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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EFA returned +13.8% and IMFL +23.1%.

Which is cheaper, EFA or IMFL?

EFA is cheaper, by 0.02 percentage points a year. That is about $2 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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EFA vs IMFL: Differences, Returns & Fees

EFA and IMFL hold 60% of their weight in the same names, and IMFL returned +23.1% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $76.5bn for iShares MSCI EAFE ETF and $1.1bn for Invesco International Developed Dynamic Multifactor ETF.

EFA costs 0.02 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 9.3 points; EFA is far larger, $76.5bn against $1.1bn.

	EFA	IMFL
Expense ratio	0.32%	0.34%
Net assets	$76.5bn	$1.1bn
Total return, 1 year	+13.8%	+23.1%
What it tracks	MSCI EAFE Index	not read by ETFIQ
Holdings in common	60%
Holdings dated	Oct 8, 2026	Oct 10, 2026
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	14.2%	21.2%
Below its high	5.0%, high on Aug 25, 2026	4.8%, high on Aug 25, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+13.8%

EFA total return, 1 year

+23.1%

IMFL total return, 1 year

0.32%

EFA expense ratio

0.34%

IMFL expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, EFA and IMFL hold 60% 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 Oct 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

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Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding EFA IMFL

ASML HOLDING 3.35% 2.71%

ROCHE PS PAR AG 1.40% 2.02%

SHELL 1.36% 1.60%

NOVARTIS AG 1.22% 2.21%

NESTLE SA 1.11% 1.48%

ASTRAZENECA PLC 1.12% 1.02%

BHP GROUP LTD 1.02% 1.51%

SAP 0.99% 0.94%

TOTALENERGIES 0.80% 1.03%

SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC 0.76% 0.91%

HITACHI 0.74% 0.90%

ABB LTD 0.69% 0.98%

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%

HONG KONG EXCHANGES AND CLEARING 0.25%

ATLAS COPCO CLASS A 0.24%

VOLVO CLASS B 0.23%

Only in IMFL

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 4.98%

SK hynix Inc 2.35%

Investor AB 1.32%

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 0.66%

Novo Nordisk A/S 0.51%

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd 0.44%

Suncor Energy Inc 0.40%

Investor AB 0.35%

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On the same fields

EFA

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF

IMFL

Invesco International Developed Dynamic Multifactor ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Invesco

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

Total return, 1 year +13.8% +23.1%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 −3.5 pts +5.8 pts

Expense ratio 0.32% 0.34%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 659 1155

Net assets $76.5bn $1.1bn

EFA and IMFL 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.

IMFL in plain words

IMFL tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +23.1% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.34% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 10, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,155 positions, with the top ten at 21.2%. It sat 4.8% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EFA or IMFL?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EFA returned +13.8% and IMFL +23.1%.
Which is cheaper, EFA or IMFL?: EFA is cheaper, by 0.02 percentage points a year. That is about $2 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do EFA and IMFL overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EFA and 0% of IMFL 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 ↗IMFL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IMFL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Invesco page for IMFL ↗

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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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