Which returned more over the last year, FEOE or VEA?

In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FEOE returned +20.2% and VEA +17.0%.

Which is cheaper, FEOE or VEA?

VEA is cheaper, by 0.47 percentage points a year. That is about $47 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do FEOE and VEA overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 3% of FEOE and 0% of VEA by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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FEOE vs VEA: Differences, Returns & Fees

FEOE and VEA hold 11% of their weight in the same names, and FEOE returned +20.2% over the year. Net assets: $1.3bn on May 31, 2026 for First Eagle Overseas Equity ETF, and $231.6bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF.

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VEA costs 0.47 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.2 points.

FEOE vs VEA: Differences, Returns & Fees
	FEOE	VEA
Expense ratio	0.50%	0.03%
Net assets, FEOE as of May 31, 2026 and VEA as of Sep 30, 2026	$1.3bn	$231.6bn
Total return, 1 year	+20.2%	+17.0%
What it tracks	not published	FTSE Developed All Cap ex US Index
Holdings in common	11%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	30.4%	13.6%
Below its high		5.2%, high on Aug 25, 2026

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

+20.2%

FEOE total return, 1 year

+17.0%

VEA total return, 1 year

0.50%

FEOE expense ratio

0.03%

VEA expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FEOE and VEA hold 11% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.

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11% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding FEOE VEA

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 5.52% 2.81%

Shell PLC 3.95% 0.86%

Nestle SA 1.89% 0.72%

Unilever PLC 1.59% 0.39%

Cie Financiere Richemont SA 2.32% 0.35%

British American Tobacco PLC 3.80% 0.34%

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitt 2.71% 0.34%

AIA Group Ltd 1.00% 0.30%

Keyence Corp 1.53% 0.30%

Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd 0.51% 0.29%

Lloyds Banking Group PLC 1.28% 0.26%

Investor AB 1.73% 0.23%

Only in FEOE

Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB 2.25%

TSMC 1.94%

Ambev SA 1.68%

Wal-Mart de Mexico SAB de CV 1.55%

Newmont Corp 1.47%

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 1.25%

Willis Towers Watson PLC 1.12%

Itausa SA 0.99%

Only in VEA

SK hynix Inc 2.30%

ASML Holding NV 2.14%

SLBBH1142 1.07%

HSBC Holdings PLC 1.05%

Roche Holding AG 0.91%

Royal Bank of Canada 0.85%

Novartis AG 0.82%

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc 0.78%

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On the same fields

FEOE

First Eagle Overseas Equity ETF

VEA

Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer First Eagle Vanguard

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

Total return, 1 year +20.2% +17.0%

Its benchmark over the same days +17.5% (EEM) not measured

Gap to its benchmark +2.6 pts vs EEM not measured

Expense ratio 0.50% 0.03%

Already in the S&P 500 3.4% 0.0%

Holdings 75 3906

Net assets, FEOE as of May 31, 2026 and VEA as of Sep 30, 2026 $1.3bn $231.6bn

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

About FEOE

Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +20.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for its benchmark, the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.50% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 3% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 75 positions, with the top ten at 30.4%.

About VEA

VEA tracks an index of Developed markets ex US. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +17.0% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% 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 3,906 positions, with the top ten at 13.6%. It sat 5.2% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 20, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FEOE or VEA?: In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FEOE returned +20.2% and VEA +17.0%.
Which is cheaper, FEOE or VEA?: VEA is cheaper, by 0.47 percentage points a year. That is about $47 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FEOE and VEA overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 3% of FEOE and 0% of VEA by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

FEOE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗FEOE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗First Eagle website ↗VEA filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VEA prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VEA ↗

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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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