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Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap ETF (VSS)

Highly Crowded

Held by 677 of 5,944 reporting institutions (98th percentile) — extremely crowded.

Data as of Q1 2026

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Institutional Ownership

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of shares outstanding · 677 funds hold it

Ownership Change

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vs last quarter

Crowding

98ᵗʰ pctl

more crowded than 98% of tracked stocks

Institutional Value

$4.8B

total position value across all 13F filers

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Institutional Holders

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Buy / Sell Volume by Quarter

Total shares institutions bought (green) vs sold (red) each quarter across all holders.

Inferred from quarter-over-quarter change in each fund's 13F position (new stakes count as buys, exits as sells). Not tick-level trades.

No collected fundamentals to build a valuation model.

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Institutional Trends (8 Quarters)

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Conviction-Weighted Ownership

Median weight: 0.28%Avg weight: 1.68%Max: 12.82%High conviction (>1%): 2

Empower Advisory Group,

JONES FINANCIAL COMPANIES LLLP

Mason Investment Advisory Services,

NATIXIS ADVISORS,

State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D

1832 Asset Management L.P.

CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT

Bank of New York Mellon

Crowding AnalysisHighly Crowded

Holders677of 5,944

Avg: 68

Uncrowded98th percentileCrowded

Institutional Activity

Buy/Sell Ratio0.96x

92th percentile

278 buying289 selling

+60

New

-42

Closed

+2.6M

Net shares

Ownership Concentration

Top 5: 35.3%Top 10: 50.5%

Empower Advisory Group,13.4%

JONES FINANCIAL COMPANIES LLLP7.3%

Mason Investment Advisory Services,5.1%

NATIXIS ADVISORS,4.9%

BESSEMER GROUP4.6%

Others (672)64.7%

Crowding AnalysisHighly Crowded

Holders677of 5,944

Avg: 68

Uncrowded98th percentileCrowded

Institutional Activity

Buy/Sell Ratio0.96x

92th percentile

278 buying289 selling

+60

New

-42

Closed

+2.6M

Net shares

Ownership Concentration

Top 5: 35.3%Top 10: 50.5%

Empower Advisory Group,13.4%

JONES FINANCIAL COMPANIES LLLP7.3%

Mason Investment Advisory Services,5.1%

NATIXIS ADVISORS,4.9%

BESSEMER GROUP4.6%

Others (672)64.7%

Ownership Map

Top 40 institutional holders — bubble size is position value, color is the move since last quarter. Hover any holder for detail.

Size by

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Ownership Map

Top 40 institutional holders — bubble size is position value, color is the move since last quarter. Hover any holder for detail.

Size by

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Performance vs. S&P 500

Total return (dividends reinvested) vs the market, from quarter-end prices.

$10,000 invested 2021-06

$13,170

VSS · +32%

$18,666

S&P 500 · +87%

−$5,495

behind the index

Total return (5Y)

+32%

S&P 500

+87%

vs. market

-55%

underperformed

Annualized

5.7%

mkt 13.3%

Volatility

16%

annualized

Beta

0.81

vs S&P 500

Growth of $10,000

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VSSS&P 500

Year by year

Annual return vs the market

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VSS (solid)S&P 500 (outline)Green = positive year, red = negative. Number = VSS's return.

Beat the market

1 / 6 yrs

17% win rate

Best year

+30%

2025

Worst year

-21%

2022

Worst drawdown

-30%

recovered in 8 qtrs

Relative strength

Cumulative lead over the S&P 500

Above 0 = ahead of the S&P 500 since the window start; below 0 = behind. Rising means it's pulling ahead.

Downside

Drawdown from peak · max -30%

How far the stock fell below its prior peak. Deeper, longer drawdowns = a rougher ride to the same return.

Quarter-end, dividend-adjusted (total return). Beta & volatility from quarterly returns (annualized). Benchmark is the S&P 500 (SPY total return). Annual returns compound the quarters ending in each calendar year; the first and last years in a window may be partial. Past performance doesn't predict future results.