Which returned more over the last year, EUFN or VGK?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EUFN returned +16.6% and VGK +10.4%.

Which is cheaper, EUFN or VGK?

VGK is cheaper, by 0.43 percentage points a year. That is about $43 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do EUFN and VGK overlap with the S&P 500?

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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EUFN vs VGK: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, EUFN returned +16.6% to VGK's +10.4%; 21% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $3.0bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares MSCI Europe Financials ETF, and $29.6bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF.

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At a glance

+16.6%

EUFN total return, 1 year

+10.4%

VGK total return, 1 year

0.49%

EUFN expense ratio

0.06%

VGK expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VGK costs 0.43 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 6.2 points; VGK is 7.6 times larger.

EUFN vs VGK: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	EUFN	VGK
Return
Measure	EUFN	VGK
Total return, 1 year	+16.6%	+10.4%
Drawdown
Measure	EUFN	VGK
Below its high	11.7%, high on Sep 3, 2026	6.1%, high on Aug 25, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	EUFN	VGK
What it tracks	MSCI Europe Financials Index	FTSE Developed Europe All Cap Index
Cost and size
Measure	EUFN	VGK
Expense ratio	0.49%	0.06%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$3.9bn	$29.6bn
Holdings
Measure	EUFN	VGK
Holdings in common	21%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	43.6%	19.0%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

Risk and return

Feb 12, 2010 to Oct 23, 2026 · 871 weekly returns

EUFN VGK

Return

Total return edge Tie +242.7% +243.5%

Annualized edge Tie +7.6% +7.6%

Price return edge VGK +84.5% +94.2%

Risk

Volatility edge VGK 25.5% 19.2%

Max drawdown edge VGK −52.7% −36.6%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge VGK 0.36 0.40

Sortino edge VGK 0.51 0.56

Calmar edge VGK 0.14 0.21

Reading

EUFN and VGK returned about the same: +242.7% and +243.5%. VGK swung less: 19.2% to 25.5%. VGK fell less at its worst: −36.6% to −52.7%.

Full scorecard

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Risk and return: EUFN vs VGK: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	EUFN	VGK	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+242.7%	+243.5%	Tie	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+7.6%	+7.6%	Tie	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+84.5%	+94.2%	VGK	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	25.5%	19.2%	VGK	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	17.9%	13.6%	VGK	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−52.7%	−36.6%	VGK	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.36	0.40	VGK	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.51	0.56	VGK	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.14	0.21	VGK	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 871 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

21%

By the books each fund has filed, EUFN and VGK hold 21% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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21% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first EUFN VGK

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 8.88% 2.19%

BANCO SANTANDER 5.38% 1.29%

ALLIANZ 5.54% 1.16%

BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA 4.24% 1.01%

UBS GROUP AG 4.38% 0.96%

UNICREDIT 3.38% 0.86%

INTESA SANPAOLO 2.85% 0.74%

BNP PARIBAS SA 2.89% 0.68%

ING GROEP 2.81% 0.66%

ZURICH INSURANCE GROUP AG 3.29% 0.64%

LLOYDS BANKING GROUP PLC 2.38% 0.53%

BARCLAYS PLC 2.28% 0.53%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in EUFN

MUENCHENER RUECKVERSICHERUNGS-GESE 2.35%

INVESTOR CLASS B 2.22%

NORDEA BANK 1.62%

SWEDBANK 0.96%

SKANDINAVISKA ENSKILDA BANKEN 0.90%

SVENSKA HANDELSBANKEN-A SHS 0.64%

INDUSTRIVARDEN SERIES 0.25%

INDUSTRIVARDEN A 0.16%

Only in VGK

ASML Holding NV 4.47%

Roche Holding AG 1.89%

Novartis AG 1.72%

Shell PLC 1.64%

AstraZeneca PLC 1.56%

Nestle SA 1.51%

Siemens AG 1.45%

SAP SE 1.32%

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Side by side

EUFN iShares MSCI Europe Financials ETF VGK Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index of European Stock

Total return, 1 year +16.6% +10.4%

Its benchmark over the same days +14.3% (ACWX) not measured

Gap to its benchmark +2.3 pts vs ACWX not measured

Expense ratio 0.49% 0.06%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 93 1245

Net assets, EUFN as of Oct 27, 2026 and VGK as of Sep 30, 2026 $3.0bn $29.6bn

EUFN and VGK on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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EUFN and VGK are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?

What each follows. EUFN follows MSCI Europe Financials Index and VGK follows FTSE Developed Europe All Cap Index.
Holdings in common. 21% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 27, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026).
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 EUFN returned +16.6% and VGK +10.4% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 6.2 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund

EUFN

EUFN tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +16.6% with distributions reinvested, against +14.3% for its benchmark, the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.49% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 93 positions, with the top ten at 43.6%. It sat 11.7% below its high of Sep 3, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

VGK

VGK tracks an index of European Stock. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +10.4% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,245 positions, with the top ten at 19.0%. It sat 6.1% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EUFN or VGK?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EUFN returned +16.6% and VGK +10.4%.
Which is cheaper, EUFN or VGK?: VGK is cheaper, by 0.43 percentage points a year. That is about $43 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do EUFN and VGK overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EUFN and 0% of VGK by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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EUFN on its own →VGK on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →EUFN dividend history →EUFN holdings →VGK dividend history →VGK holdings →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

EUFN filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

EUFN prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for EUFN ↗

VGK filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VGK prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VGK ↗

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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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