Which returned more over the last year, GARP or VXF?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GARP returned +18.0% and VXF +10.6%.

Which is cheaper, GARP or VXF?

VXF is cheaper, by 0.10 percentage points a year. That is about $10 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do GARP and VXF overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 94% of GARP and 0% of VXF by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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GARP vs VXF: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, GARP returned +18.0% to VXF's +10.6%; 4% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $3.6bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares MSCI USA Quality GARP ETF, and $30.2bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Extended Market ETF.

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At a glance

+18.0%

GARP total return, 1 year

+10.6%

VXF total return, 1 year

0.15%

GARP expense ratio

0.05%

VXF expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VXF costs 0.10 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 7.4 points; VXF is 8.9 times larger.

GARP vs VXF: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	GARP	VXF
Return
Measure	GARP	VXF
Total return, 1 year	+18.0%	+10.6%
Drawdown
Measure	GARP	VXF
Below its high	7.0%, high on Oct 6, 2026	6.6%, high on Aug 14, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	GARP	VXF
What it tracks	MSCI USA Quality GARP Select Index	S&P Completion Index
Cost and size
Measure	GARP	VXF
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.05%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$3.4bn	$30.2bn
Holdings
Measure	GARP	VXF
Holdings in common	4%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	43.5%	11.3%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, GARP and VXF hold 4% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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4% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first GARP VXF

SNOWFLAKE 0.24% 1.42%

CLOUDFLARE CLASS A 0.23% 1.35%

COEUR MINING 0.36% 0.22%

SHARKNINJA 0.20% 0.18%

BURLINGTON STORES 0.18% 0.20%

HEICO CLASS A 0.18% 0.20%

OKTA CLASS A 0.17% 0.42%

FABRINET 0.16% 0.18%

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES COR 0.16% 2.50%

TWILIO CLASS A 0.16% 0.54%

ATLASSIAN CORP CLASS A 0.15% 0.35%

FLUTTER ENTERTAINMENT PLC 0.26% 0.13%

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Only in GARP

MICROSOFT 5.67%

APPLE 5.66%

NVIDIA 5.18%

VISA CLASS A 5.13%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 4.72%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 4.61%

LAM RESEARCH 3.31%

CATERPILLAR INC 3.29%

Only in VXF

SLCMT1142 2.26%

Strategy Inc 0.67%

Cheniere Energy Inc 0.67%

Revolution Medicines Inc 0.51%

CoreWeave Inc 0.41%

Sunbelt Rentals Holdings Inc 0.36%

ROBLOX Corp 0.34%

Royalty Pharma PLC 0.31%

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Side by side

GARP iShares MSCI USA Quality GARP ETF VXF Vanguard Extended Market ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks the MSCI USA Quality GARP Tracks an index of Extended Market

Total return, 1 year +18.0% +10.6%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.3% (PBUS) not measured

Gap to its benchmark +4.7 pts vs PBUS not measured

Expense ratio 0.15% 0.05%

Already in the S&P 500 94.4% 0.0%

Holdings 131 3361

Net assets, GARP as of Oct 27, 2026 and VXF as of Sep 30, 2026 $3.6bn $30.2bn

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

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About each fund

GARP

GARP tracks the MSCI USA Quality GARP. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +18.0% with distributions reinvested, against +13.3% for its benchmark, the MSCI USA Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 94% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 131 positions, with the top ten at 43.5%. It sat 7.0% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

VXF

VXF tracks an index of Extended Market. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +10.6% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% 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 3,361 positions, with the top ten at 11.3%. It sat 6.6% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, GARP or VXF?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GARP returned +18.0% and VXF +10.6%.
Which is cheaper, GARP or VXF?: VXF is cheaper, by 0.10 percentage points a year. That is about $10 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do GARP and VXF overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 94% of GARP and 0% of VXF by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

GARP filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

GARP prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for GARP ↗

VXF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VXF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VXF ↗

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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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