Which is cheaper, ARLI or EFA?

ARLI charges 0.79% a year and EFA charges 0.32%, so EFA is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Are ARLI and EFA the same kind of fund?

No. ARLI is a buffer ETF and EFA is an index ETF, so they are built for different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and what each actually holds.

Data as of Sep 12, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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ARLI vs EFA: how they differ

ARLI and EFA are measured over different days, and EFA charges 0.32% against 0.79%.

AllianzIM International Equity Buffer15 Uncapped ETF - Apr and iShares MSCI EAFE ETF.

ARLI and EFA on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	ARLI AllianzIM International Equity Buffer15 Uncapped ETF - Apr	EFA iShares MSCI EAFE ETF
Where it sits	Buffer ETF	Core index fund
Issuer	AllianzIM	iShares
What it is	Defined outcome, 15% on EFA	Developed markets ex US
Total return, 1 year	not published	+18.2%
S&P 500 over the same days	not published	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	not available	+0.7 pts
Expense ratio	0.79%	0.32%
Holdings	not filed	705

ARLI in plain words

This fund has no cap. It takes a share of any further rise in EFA. The fund's price can fall 6.8% from here before the buffer starts absorbing losses, by the issuer's figure. In index terms, EFA can fall 9.0% from today's level to the point where the buffer begins. Protection left, in index points: 15.0% of the 15.0% buffer still sits below today's EFA level. 201 days remained on Sep 12, 2026. On Mar 31, 2027 the period ends and a new cap is set.

EFA in plain words

EFA is an index equity fund tracking the Developed markets ex US. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +18.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.32% a year. By its holdings filed for Apr 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 705 positions, with the top ten at 13.4%.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, ARLI or EFA?: ARLI charges 0.79% a year and EFA charges 0.32%, so EFA is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
Are ARLI and EFA the same kind of fund?: No. ARLI is a buffer ETF and EFA is an index ETF, so they are built for different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and what each actually holds.

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ARLI against EFA, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 12, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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