Fund · Vanguard FTSE All-World Ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund · measured from SEC filings
VSS holdings
VSS reports 4,861 holdings and behaves like 1638.8 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 2026-07-31Read this figure with the following in mind
5.5% of net assets is securities-lending cash collateral, excluded from the figure; counted as filed the fund would read 271.8
The figure below is what the filing says, published unchanged. What it may not do is sit beside a plain long-only fund and be read as the same quantity. How comparability is decided.
Computed 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: 17.3% at a quoted market price (level 1), 44 issuer countries, 3.46% restricted securities.
What stands out
as of 2026-07-31VSS's largest investment is Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund at 0.3% of net assets. Aritzia Inc-sub and Accelleron Indus follow; the three together are 0.83%. Ten companies are 2.57% of the fund; the other 4,851 share the rest. Among the 721 equity funds measured here, VSS behaves like 1638.8 holdings against a median of 42.4 — 38.6 times the median. Across 27 quarterly filings VSS has held roughly steady since 2019-10-31 (1460.2 then, 1675.2 now). Between the 2026-01-31 and 2026-04-30 filings 258 positions were added and 284 dropped; 15.1% of the weight moved. Japan is the largest country at 14.15% of the portfolio, across 44 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, VSS went from behaving like 1460.2 equally weighted positions to 1675.2 — 15% more, while its top ten went from 3.09% to 2.5% of net assets. Read across the funds on the concentration-over-time table.
| Period | Holdings | Effective | Top 10 | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | 4,840 | 1675.2 | 2.5% | 0.3% |
| 2026-01-31 | 4,862 | 1580.4 | 2.93% | 0.49% |
| 2025-10-31 | 4,871 | 1741.5 | 2.43% | 0.37% |
| 2025-07-31 | 4,856 | 1159 | 4.81% | 0.79% |
| 2025-04-30 | 4,811 | 1301.2 | 4.33% | 0.71% |
| 2025-01-31 | 4,794 | 1322.5 | 4.14% | 0.7% |
| 2024-10-31 | 4,828 | 1316.5 | 4.17% | 0.72% |
| 2024-07-31 | 4,781 | 1334.7 | 3.88% | 0.68% |
Earlier filings (19 more, back to 2019-10-31)
| Period | Holdings | Effective | Top 10 | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-30 | 4,758 | 1458.8 | 3.56% | 0.61% |
| 2024-01-31 | 4,707 | 1337.5 | 4.21% | 0.73% |
| 2023-10-31 | 4,635 | 1411.8 | 4.04% | 0.7% |
| 2023-07-31 | 4,310 | 1263.7 | 4.64% | 0.64% |
| 2023-04-30 | 4,280 | 1363.1 | 4.04% | 0.57% |
| 2023-01-31 | 4,234 | 1385.3 | 3.87% | 0.58% |
| 2022-10-31 | 4,275 | 1375.4 | 3.9% | 0.62% |
| 2022-07-31 | 4,212 | 1307.2 | 4.27% | 0.68% |
| 2022-04-30 | 4,290 | 1366.2 | 4.03% | 0.57% |
| 2022-01-31 | 4,147 | 1374.4 | 3.67% | 0.51% |
| 2021-10-31 | 4,162 | 1206.2 | 4.31% | 1.1% |
| 2021-07-31 | 4,104 | 1358.1 | 3.5% | 0.51% |
| 2021-04-30 | 4,141 | 1400.2 | 3.32% | 0.41% |
| 2021-01-31 | 3,946 | 1253.5 | 4.19% | 0.87% |
| 2020-10-31 | 4,045 | 1400.8 | 3.61% | 0.53% |
| 2020-07-31 | 3,913 | 1222 | 4.18% | 0.65% |
| 2020-04-30 | 3,968 | 1301.8 | 3.91% | 0.55% |
| 2020-01-31 | 3,957 | 1332.3 | 3.56% | 0.59% |
| 2019-10-31 | 3,974 | 1460.2 | 3.09% | 0.44% |
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.
As filed, collateral included
5.54% collateralVSS's filing lists 4,862 positions including 5.54% of net assets in securities-lending cash collateral. Counted as filed the fund reads 271.8 effective holdings with a top ten of 7.89%; on its own investments — the figure above — it reads 1638.8 with a top ten of 2.57%. The collateral is matched by a liability and is not a holding the fund chose; since 2026-09-18 every figure on this site sets it aside (methodology). Both numbers are in the data.
Largest positions, as filed
as of 2026-04-30The 15 largest of 4,861 positions in VSS'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 | Vanguard Cmt Funds-Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund | 0.30% | 0.3% |
| 2 | Aritzia Inc | 0.27% | 0.6% |
| 3 | Accelleron Industries AG | 0.27% | 0.8% |
| 4 | Finning International Inc | 0.26% | 1.1% |
| 5 | Gaztransport Et Technigaz SA | 0.24% | 1.3% |
| 6 | Macronix International Co Ltd | 0.24% | 1.6% |
| 7 | Hudbay Minerals Inc | 0.24% | 1.8% |
| 8 | Games Workshop Group PLC | 0.23% | 2.0% |
| 9 | WinWay Technology Co Ltd | 0.23% | 2.3% |
| 10 | Taiwan Union Technology Corp | 0.22% | 2.5% |
| 11 | Subsea 7 SA | 0.22% | 2.7% |
| 12 | NKT A/S | 0.21% | 2.9% |
| 13 | Storebrand ASA | 0.21% | 3.1% |
| 14 | Compeq Manufacturing Co Ltd | 0.21% | 3.3% |
| 15 | NexGen Energy Ltd | 0.21% | 3.6% |
By country of issuer
as of 2026-04-30Share of VSS's own investments by the issuer country the filer reported (incorporation, not revenue). Each country links to every fund that holds it.
| Country | Share |
|---|---|
| Japan | 14.03% |
| Canada | 10.60% |
| Taiwan | 8.39% |
| United Kingdom | 7.45% |
| India | 6.18% |
| South Korea | 5.90% |
| Australia | 4.73% |
| China | 4.29% |
Returns the fund reported
2019-08 – 2026-04Monthly total returns from Item B.5 of VSS'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 0.21 percentage points over 81 months, which is roughly the distributions. Every month with the filing it came from: VSS.json · all funds.
Who borrows VSS'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, $721m was out to 18 borrowers. The largest, J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES PLC, held 22.1% of it.
| Borrower | On loan | Share of the loan |
|---|---|---|
| J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES PLC | $159m | 22.1% |
| GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. | $146m | 20.2% |
| MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INTERNATIONAL PLC | $102m | 14.2% |
| MORGAN STANLEY & CO LLC | $63m | 8.7% |
| CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC. | $58m | 8.1% |
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 VSS has filed, with each borrower: VSS.json · all funds.
Since the previous filing
2026-01-31 → 2026-04-304,808 positions became 4,782: 258 added (4.5% of the fund at the later date), 284 dropped (7.3% at the earlier date). Half the sum of all weight changes, a turnover proxy: 15.1%. Positions are matched on identifiers, so a security whose identifier changed shows as one drop and one add. Every filing of VSS 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WinWay Technology Co Ltd | 0.09% | 0.23% | Vanguard Cmt Funds-Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund | 0.49% | 0.30% |
| Taiwan Union Technology Corp | 0.11% | 0.22% | Cofinimmo SA | 0.11% | 0.02% |
| Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co Ltd | 0.02% | 0.13% | Hesai Group | 0.07% | 0.00% |
| LandMark Optoelectronics Corp | 0.06% | 0.17% | Capstone Copper Corp | 0.20% | 0.15% |
| Macronix International Co Ltd | 0.14% | 0.24% | TUI AG | 0.13% | 0.09% |
| AIXTRON SE | 0.07% | 0.17% | Colliers International Group Inc | 0.17% | 0.12% |
New: Arkema SA (0.11%), WPP PLC (0.11%), Almonty Industries Inc (0.10%), Adecco Group AG (0.10%), Teleperformance SE (0.10%), UNITE Group PLC/The (0.08%). Gone: Phison Electronics Corp (0.35%), Equinox Gold Corp (0.29%), IAMGOLD Corp (0.29%), Toromont Industries Ltd (0.29%), First Majestic Silver Corp (0.27%), MPI Corp (0.18%).
Asset categories and pricing
as of 2026-07-31| Asset category (as filed) | Share of investments |
|---|---|
| equity EC | 94.10% |
| short-term investment STIV | 5.63% |
| preferred equity EP | 0.26% |
17.3% of VSS is carried at a quoted market price (fair-value level 1); 0.1% at level 3, priced from the filer's own inputs. 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 $13.88B. 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
5Every measured equity fund lined up by how many holdings it behaves like; these sit either side of VSS (1638.8). Same filings, same arithmetic. Position in this list says nothing about which fund is better.
| Fund | Reports | Behaves like | Top ten | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DFIS Dimensional International Small Cap ETF | 3,513 | 951.3 | 3.6% | 2026-07-31 |
| FNDC Schwab Fundamental International Small Equity ETF | 1,582 | 971 | 3.66% | 2026-05-31 |
| SCZ iShares MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF | 2,073 | 1093 | 2.7% | 2026-07-31 |
| GWX State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) International Small Cap ETF | 2,045 | 1099.2 | 3% | 2026-06-30 |
| EWX State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Emerging Markets Small Cap ETF | 3,358 | 1201 | 4.67% | 2026-06-30 |
Essays that examine VSS
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