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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DMXF returned +15.5% and VEA +19.7%.

Which is cheaper, DMXF or VEA?

VEA is cheaper, by 0.09 percentage points a year. That is about $9 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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DMXF vs VEA: Differences, Returns & Fees

DMXF and VEA hold 31% of their weight in the same names, and VEA returned +19.7% over the year. Net assets: $1.0bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares ESG Advanced MSCI EAFE ETF, and $231.6bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF.

VEA costs 0.09 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.2 points.

	DMXF	VEA
Expense ratio	0.12%	0.03%
Net assets, DMXF as of Oct 9, 2026 and VEA as of Sep 30, 2026	$1.0bn	$231.6bn
Total return, 1 year	+15.5%	+19.7%
What it tracks	not read by ETFIQ	FTSE Developed All Cap ex US Index
Holdings in common	31%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	22.8%	13.0%
Below its high	3.9%, high on Aug 13, 2026	4.4%, high on Aug 25, 2026

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

+15.5%

DMXF total return, 1 year

+19.7%

VEA total return, 1 year

0.12%

DMXF expense ratio

0.03%

VEA expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DMXF and VEA hold 31% 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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31% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding DMXF VEA

ASML HOLDING 6.50% 1.96%

NOVARTIS AG 2.45% 0.85%

MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP 2.18% 0.74%

SAP 2.03% 0.68%

ALLIANZ 1.66% 0.59%

COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 1.63% 0.57%

SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC 1.53% 0.56%

SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP 1.40% 0.47%

TOKYO ELECTRON 1.63% 0.46%

RECRUIT HOLDINGS LTD 1.38% 0.46%

ABB LTD 1.39% 0.46%

ADVANTEST 1.79% 0.46%

Only in DMXF

SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY 0.73%

INVESTOR CLASS B 0.67%

NORDEA BANK 0.54%

HONG KONG EXCHANGES AND CLEARING 0.42%

NEBIUS NV CLASS A 0.42%

ASSA ABLOY B 0.32%

SKANDINAVISKA ENSKILDA BANKEN 0.31%

SMC (JAPAN) CORP 0.23%

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%

Shell PLC 0.77%

Nestle SA 0.75%

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On the same fields

DMXF

iShares ESG Advanced MSCI EAFE ETF

VEA

Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

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

Total return, 1 year +15.5% +19.7%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 −1.8 pts +2.5 pts

Expense ratio 0.12% 0.03%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 396 3898

Net assets, DMXF as of Oct 9, 2026 and VEA as of Sep 30, 2026 $1.0bn $231.6bn

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

DMXF in plain words

DMXF tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +15.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.12% 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 396 positions, with the top ten at 22.8%. It sat 3.9% below its high of Aug 13, 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, DMXF or VEA?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DMXF returned +15.5% and VEA +19.7%.
Which is cheaper, DMXF or VEA?: VEA is cheaper, by 0.09 percentage points a year. That is about $9 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DMXF and VEA overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of DMXF and 0% of VEA by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

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