Which returned more over the last year, GSID or IEFA?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GSID returned +14.0% and IEFA +13.9%.

Which is cheaper, GSID or IEFA?

IEFA is cheaper, by 0.13 percentage points a year. That is about $13 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do GSID and IEFA overlap with the S&P 500?

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

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GSID vs IEFA: Differences, Returns & Fees

GSID and IEFA hold 79% of their weight in the same names. Net assets: $965m on Oct 8, 2026 for Goldman Sachs MarketBeta International Equity ETF, and $189.5bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF.

IEFA costs 0.13 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.1 points; IEFA is far larger, $188.1bn against $965m.

	GSID	IEFA
Expense ratio	0.20%	0.07%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026	$965m	$188.1bn
Total return, 1 year	+14.0%	+13.9%
What it tracks	Solactive GBS Developed Markets ex North America Large & Mid Cap Index	MSCI EAFE IMI Index
Holdings in common	79%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	13.2%	12.2%
Below its high	5.0%, high on Aug 25, 2026	4.8%, high on Aug 25, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

+14.0%

GSID total return, 1 year

+13.9%

IEFA total return, 1 year

0.20%

GSID expense ratio

0.07%

IEFA expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, GSID and IEFA hold 79% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

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79% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding GSID IEFA

ASML HOLDING NV 2.75% 2.87%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.44% 1.26%

ROCHE HOLDING AG 1.32% 1.20%

SHELL PLC 1.05% 1.17%

NOVARTIS AG 1.22% 1.05%

ASTRAZENECA PLC 1.25% 0.96%

MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.95% 0.95%

NESTLE' SA/AG 1.17% 0.95%

BHP GROUP LTD 1.00% 0.88%

SIEMENS AG 1.01% 0.87%

SAP SE 0.83% 0.85%

BANCO SANTANDER SA 0.81% 0.77%

Only in GSID

NOVO NORDISK A/S 0.64%

INVESTOR AB 0.32%

MUENCHENER RUECKVERSICHERUNGS-GESELLSCHAFT AG 0.31%

VOLVO AB 0.23%

ATLAS COPCO AB 0.21%

TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 0.17%

ASSA ABLOY AB 0.15%

SWEDBANK AB 0.14%

Only in IEFA

NOVO NORDISK CLASS B 0.49%

SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY 0.31%

MUENCHENER RUECKVERSICHERUNGS-GESE 0.30%

INVESTOR CLASS B 0.28%

NORDEA BANK 0.23%

ATLAS COPCO CLASS A 0.21%

VOLVO CLASS B 0.19%

ASSA ABLOY B 0.13%

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On the same fields

GSID

Goldman Sachs MarketBeta International Equity ETF

IEFA

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Goldman Sachs iShares

What it is Tracks an index Tracks the MSCI EAFE

Total return, 1 year +14.0% +13.9%

S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 −3.2 pts −3.3 pts

Expense ratio 0.20% 0.07%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 892 2628

Net assets, GSID as of Oct 8, 2026 and IEFA as of Oct 9, 2026 $965m $189.5bn

GSID and IEFA on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

GSID in plain words

GSID tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +14.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.20% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 892 positions, with the top ten at 13.2%. It sat 5.0% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

IEFA in plain words

IEFA tracks the MSCI EAFE. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +13.9% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.07% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,628 positions, with the top ten at 12.2%. It sat 4.8% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, GSID or IEFA?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GSID returned +14.0% and IEFA +13.9%.
Which is cheaper, GSID or IEFA?: IEFA is cheaper, by 0.13 percentage points a year. That is about $13 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do GSID and IEFA overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of GSID and 0% of IEFA by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

GSID filings on SEC EDGAR ↗GSID prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Goldman Sachs website ↗IEFA filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IEFA prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IEFA ↗

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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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