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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EFA returned +13.8% and VIGI +7.3%.

Which is cheaper, EFA or VIGI?

VIGI is cheaper, by 0.25 percentage points a year. That is about $25 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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EFA vs VIGI: Differences, Returns & Fees

EFA and VIGI hold 17% of their weight in the same names, and EFA returned +13.8% over the year. Net assets: $76.5bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares MSCI EAFE ETF, and $8.8bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF.

VIGI costs 0.25 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 6.5 points; EFA is 8.7 times larger.

	EFA	VIGI
Expense ratio	0.32%	0.07%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$76.7bn	$8.8bn
Total return, 1 year	+13.8%	+7.3%
What it tracks	MSCI EAFE Index	not read by ETFIQ
Holdings in common	17%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	14.2%	35.4%
Below its high	5.0%, high on Aug 25, 2026	4.8%, high on Sep 3, 2026

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

+13.8%

EFA total return, 1 year

+7.3%

VIGI total return, 1 year

0.32%

EFA expense ratio

0.07%

VIGI expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, EFA and VIGI hold 17% 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 8, 2026.

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17% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding EFA VIGI

ROCHE PS PAR AG 1.40% 3.40%

NOVARTIS AG 1.22% 3.35%

MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP 1.12% 4.63%

NESTLE SA 1.11% 3.52%

SAP 0.99% 3.84%

SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC 0.76% 3.18%

HITACHI 0.74% 2.63%

SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP 0.71% 2.81%

IBERDROLA 0.69% 2.48%

SONY GROUP 0.64% 2.60%

AIA GROUP 0.43% 1.73%

MITSUBISHI 0.42% 1.90%

Only in EFA

ASML HOLDING 3.35%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.47%

SHELL 1.36%

ASTRAZENECA PLC 1.12%

BHP GROUP LTD 1.02%

SIEMENS N AG 1.01%

BANCO SANTANDER 0.90%

ADVANTEST 0.89%

Only in VIGI

Royal Bank of Canada 4.61%

Toronto-Dominion Bank/The 3.46%

Novo Nordisk A/S 2.47%

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce 1.79%

Reliance Industries Ltd 1.55%

Canadian National Railway Co 1.16%

National Bank of Canada 1.01%

Franco-Nevada Corp 0.87%

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On the same fields

EFA

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF

VIGI

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

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

Total return, 1 year +13.8% +7.3%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 −3.5 pts −10.0 pts

Expense ratio 0.32% 0.07%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 659 343

Net assets, EFA as of Oct 9, 2026 and VIGI as of Sep 30, 2026 $76.5bn $8.8bn

EFA and VIGI 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.

VIGI in plain words

VIGI tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +7.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.07% 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 343 positions, with the top ten at 35.4%. It sat 4.8% below its high of Sep 3, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EFA or VIGI?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EFA returned +13.8% and VIGI +7.3%.
Which is cheaper, EFA or VIGI?: VIGI is cheaper, by 0.25 percentage points a year. That is about $25 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do EFA and VIGI overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EFA and 0% of VIGI 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 ↗VIGI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VIGI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VIGI ↗

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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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