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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EFA returned +13.8% and VSGX +19.5%.

Which is cheaper, EFA or VSGX?

VSGX is cheaper, by 0.22 percentage points a year. That is about $22 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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EFA vs VSGX: Differences, Returns & Fees

EFA and VSGX hold 43% of their weight in the same names, and VSGX returned +19.5% over the year. Net assets: $76.5bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares MSCI EAFE ETF, and $6.7bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard ESG International Stock ETF.

VSGX costs 0.22 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.7 points; EFA is 11.4 times larger.

	EFA	VSGX
Expense ratio	0.32%	0.10%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$76.7bn	$6.7bn
Total return, 1 year	+13.8%	+19.5%
What it tracks	MSCI EAFE Index	FTSE Global All Cap ex US Choice Index
Holdings in common	43%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	14.2%	17.1%
Below its high	5.0%, high on Aug 25, 2026	3.6%, high on Sep 4, 2026

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

+13.8%

EFA total return, 1 year

+19.5%

VSGX total return, 1 year

0.32%

EFA expense ratio

0.10%

VSGX expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, EFA and VSGX hold 43% 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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43% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding EFA VSGX

ASML HOLDING 3.35% 1.93%

ROCHE PS PAR AG 1.40% 0.90%

NOVARTIS AG 1.22% 0.84%

NESTLE SA 1.11% 0.74%

MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP 1.12% 0.73%

SIEMENS N AG 1.01% 0.72%

ASTRAZENECA PLC 1.12% 0.71%

SAP 0.99% 0.67%

BANCO SANTANDER 0.90% 0.64%

TOYOTA MOTOR 0.82% 0.62%

ALLIANZ 0.83% 0.59%

COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 0.81% 0.56%

Only in EFA

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.47%

SHELL 1.36%

BHP GROUP LTD 1.02%

TOTALENERGIES 0.80%

SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC 0.76%

HITACHI 0.74%

ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC 0.71%

ABB LTD 0.69%

Only in VSGX

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 5.37%

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 2.56%

SK hynix Inc 1.98%

SLCMT1142 1.18%

Royal Bank of Canada 0.85%

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 0.80%

MediaTek Inc 0.53%

Shopify Inc 0.53%

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On the same fields

EFA

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF

VSGX

Vanguard ESG International Stock 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% +19.5%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 −3.5 pts +2.2 pts

Expense ratio 0.32% 0.10%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 659 6631

Net assets, EFA as of Oct 9, 2026 and VSGX as of Sep 30, 2026 $76.5bn $6.7bn

EFA and VSGX 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.

VSGX in plain words

VSGX tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +19.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.10% 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 6,631 positions, with the top ten at 17.1%. It sat 3.6% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EFA or VSGX?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EFA returned +13.8% and VSGX +19.5%.
Which is cheaper, EFA or VSGX?: VSGX is cheaper, by 0.22 percentage points a year. That is about $22 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do EFA and VSGX overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EFA and 0% of VSGX 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 ↗VSGX filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VSGX prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VSGX ↗

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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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