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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IDEQ returned +23.0% and IEFA +13.9%.

Which is cheaper, IDEQ or IEFA?

IEFA is cheaper, by 0.33 percentage points a year. That is about $33 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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IDEQ vs IEFA: Differences, Returns & Fees

IDEQ and IEFA hold 20% of their weight in the same names, and IDEQ returned +23.0% over the year. Net assets: $1.5bn on Jun 30, 2026 for Lazard International Dynamic Equity ETF, and $189.5bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF.

IEFA costs 0.33 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 9.1 points; IEFA is far larger, $186.5bn against $1.5bn.

	IDEQ	IEFA
Expense ratio	0.40%	0.07%
Net assets, as of Jun 30, 2026	$1.5bn	$186.5bn
Total return, 1 year	+23.0%	+13.9%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	MSCI EAFE IMI Index
Holdings in common	20%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	25.8%	12.2%
Below its high	4.2%, high on Sep 4, 2026	4.8%, high on Aug 25, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

+23.0%

IDEQ total return, 1 year

+13.9%

IEFA total return, 1 year

0.40%

IDEQ expense ratio

0.07%

IEFA expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IDEQ and IEFA hold 20% 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 Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

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20% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding IDEQ IEFA

ASML Holding NV 3.44% 2.87%

AstraZeneca PLC 1.19% 0.96%

Banco Santander SA 1.68% 0.77%

Advantest Corp 0.71% 0.77%

Novartis AG 0.68% 1.05%

Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC 0.99% 0.61%

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc 0.62% 0.61%

ABB Ltd 0.93% 0.59%

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA 0.59% 0.58%

Sony Group Corp 0.57% 0.55%

Tokyo Electron Ltd 0.54% 0.69%

TotalEnergies SE 0.45% 0.68%

Only in IDEQ

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 5.08%

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 3.56%

SK hynix Inc 2.72%

GSK PLC 1.80%

Legal & General Group PLC 1.34%

Barrick Mining Corp 1.34%

Petroleo Brasileiro SA - Petrobras 1.15%

Loblaw Cos Ltd 1.14%

Only in IEFA

ROCHE PS PAR AG 1.20%

MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP 0.95%

NESTLE SA 0.95%

SIEMENS N AG 0.87%

SAP 0.85%

ALLIANZ 0.71%

COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 0.70%

TOYOTA MOTOR 0.70%

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On the same fields

IDEQ

Lazard International Dynamic Equity ETF

IEFA

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Lazard iShares

What it is Actively managed Tracks the MSCI EAFE

Total return, 1 year +23.0% +13.9%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +5.7 pts −3.3 pts

Expense ratio 0.40% 0.07%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 249 2628

Net assets, IDEQ as of Jun 30, 2026 and IEFA as of Oct 9, 2026 $1.5bn $189.5bn

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

IDEQ in plain words

IDEQ is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +23.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.40% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 249 positions, with the top ten at 25.8%. It sat 4.2% below its high of Sep 4, 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, IDEQ or IEFA?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IDEQ returned +23.0% and IEFA +13.9%.
Which is cheaper, IDEQ or IEFA?: IEFA is cheaper, by 0.33 percentage points a year. That is about $33 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IDEQ and IEFA overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IDEQ and 0% of IEFA by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

IDEQ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IDEQ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Lazard 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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