Which returned more over the last year, EFAV or VYMI?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EFAV returned +12.3% and VYMI +24.1%.

Which is cheaper, EFAV or VYMI?

VYMI is cheaper, by 0.13 percentage points a year. That is about $13 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do EFAV and VYMI overlap with the S&P 500?

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

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EFAV vs VYMI: Differences, Returns & Fees

EFAV and VYMI hold 25% of their weight in the same names, and VYMI returned +24.1% over the year. Net assets: $5.3bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares MSCI EAFE Min Vol Factor ETF, and $21.4bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF.

VYMI costs 0.13 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 11.8 points.

	EFAV	VYMI
Expense ratio	0.20%	0.07%
Net assets, EFAV as of Oct 9, 2026 and VYMI as of Sep 30, 2026	$5.3bn	$21.4bn
Total return, 1 year	+12.3%	+24.1%
What it tracks	not read by ETFIQ	FTSE All-World ex US High Dividend Yield Index
Holdings in common	25%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	14.8%	13.6%
Below its high	3.7%, high on Sep 3, 2026	5.3%, high on Sep 3, 2026

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

+12.3%

EFAV total return, 1 year

+24.1%

VYMI total return, 1 year

0.20%

EFAV expense ratio

0.07%

VYMI expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, EFAV and VYMI hold 25% 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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Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding EFAV VYMI

SHELL 1.66% 1.32%

NOVARTIS AG 1.31% 1.45%

NESTLE SA 0.96% 1.28%

TOTALENERGIES 1.40% 0.87%

IBERDROLA 1.56% 0.82%

UNILEVER PLC 1.16% 0.69%

SANOFI SA 0.63% 1.11%

DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD 1.49% 0.63%

BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO 0.61% 0.58%

BP PLC 0.70% 0.57%

ZURICH INSURANCE GROUP AG 1.26% 0.56%

DEUTSCHE TELEKOM N AG 0.50% 0.58%

Only in EFAV

SECOM 1.47%

OBIC LTD 0.97%

SWISS PRIME SITE AG 0.91%

EAST JAPAN RAILWAY 0.79%

KAO 0.73%

LAIR LIQUIDE SOCIETE ANONYME POUR 0.72%

SAP 0.67%

ITOCHU 0.66%

Only in VYMI

HSBC Holdings PLC 1.80%

Royal Bank of Canada 1.46%

BHP Group Ltd 1.23%

Toronto-Dominion Bank/The 1.03%

MediaTek Inc 0.93%

UBS Group AG 0.88%

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA 0.83%

SLBBH1142 0.82%

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On the same fields

EFAV

iShares MSCI EAFE Min Vol Factor ETF

VYMI

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index of International High Dividend Yield

Total return, 1 year +12.3% +24.1%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 −4.9 pts +6.8 pts

Expense ratio 0.20% 0.07%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 270 1574

Net assets, EFAV as of Oct 9, 2026 and VYMI as of Sep 30, 2026 $5.3bn $21.4bn

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

EFAV in plain words

EFAV tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +12.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.20% 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 270 positions, with the top ten at 14.8%. It sat 3.7% below its high of Sep 3, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

VYMI in plain words

VYMI tracks an index of International High Dividend Yield. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +24.1% 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 1,574 positions, with the top ten at 13.6%. It sat 5.3% below its high of Sep 3, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EFAV or VYMI?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EFAV returned +12.3% and VYMI +24.1%.
Which is cheaper, EFAV or VYMI?: VYMI is cheaper, by 0.13 percentage points a year. That is about $13 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do EFAV and VYMI overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EFAV and 0% of VYMI by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

EFAV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗EFAV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for EFAV ↗VYMI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VYMI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VYMI ↗

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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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