Fund · Vanguard European Stock Index Fund · measured from SEC filings
VGK holdings
VGK reports 1,241 holdings and behaves like 139.5 equally weighted ones, computed from its SEC Form N-PORT filing for 2026-07-31. The fact sheet publishes the first number; this page computes the second, and traces it across 27 quarters of filings.
Measured concentration
as of 2026-07-31Computed by this site from the fund's SEC Form N-PORT filing; what the measure does not tell you · every fund in one table · hold it with other funds? X-ray the mix. Pricing: 0.77% at a quoted market price (level 1), 17 issuer countries, 1.84% restricted securities.
What stands out
as of 2026-07-31VGK's largest investment is ASML Holding NV at 3.61% of net assets. HSBC Holdings PL and Roche Holding Ag-genusschein - Part.certificates follow; the three together are 7.49%. Ten companies are 18.6% of the fund; the other 1,231 share the rest. Among the 721 equity funds measured here, VGK behaves like 139.5 holdings against a median of 42.4 — 3.3 times the median. Across 27 quarterly filings VGK has held roughly steady since 2019-10-31 (182.4 then, 147.4 now). Between the 2026-01-31 and 2026-04-30 filings 18 positions were added and 35 dropped; 7.6% of the weight moved. the United Kingdom is the largest country at 22.9% of the portfolio, across 17 countries in the filing.
Each sentence is read from the fund's own SEC filing; the class median is computed across the comparable equity funds on this site. Nothing here is a view on the fund.
Every filing since 2019
27Between 2019-10-31 and 2026-04-30, VGK went from behaving like 182.4 equally weighted positions to 147.4 — 19% fewer, while its top ten went from 15.76% to 18.12% of net assets. Read across the funds on the concentration-over-time table.
| Period | Holdings | Effective | Top 10 | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | 1,255 | 147.4 | 18.12% | 3.63% |
| 2026-01-31 | 1,254 | 147.9 | 18% | 3.61% |
| 2025-10-31 | 1,252 | 158.9 | 17.32% | 2.93% |
| 2025-07-31 | 1,253 | 171.4 | 16.29% | 2.19% |
| 2025-04-30 | 1,269 | 163.1 | 17.41% | 2.45% |
| 2025-01-31 | 1,282 | 154.9 | 18.38% | 2.46% |
| 2024-10-31 | 1,280 | 153 | 18.75% | 2.84% |
| 2024-07-31 | 1,306 | 141.6 | 20.17% | 3.25% |
Earlier filings (19 more, back to 2019-10-31)
| Period | Holdings | Effective | Top 10 | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-30 | 1,307 | 141.6 | 19.94% | 3.33% |
| 2024-01-31 | 1,323 | 142 | 20.13% | 3.07% |
| 2023-10-31 | 1,324 | 144.1 | 20% | 2.94% |
| 2023-07-31 | 1,338 | 154.3 | 19.28% | 2.82% |
| 2023-04-30 | 1,363 | 152.9 | 19.27% | 2.99% |
| 2023-01-31 | 1,366 | 157.9 | 18.82% | 2.94% |
| 2022-10-31 | 1,379 | 151.2 | 19.46% | 3.17% |
| 2022-07-31 | 1,385 | 158.4 | 18.95% | 3.26% |
| 2022-04-30 | 1,385 | 161.1 | 18.42% | 3.26% |
| 2022-01-31 | 1,377 | 178.9 | 16.92% | 2.89% |
| 2021-10-31 | 1,360 | 185.5 | 16.44% | 2.9% |
| 2021-07-31 | 1,347 | 192.6 | 15.88% | 2.81% |
| 2021-04-30 | 1,330 | 201.1 | 15.18% | 2.71% |
| 2021-01-31 | 1,297 | 193.6 | 15.62% | 2.82% |
| 2020-10-31 | 1,317 | 178.3 | 16.53% | 3.43% |
| 2020-07-31 | 1,324 | 167.2 | 17.19% | 3.56% |
| 2020-04-30 | 1,326 | 158.7 | 17.85% | 3.59% |
| 2020-01-31 | 1,346 | 183.8 | 15.61% | 3.07% |
| 2019-10-31 | 1,361 | 182.4 | 15.76% | 3.06% |
One row per filed reporting period, newest first, read from EDGAR. Quarterly because that is the public filing cadence. Rows marked * are published but held out of the comparison above; the methodology page says when and why.
Largest positions, as filed
as of 2026-04-30The 15 largest of 1,241 positions in VGK's Form N-PORT, weight as a share of net assets, securities-lending collateral excluded. Every position, every quarter: listed with the point-in-time files, available on request.
| # | Position | Weight | Cumulative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASML Holding NV | 3.63% | 3.6% |
| 2 | HSBC Holdings PLC | 2.05% | 5.7% |
| 3 | Roche Holding AG | 1.85% | 7.5% |
| 4 | AstraZeneca PLC | 1.84% | 9.4% |
| 5 | Novartis AG | 1.84% | 11.2% |
| 6 | Nestle SA | 1.69% | 12.9% |
| 7 | Shell PLC | 1.67% | 14.6% |
| 8 | Siemens AG | 1.41% | 16.0% |
| 9 | Banco Santander SA | 1.16% | 17.1% |
| 10 | Allianz SE | 1.13% | 18.3% |
| 11 | SAP SE | 1.12% | 19.4% |
| 12 | Schneider Electric SE | 1.12% | 20.5% |
| 13 | TotalEnergies SE | 1.09% | 21.6% |
| 14 | Siemens Energy AG | 1.02% | 22.6% |
| 15 | ABB Ltd | 1.02% | 23.6% |
By country of issuer
as of 2026-04-30Share of VGK's own investments by the issuer country the filer reported (incorporation, not revenue). Each country links to every fund that holds it.
| Country | Share |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 23.27% |
| France | 14.63% |
| Switzerland | 13.99% |
| Germany | 13.25% |
| Netherlands° | 7.57% |
| Sweden | 5.90% |
| Spain | 5.71% |
| Italy | 5.35% |
Returns the fund reported
2019-08 – 2026-04Monthly total returns from Item B.5 of VGK's own filings, 81 months on record. Not computed here and not from a price feed.
Cross-checked against a series computed separately from prices: median difference 0.17 percentage points over 81 months, which is roughly the distributions. Every month with the filing it came from: VGK.json · all funds.
Who borrows VGK's shares
2026-07-31The fund lends its holdings, and Item B.4.a of the filing names every firm holding them. At 2026-07-31, $259m was out to 13 borrowers. The largest, GOLDMAN SACHS & CO., held 34.9% of it.
| Borrower | On loan | Share of the loan |
|---|---|---|
| GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. | $90m | 34.9% |
| MORGAN STANLEY & CO LLC | $44m | 17.0% |
| BofA Securities, Inc. | $21m | 7.9% |
| Jefferies LLC | $20m | 7.9% |
| BNP PARIBAS SECURITIES CORP | $20m | 7.6% |
The filing reports no cash collateral position against this loan. Collateral taken in a form the fund does not hold as a position does not appear in N-PORT, so this is silence rather than absence. What the collateral figure can and cannot show. Every quarter VGK has filed, with each borrower: VGK.json · all funds.
Since the previous filing
2026-01-31 → 2026-04-301,240 positions became 1,223: 18 added (2.3% of the fund at the later date), 35 dropped (2.4% at the earlier date). Half the sum of all weight changes, a turnover proxy: 7.6%. Positions are matched on identifiers, so a security whose identifier changed shows as one drop and one add. Every filing of VGK compared this way, as a feed: changes.xml · all funds: filings received.
| Largest increases | 2026-01-31 | 2026-04-30 | Largest decreases | 2026-01-31 | 2026-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shell PLC | 1.42% | 1.67% | Novo Nordisk A/S | 1.21% | 0.88% |
| TotalEnergies SE | 0.85% | 1.09% | SAP SE | 1.31% | 1.12% |
| Nokia Oyj | 0.21% | 0.43% | Vanguard Cmt Funds-Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund | 0.19% | 0.02% |
| Siemens Energy AG | 0.81% | 1.02% | LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE | 1.05% | 0.88% |
| BP PLC | 0.64% | 0.80% | EssilorLuxottica SA | 0.56% | 0.39% |
| Infineon Technologies AG | 0.41% | 0.57% | Rheinmetall AG | 0.61% | 0.47% |
New: Roche Holding AG (1.85%), Sunbelt Rentals Holdings Inc (0.20%), Abivax SA (0.05%), Zegona Communications plc (0.03%), HAL Trust (0.02%), Kongsberg Maritime AS (0.02%). Gone: Roche Holding AG (2.04%), Ashtead Group PLC (0.17%), JDE Peet's NV (0.04%), N/A (0.02%), Just Group PLC (0.02%), B&M European Value Retail SA (0.02%).
Asset categories and pricing
as of 2026-07-31| Asset category (as filed) | Share of investments |
|---|---|
| equity EC | 98.98% |
| short-term investment STIV | 0.76% |
| preferred equity EP | 0.24% |
| derivative DE | 0.01% |
0.8% of VGK is carried at a quoted market price (fair-value level 1). Categories and levels are the filer's, from Form N-PORT; what a low level-1 share does and does not mean is in the measure's page.
Derivative exposure and counterparties
as of 2026-04-30A position count cannot describe a fund that uses derivatives, because a swap is filed at its unrealised gain, not its exposure. These are the notionals the fund itself reported, against net assets of $37.80B. Notional of an interest-rate or currency swap is not equity exposure.
Full detail for every fund that files derivatives: leverage.json (CC BY 4.0).
Neighbours by effective holdings, equity funds
10Every measured equity fund lined up by how many holdings it behaves like; these sit either side of VGK (139.5). Same filings, same arithmetic. Position in this list says nothing about which fund is better.
| Fund | Reports | Behaves like | Top ten | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VOE Vanguard Mid-Cap Value Index Fund | 180 | 133.8 | 12.62% | 2026-06-30 |
| IVOG Vanguard S&P Mid-Cap 400 Growth Index Fund | 245 | 134 | 15.93% | 2026-05-31 |
| DWAS Invesco Dorsey Wright SmallCap Momentum ETF | 200 | 135.4 | 16.66% | 2026-05-31 |
| IEUR iShares Core MSCI Europe ETF | 1,019 | 135.9 | 18.84% | 2026-07-31 |
| EFAV iShares MSCI EAFE Min Vol Factor ETF | 269 | 139.2 | 14.65% | 2026-07-31 |
| SDVY First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF | 174 | 139.6 | 11.12% | 2026-06-30 |
| FFSM Fidelity Fundamental Small-Mid Cap ETF | 216 | 139.8 | 14.07% | 2026-07-31 |
| SDVD FT Vest SMID Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF | 174 | 140.5 | 10.64% | 2026-07-31 |
| FLQM Franklin U.S. Mid Cap Multifactor Index ETF | 205 | 140.7 | 11.28% | 2026-06-30 |
| ONEY State Street(R) SPDR(R) Russell 1000 Yield Focus ETF | 301 | 142 | 16.91% | 2026-06-30 |
Essays that examine VGK
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