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

In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FEOE returned +20.2% and VSGX +15.5%.

Which is cheaper, FEOE or VSGX?

VSGX is cheaper, by 0.40 percentage points a year. That is about $40 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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FEOE vs VSGX: Differences, Returns & Fees

FEOE and VSGX hold 8% 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 $6.7bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard ESG International Stock ETF.

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VSGX costs 0.40 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.7 points; VSGX is 5.0 times larger.

FEOE vs VSGX: Differences, Returns & Fees
	FEOE	VSGX
Expense ratio	0.50%	0.10%
Net assets, as of May 31, 2026	$1.3bn	$6.6bn
Total return, 1 year	+20.2%	+15.5%
What it tracks	not published	FTSE Global All Cap ex US Choice Index
Holdings in common	8%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	30.4%	18.1%
Below its high		5.5%, high on Sep 4, 2026

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

+20.2%

FEOE total return, 1 year

+15.5%

VSGX total return, 1 year

0.50%

FEOE expense ratio

0.10%

VSGX expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FEOE and VSGX hold 8% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.

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8% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding FEOE VSGX

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 5.52% 2.76%

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 1.25% 0.78%

Nestle SA 1.89% 0.71%

Unilever PLC 1.59% 0.39%

AIA Group Ltd 1.00% 0.29%

Keyence Corp 1.53% 0.29%

Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd 0.51% 0.28%

Lloyds Banking Group PLC 1.28% 0.25%

Investor AB 1.73% 0.21%

Wheaton Precious Metals Corp 1.59% 0.18%

RELX PLC 0.91% 0.17%

Prosus NV 2.43% 0.14%

Only in FEOE

Shell PLC 3.95%

British American Tobacco PLC 3.80%

Imperial Oil Ltd 2.94%

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitt 2.71%

Cie Financiere Richemont SA 2.32%

Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB 2.25%

Dassault Systemes SE 2.08%

TSMC 1.94%

Only in VSGX

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 5.79%

SK hynix Inc 2.26%

ASML Holding NV 2.10%

SLCMT1142 1.12%

Roche Holding AG 0.89%

Royal Bank of Canada 0.84%

Novartis AG 0.81%

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc 0.77%

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On the same fields

FEOE

First Eagle Overseas Equity ETF

VSGX

Vanguard ESG International Stock ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer First Eagle Vanguard

What it is Equity fund Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +20.2% +15.5%

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% 0.10%

Already in the S&P 500 3.4% 0.0%

Holdings 75 6656

Net assets, FEOE as of May 31, 2026 and VSGX as of Sep 30, 2026 $1.3bn $6.7bn

FEOE and VSGX 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 VSGX

VSGX tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +15.5% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.10% 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 6,656 positions, with the top ten at 18.1%. It sat 5.5% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Oct 20, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FEOE or VSGX?: In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FEOE returned +20.2% and VSGX +15.5%.
Which is cheaper, FEOE or VSGX?: VSGX is cheaper, by 0.40 percentage points a year. That is about $40 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FEOE and VSGX overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 3% of FEOE and 0% of VSGX 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 ↗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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