Which returned more over the last year, CORO or VEA?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CORO returned +22.5% and VEA +19.7%.

Which is cheaper, CORO or VEA?

VEA is cheaper, by 0.52 percentage points a year. That is about $52 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do CORO and VEA overlap with the S&P 500?

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

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CORO vs VEA: Differences, Returns & Fees

CORO and VEA hold 1% of their weight in the same names, and CORO returned +22.5% over the year. Net assets: $13.1bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares International Country Rotation Active ETF, and $231.6bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF.

VEA costs 0.52 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.8 points; VEA is 18.1 times larger.

	CORO	VEA
Expense ratio	0.55%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$12.8bn	$231.6bn
Total return, 1 year	+22.5%	+19.7%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	FTSE Developed All Cap ex US Index
Holdings in common	1%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	77.4%	13.0%
Below its high	3.6%, high on Sep 4, 2026	4.4%, high on Aug 25, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+22.5%

CORO total return, 1 year

+19.7%

VEA total return, 1 year

0.55%

CORO expense ratio

0.03%

VEA expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CORO and VEA hold 1% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

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1% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding CORO VEA

ASML HOLDING ADR REPRESENTING 0.59% 1.96%

Only in CORO

ISHARES MSCI JAPAN ETF 19.62%

ISHARES MSCI CANADA ETF 13.40%

ISHARES MSCI SWITZERLAND ETF 8.76%

ISHARES MSCI SOUTH KOREA ETF 6.16%

ISHARES MSCI TAIWAN CAP ETF 6.07%

ISHARES MSCI SWEDEN ETF 5.23%

ISHARES MSCI UNITED KINGDOM ETF 5.22%

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 4.85%

Only in VEA

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 2.61%

SK hynix Inc 2.01%

SLBBH1142 1.25%

HSBC Holdings PLC 1.05%

Roche Holding AG 0.92%

Royal Bank of Canada 0.86%

Novartis AG 0.85%

Shell PLC 0.77%

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On the same fields

CORO

iShares International Country Rotation Active ETF

VEA

Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of Developed markets ex US

Total return, 1 year +22.5% +19.7%

S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 +5.2 pts +2.5 pts

Expense ratio 0.55% 0.03%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 27 3898

Net assets, CORO as of Oct 9, 2026 and VEA as of Sep 30, 2026 $13.1bn $231.6bn

CORO and VEA on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

CORO in plain words

CORO is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +22.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.55% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 27 positions, with the top ten at 77.4%. It sat 3.6% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

VEA in plain words

VEA tracks an index of Developed markets ex US. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +19.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Aug 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 3,898 positions, with the top ten at 13.0%. It sat 4.4% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, CORO or VEA?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CORO returned +22.5% and VEA +19.7%.
Which is cheaper, CORO or VEA?: VEA is cheaper, by 0.52 percentage points a year. That is about $52 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do CORO and VEA overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of CORO and 0% of VEA by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

CORO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗CORO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for CORO ↗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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