Which returned more over the last year, EFA or GSID?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EFA returned +13.8% and GSID +14.0%.

Which is cheaper, EFA or GSID?

GSID is cheaper, by 0.12 percentage points a year. That is about $12 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do EFA and GSID overlap with the S&P 500?

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

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EFA vs GSID: Differences, Returns & Fees

EFA and GSID hold 83% of their weight in the same names. Net assets: $76.5bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares MSCI EAFE ETF, and $965m on Oct 8, 2026 for Goldman Sachs MarketBeta International Equity ETF.

GSID costs 0.12 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.2 points; EFA is far larger, $76.0bn against $965m.

	EFA	GSID
Expense ratio	0.32%	0.20%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026	$76.0bn	$965m
Total return, 1 year	+13.8%	+14.0%
What it tracks	MSCI EAFE Index	Solactive GBS Developed Markets ex North America Large & Mid Cap Index
Holdings in common	83%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	14.2%	13.2%
Below its high	5.0%, high on Aug 25, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

+13.8%

EFA total return, 1 year

+14.0%

GSID total return, 1 year

0.32%

EFA expense ratio

0.20%

GSID expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, EFA and GSID hold 83% 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 May 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

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83% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding EFA GSID

ASML HOLDING 3.35% 2.75%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.47% 1.44%

ROCHE PS PAR AG 1.40% 1.32%

NOVARTIS AG 1.22% 1.22%

ASTRAZENECA PLC 1.12% 1.25%

NESTLE SA 1.11% 1.17%

SHELL 1.36% 1.05%

SIEMENS N AG 1.01% 1.01%

BHP GROUP LTD 1.02% 1.00%

MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP 1.12% 0.95%

SAP 0.99% 0.83%

TOYOTA MOTOR 0.82% 0.90%

Only in EFA

NOVO NORDISK CLASS B 0.57%

SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY 0.36%

MUENCHENER RUECKVERSICHERUNGS-GESE 0.35%

INVESTOR CLASS B 0.33%

NORDEA BANK 0.27%

ATLAS COPCO CLASS A 0.24%

VOLVO CLASS B 0.23%

ASSA ABLOY B 0.16%

Only in GSID

NOVO NORDISK A/S 0.64%

INVESTOR AB 0.32%

MUENCHENER RUECKVERSICHERUNGS-GESELLSCHAFT AG 0.31%

NORDEA BANK ABP 0.27%

VOLVO AB 0.23%

ATLAS COPCO AB 0.21%

TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 0.17%

ASSA ABLOY AB 0.15%

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On the same fields

EFA

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF

GSID

Goldman Sachs MarketBeta International Equity ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Goldman Sachs

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

Total return, 1 year +13.8% +14.0%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 −3.5 pts −3.2 pts

Expense ratio 0.32% 0.20%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 659 892

Net assets, EFA as of Oct 9, 2026 and GSID as of Oct 8, 2026 $76.5bn $965m

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

EFA in plain words

EFA tracks an index of Developed markets ex US. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +13.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.32% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 659 positions, with the top ten at 14.2%. It sat 5.0% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

GSID in plain words

GSID tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +14.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.20% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 892 positions, with the top ten at 13.2%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EFA or GSID?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EFA returned +13.8% and GSID +14.0%.
Which is cheaper, EFA or GSID?: GSID is cheaper, by 0.12 percentage points a year. That is about $12 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do EFA and GSID overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EFA and 0% of GSID by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

EFA filings on SEC EDGAR ↗EFA prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for EFA ↗GSID filings on SEC EDGAR ↗GSID prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Goldman Sachs website ↗

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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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