IT Saipem SPA 0.18%
24 CS.CA Capstone Copper Corp 0.18%
25 3189.TW Kinsus Interconnect Tech 0.18%
26 VOE.AT Voestalpine AG 0.18%
27 NEX.FR Nexans SA 0.17%
28 ISS.DK Iss A/S 0.17%
29 LMP.GB Londonmetric Property PLC 0.17%
30 ABDN.GB Aberdeen Group PLC 0.17%
31 KCR.FI Konecranes OYJ 0.17%
32 PSK.CA Prairiesky Royalty Ltd 0.16%
33 FRO.NO Frontline PLC 0.16%
34 UMI.BE Umicore 0.16%
35 GMIN.CA G Mining Venture Corp 0.16%
36 BBY.GB Balfour Beatty PLC 0.16%
37 NXE Nexgen Energy 0.16%
38 NDX1.DE Nordex SE 0.16%
39 BBOX.GB Tritax Big Box REIT PLC 0.16%
40 DFY.CA Definity Financial Corp 0.16%
41 OR OR Royalties 0.16%
42 2337.TW Macronix International Co 0.15%
43 SSRM SSR Mining 0.15%
44 NDA.DE Aurubis AG 0.15%
45 BGEO.GB Lion Finance Group PLC 0.15%
46 OGC OceanaGold 0.15%
47 ROR.GB Rotork PLC 0.15%
48 ELIS.FR Elis SA 0.15%
49 AZA.SE Avanza Bank Holding AB 0.15%
50 2313.TW Compeq Manufacturing Co Ltd 0.15%
51 BIPC Brookfield Infrastructure 0.15%
52 GALE.CH Galenica AG 0.15%
53 GL9.IE Glanbia PLC 0.15%
54 CSH.UN.CA Chartwell Retirement Residences Re 0.15%
55 TE.FR Technip Energies NV 0.15%
56 INVP.GB Investec PLC 0.14%
57 BB BlackBerry Limited 0.14%
58 MYCR.SE Mycronic AB 0.14%
59 ONEX.CA Onex Corporation 0.14%
60 ADEN.CH Adecco Group AG 0.13%
61 MDA Mda Space Ltd 0.13%
62 SBMO.NL SBM Offshore NV 0.13%
63 AIXA.DE Aixtron SE 0.13%
64 AZM.IT Azimut Holding SPA 0.13%
65 ACX.ES Acerinox SA 0.13%
66 AALB.NL Aalberts NV 0.13%
67 CDR.PL CD Projekt Red SA 0.13%
68 BTG B2Gold 0.13%
69 EMG.GB Man Group PLC/JERSEY 0.13%
70 PRU.AU Perseus Mining Ltd 0.13%
71 REI-U.CA RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust 0.13%
72 TVE.CA Tamarack Valley Energy Ltd 0.13%
73 BEPC Brookfield Renewable Corporation Brookfield Renewable 0.13%
74 SB1NO.NO Sparebank 1 Sor Norge ASA 0.13%
75 ALKB.DK Alk Abello A/S 0.13%
76 AQN Algonquin Power & Utilities 0.13%
77 JMAT.GB Johnson Matthey PLC 0.13%
78 RS1.GB RS Group PLC 0.13%
79 6515.TW Winway Technology Co Ltd 0.12%
80 ZAB.PL Zabka Group SA 0.12%
81 LAGRB.SE Lagercrantz Group AB B 0.12%
82 BFT.PL Benefit Systems SA 0.12%
83 WPP.GB WPP PLC 0.12%
84 VK.FR Vallourec SA 0.12%
85 CIGI Colliers International Group 0.12%
86 UNI.ES Unicaja Banco SA 0.12%
87 FMTY14.MX Fibra Mty Sapi REIT 0.12%
88 ENG.ES Enagas SA 0.12%
89 BGN.IT Banca Generali SPA 0.12%
90 GRT-U.CA Granite Real Estate Investment Trust 0.12%
91 NPI.CA Northland Power Inc 0.11%
92 MEOH Methanex 0.11%
93 3081.TW Land Mark Optoelectronics 0.11%
94 TEP.FR Teleperformance 0.11%
95 GEI.CA Gibson Energy Inc 0.11%
96 KBCA.BE KBC Ancora 0.11%
97 TUI1.DE Tui AG 0.11%
98 AKE.FR Arkema 0.11%
99 ATS.AT Austria Technologie + System 0.11%
100 ALLN.CH Allreal Holding AG 0.11%

VSS's holdings are from its SEC Form N-PORT for the period ended 2026-07-31, filed 2026-09-28, 89 days before these prices; a newer filing replaces it when the nightly read of EDGAR finds one. Every one of the 4807 positions VSS holds, with its weight, is in the fund's JSON file. See the other 19 ETFs with a page here that hold HBM, and how their weights compare with the 0.27% VSS gives it.

Category: International Small-Mid Blend, set by TickerInside from the ETF's own latest file. In its file of 2026-07-31, 100% of its stocks are outside the US; weighted by holding, they sit where 93% of their market's value is in larger companies, within 2.5 points of a line between two sizes, and its name says small; fewer than half of its stocks have a style measure, so it is counted blend. How categories are set.

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How is VSS split by sector and country?

A sector is found for 18.9% of VSS's stock weight, under the 50% from which this page states sector weights; the weights found are in the fund's JSON file.

CountryWeightWeight bar
Japan14.9%
Canada9.5%
United Kingdom8.1%
Taiwan7.7%
India6.9%
Australia4.5%
China4.1%
South Korea4.1%
Sweden3.6%
Switzerland3.4%
Other countries32.2%

From its SEC Form N-PORT for the period ended 2026-07-31, filed 2026-09-28. How these are measured.

What did VSS hold in its SEC reports since 2019?

In VSS's SEC filings, its largest position went from Open Text Corporation (OTEX) at 0.44% on 2019-10-31 to Hudbay Minerals Inc. (HBM) at 0.27% on 2026-07-31, across 25 quarterly reports.

Largest in 2019
0.44% on 2019-10-31
Largest in 2026
0.27% on 2026-07-31
Ten largest
2.4%
3.1% in 2019
Quarterly reports
25
since 2019, SEC Form N-PORT
ReportPositionsLargestTop 10
2019-10-313,533OTEX 0.44%3.1%
2020-10-313,764KL 0.53%3.5%
2021-10-313,916WSP.CA 0.47%3.5%
2022-10-314,044WSP.CA 0.62%3.8%
2023-10-314,414CCJ 0.70%4.0%
2024-10-314,655WSP.CA 0.71%3.8%
2025-10-314,769TIH.CA 0.30%2.2%
2026-07-314,772HBM 0.27%2.4%

The first report, then the last of each year, of the 25 reports VSS filed on SEC Form N-PORT from 2019-10-31 to 2026-07-31, each company under its ticker today. Every position of every report is in its quarterly file, and at any date at /api/v1/history/vss/{date}.json. How these are read.

What does VSS duplicate?

The ETF nearest to VSS is SCHC: the two hold 70.7% of their weight in common, in the 2136 companies both own, and 71.4% of VSS itself is also held there. Owning VSS alongside the ETFs at the top of this table means holding mostly the same companies twice.

ETFOverlap by weightOf VSS held thereOf that ETF in VSSCompanies in bothOverlap bar
SCHC 70.7% 71.4% 99.5% 2136
SCZ 45.7% 50.4% 48.6% 1270
HSCZ 45.5% 50.4% 48.6% 1270
PDN 34.7% 41.3% 50.0% 924
FNDC 32.4% 40.9% 47.0% 879
IEUS 31.7% 32.0% 70.7% 603
ISCF 25.9% 31.9% 59.7% 670
AVDV 24.3% 31.1% 66.2% 927
EEMS 21.8% 22.1% 50.2% 885
GWX 21.1% 21.6% 68.8% 1242
AVEE 20.0% 20.8% 52.7% 1168
ISVL 18.0% 18.2% 91.3% 493

VSS's holdings are from its SEC Form N-PORT for the period ended 2026-07-31, filed 2026-09-28. The holdings of SCHC and FNDC are from their SEC Form N-PORT filings for the period ended 2026-08-31, filed 2026-10-27. The holdings of AVDV and AVEE are from their SEC Form N-PORT filings for the period ended 2026-05-31, filed 2026-07-29. The other ETFs' holdings are from their issuers' latest files. Check VSS against any ETF in the ETF overlap calculator · how overlap is measured.

What adds something different to VSS?

IYR shares 0% of weight with VSS and its weekly returns correlate with it at 0.48 over three years. The table lists the covered ETFs with the least in common with VSS, least shared weight first and, among equals, lowest correlation.

VSS's holdings are from its SEC Form N-PORT for the period ended 2026-07-31, filed 2026-09-28. The other ETFs' holdings are from their issuers' latest files.

Cost, returns and risk

Expense ratio0.06%
Dividend yield2.90%
Total return, 1 year9.7%
Total return, 3 years cumulative56.7%
Total return, 5 years cumulative25.9%
Volatility, annualised14.5%
Worst fall, 3 years-12.6%
Beta against SPY, 3 years of weekly returns0.78
Weight in the ten largest positions2.4%
Largest single position0.3%
Assets, whole fund across share classes$14.0B

Expense ratio, yield and assets are reference data (the expense ratio from VSS's SEC filing of 2026-02-27); the weight in the ten largest positions and the largest single position are from VSS's SEC Form N-PORT for the period ended 2026-07-31; every other figure is computed here from weekly closes.

How it moves with the market

AgainstCorrelation, 3 yearsCovariance, annualised, in percent squared
SPY0.75often in step150
QQQ0.69loosely linked193

Weekly total returns. What the bands mean · why the covariance is printed.

Year by year

YearTotal return
20266.5%
202529.6%
20242.9%
202315.5%
2022-21.5%

One year

VSS 111 SPY 116
2025-11-072026-10-30
VSS rebased to 100 a year ago, weekly closes, prices through 2026-10-28.

Where to go next

Holdings from VSS's SEC Form N-PORT for the period ended 2026-07-31, filed 2026-09-28. Prices through 2026-10-28. How every figure here is produced. Measurements, not investment advice.

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