Which returned more over the last year, BBEU or VGK?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BBEU returned +10.0% and VGK +10.4%.

Which is cheaper, BBEU or VGK?

VGK is cheaper, by 0.03 percentage points a year. That is about $3 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do BBEU and VGK overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of BBEU and 0% of VGK by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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BBEU vs VGK: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, BBEU returned +10.0% to VGK's +10.4%; 83% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $9.0bn on Oct 28, 2026 for JPMorgan BetaBuilders Europe ETF, and $29.6bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF.

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At a glance

+10.0%

BBEU total return, 1 year

+10.4%

VGK total return, 1 year

0.09%

BBEU expense ratio

0.06%

VGK expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VGK costs 0.03 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.4 points.

BBEU vs VGK: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	BBEU	VGK
Return
Measure	BBEU	VGK
Total return, 1 year	+10.0%	+10.4%
Drawdown
Measure	BBEU	VGK
Below its high	6.3%, high on Aug 25, 2026	6.1%, high on Aug 25, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	BBEU	VGK
What it tracks	Morningstar Developed Europe Target Market Exposure Index	FTSE Developed Europe All Cap Index
Cost and size
Measure	BBEU	VGK
Expense ratio	0.09%	0.06%
Net assets, BBEU as of Oct 28, 2026 and VGK as of Sep 30, 2026	$9.0bn	$29.6bn
Holdings
Measure	BBEU	VGK
Holdings in common	83%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	22.5%	19.0%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

Risk and return

Jun 29, 2018 to Oct 23, 2026 · 434 weekly returns

BBEU VGK

Return

Total return edge Tie +99.8% +98.3%

Annualized edge Tie +8.6% +8.5%

Price return edge Tie +53.1% +53.7%

Risk

Volatility edge BBEU (slight) 19.4% 19.8%

Max drawdown edge BBEU (slight) −35.6% −36.4%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge BBEU (slight) 0.38 0.37

Sortino edge BBEU (slight) 0.54 0.52

Calmar edge BBEU (slight) 0.24 0.23

Reading

BBEU and VGK returned about the same: +99.8% and +98.3%. BBEU swung slightly less: 19.4% to 19.8%. BBEU fell slightly less at its worst: −35.6% to −36.4%.

Full scorecard

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Risk and return: BBEU vs VGK: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	BBEU	VGK	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+99.8%	+98.3%	Tie	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+8.6%	+8.5%	Tie	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+53.1%	+53.7%	Tie	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	19.4%	19.8%	BBEU (slight)	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	13.8%	14.1%	BBEU (slight)	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−35.6%	−36.4%	BBEU (slight)	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.38	0.37	BBEU (slight)	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.54	0.52	BBEU (slight)	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.24	0.23	BBEU (slight)	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 434 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

83%

By the books each fund has filed, BBEU and VGK hold 83% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first BBEU VGK

ASML HOLDING NV COMMON 4.73% 4.47%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC COMMON 2.22% 2.19%

ROCHE HOLDING AG COMMON 2.50% 1.89%

NOVARTIS AG COMMON STOCK 2.23% 1.72%

SHELL PLC 2.27% 1.64%

ASTRAZENECA PLC COMMON 1.99% 1.56%

NESTLE SA COMMON STOCK 1.88% 1.51%

SIEMENS AG COMMON STOCK 1.60% 1.45%

SAP SE COMMON STOCK EUR 1.70% 1.32%

BANCO SANTANDER SA COMMON 1.38% 1.29%

ALLIANZ SE COMMON STOCK 1.38% 1.16%

TOTALENERGIES SE COMMON 1.40% 1.11%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in BBEU

STMICROELECTRONICS NV 0.23%

BIONTECH SE ADR USD 0.07%

SARTORIUS AG PREFERENCE 0.06%

DR ING HC F PORSCHE AG 0.04%

ING BANK SLASKI SA COMMON 0.03%

KESKO OYJ COMMON STOCK 0.02%

ORION OYJ COMMON STOCK 0.02%

COCA-COLA EUROPACIFIC PARTNERS PLC 0.01%

Only in VGK

Air Liquide SA 0.48%

SLBBH1142 0.44%

L'Oreal SA 0.35%

STMicroelectronics NV 0.22%

ABN AMRO BANK NV-CVA 0.19%

Engie SA 0.17%

Shell PLC 0.15%

MKTLIQ 0.15%

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Side by side

BBEU JPMorgan BetaBuilders Europe ETF VGK Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer JPMorgan Vanguard

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index of European Stock

Total return, 1 year +10.0% +10.4%

Expense ratio 0.09% 0.06%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 355 1245

Net assets, BBEU as of Oct 28, 2026 and VGK as of Sep 30, 2026 $9.0bn $29.6bn

BBEU and VGK on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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BBEU and VGK are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?

What each follows. BBEU follows Morningstar Developed Europe Target Market Exposure Index and VGK follows FTSE Developed Europe All Cap Index.
Number of holdings. BBEU holds 355 positions and VGK holds 1245.
Holdings in common (similar). 83% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 27, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026).

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund

BBEU

BBEU tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +10.0% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 355 positions, with the top ten at 22.5%. It sat 6.3% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

VGK

VGK tracks an index of European Stock. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +10.4% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% 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 1,245 positions, with the top ten at 19.0%. It sat 6.1% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BBEU or VGK?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BBEU returned +10.0% and VGK +10.4%.
Which is cheaper, BBEU or VGK?: VGK is cheaper, by 0.03 percentage points a year. That is about $3 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do BBEU and VGK overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of BBEU and 0% of VGK by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

BBEU filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

BBEU prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

JPMorgan website ↗

VGK filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VGK prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VGK ↗

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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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