FEGE vs VT: Differences, Returns & Fees

FEGE and VT hold 9% of their weight in the same names, and FEGE returned +18.5% over the year. Net assets: $1.9bn on May 31, 2026 for First Eagle Global Equity ETF, and $81.8bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Total World Stock Index ETF.

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VT costs 0.44 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.5 points.

FEGE vs VT: Differences, Returns & Fees
FEGEVT
Expense ratio0.50%0.06%
Net assets, FEGE as of May 31, 2026 and VT as of Sep 30, 2026$1.9bn$81.8bn
Total return, 1 year+18.5%+15.0%
What it tracksnot publishedFTSE Global All Cap Index
Holdings in common9%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund23.3%22.5%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.

+18.5%
FEGE total return, 1 year
+15.0%
VT total return, 1 year
0.50%
FEGE expense ratio
0.06%
VT expense ratio

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What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FEGE and VT hold 9% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.

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9% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding FEGE VT
Meta Platforms Inc 1.97% 1.36%
Alphabet Inc 3.05% 1.36%
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 4.07% 0.77%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc 0.82% 0.70%
Philip Morris International In 1.33% 0.25%
Microsoft Corp 0.24% 3.25%
Shell PLC 1.24% 0.24%
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 0.89% 0.22%
Texas Instruments Inc 0.92% 0.22%
Oracle Corp 2.20% 0.20%
Nestle SA 1.46% 0.20%
Salesforce Inc 1.40% 0.16%
Only in FEGE
TSMC 1.40%
Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB 1.38%
ONEOK Inc 1.20%
Exxon Mobil Corp 1.02%
Itausa SA 0.82%
Only in VT
NVIDIA Corp 4.54%
Apple Inc 4.11%
Amazon.com Inc 2.06%
Alphabet Inc 1.73%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 1.62%
Broadcom Inc 1.39%
Micron Technology Inc 1.02%
Tesla Inc 0.88%

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On the same fields

FEGE
First Eagle Global Equity ETF
VT
Vanguard Total World Stock Index ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
What it is Equity fund Tracks an index of Total World Stock
Total return, 1 year +18.5% +15.0%
Its benchmark over the same days +14.9% (URTH) not measured
Gap to its benchmark +3.6 pts vs URTH not measured
Expense ratio 0.50% 0.06%
Already in the S&P 500 44.7% 54.7%
Holdings 94 10194
Net assets, FEGE as of May 31, 2026 and VT as of Sep 30, 2026 $1.9bn $81.8bn

FEGE and VT on the fields both publish, as of Oct 20, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

About FEGE

Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +18.5% with distributions reinvested, against +14.9% for its benchmark, the MSCI WORLD INDEX Net. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.50% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 45% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 94 positions, with the top ten at 23.3%.

About VT

VT tracks an index of Total World Stock. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +15.0% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 55% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 10,194 positions, with the top ten at 22.5%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FEGE or VT?
In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FEGE returned +18.5% and VT +15.0%.
Which is cheaper, FEGE or VT?
VT is cheaper, by 0.44 percentage points a year. That is about $44 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FEGE and VT overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 45% of FEGE and 55% of VT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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ETFIQ, FEGE against VT, data as of Oct 20, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/fege-vs-vt

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