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APIE vs VEA: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, APIE returned +11.9% to VEA's +20.5%; 44% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $1.2bn on Aug 31, 2026 for ActivePassive International Equity ETF, and $228.8bn on Oct 31, 2026 for Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF.

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At a glance
+11.9%
APIE total return, 1 year
+20.5%
VEA total return, 1 year
0.45%
APIE expense ratio
0.03%
VEA expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VEA costs 0.42 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 8.6 points.

APIE vs VEA: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureAPIEVEA
Return
Total return, 1 year+11.9%+20.5%
Drawdown
Below its high4.1%, high on Aug 10, 20263.8%, high on Aug 25, 2026
Benchmark
What it tracksNo index, actively managedFTSE Developed All Cap ex US Index
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.45%0.03%
Net assets, APIE as of Aug 31, 2026 and VEA as of Oct 31, 2026$1.2bn$228.8bn
Holdings
Holdings in common44%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund23.4%13.3%

Method

What they share

44%

By the books each fund has filed, APIE and VEA hold 44% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.

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44% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first APIE VEA
ASML Holding NV 1.75% 2.14%
HSBC Holdings PLC 1.01% 1.05%
Roche Holding AG 1.09% 0.91%
Novartis AG 0.81% 0.82%
Shell PLC 0.78% 0.86%
AstraZeneca PLC 1.01% 0.75%
Siemens AG 0.95% 0.70%
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group 0.69% 0.78%
BHP Group Ltd 0.68% 0.67%
Nestle SA 0.66% 0.72%
SAP SE 1.27% 0.63%
Banco Santander SA 0.61% 0.62%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in APIE
TSMC 11.50%
Tencent Holdings Ltd 2.46%
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 1.51%
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitt 0.72%
China Construction Bank Corp 0.65%
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Grou 0.51%
HDFC Bank Ltd 0.48%
London Stock Exchange Group PL 0.38%
Only in VEA
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 2.81%
SK hynix Inc 2.30%
Royal Bank of Canada 0.85%
Toronto-Dominion Bank 0.60%
Shopify Inc 0.56%
TotalEnergies SE 0.53%
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc 0.49%
Mizuho Financial Group Inc 0.41%
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Side by side

APIE ActivePassive International Equity ETF VEA Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Envestnet Vanguard
What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of Developed markets ex US
Total return, 1 year +11.9% +20.5%
Expense ratio 0.45% 0.03%
Already in the S&P 500 0.7% 0.0%
Holdings 547 3903
Net assets, APIE as of Aug 31, 2026 and VEA as of Oct 31, 2026 $1.2bn $228.8bn

APIE and VEA on the fields both publish, as of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund
APIE

APIE is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 it returned +11.9% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.45% a year. By its holdings filed for Aug 31, 2026, 1% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 547 positions, with the top ten at 23.4%. It sat 4.1% below its high of Aug 10, 2026 on Nov 4, 2026.

VEA

VEA tracks an index of Developed markets ex US. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 it returned +20.5% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 3,903 positions, with the top ten at 13.3%. It sat 3.8% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Nov 4, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, APIE or VEA?
In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, APIE returned +11.9% and VEA +20.5%.
Which is cheaper, APIE or VEA?
VEA is cheaper, by 0.42 percentage points a year. That is about $42 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do APIE and VEA overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 1% of APIE and 0% of VEA by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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APIE on its own →VEA on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →APIE dividend history →APIE holdings →VEA dividend history →VEA holdings →Standards and sources →
Sources and dates
APIE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
APIE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
Envestnet website ↗
VEA filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
VEA prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
Vanguard page for VEA ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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