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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IDEQ returned +23.0% and VEA +19.7%.

Which is cheaper, IDEQ or VEA?

VEA is cheaper, by 0.37 percentage points a year. That is about $37 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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IDEQ vs VEA: Differences, Returns & Fees

IDEQ and VEA hold 27% 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 $231.6bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF.

VEA costs 0.37 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.3 points; VEA is far larger, $316.4bn against $1.5bn.

	IDEQ	VEA
Expense ratio	0.40%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Jun 30, 2026	$1.5bn	$316.4bn
Total return, 1 year	+23.0%	+19.7%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	FTSE Developed All Cap ex US Index
Holdings in common	27%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	25.8%	13.0%
Below its high	4.2%, high on Sep 4, 2026	4.4%, high on Aug 25, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026.

+23.0%

IDEQ total return, 1 year

+19.7%

VEA total return, 1 year

0.40%

IDEQ expense ratio

0.03%

VEA expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IDEQ and VEA hold 27% 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 Aug 31, 2026.

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27% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding IDEQ VEA

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 3.56% 2.61%

SK hynix Inc 2.72% 2.01%

ASML Holding NV 3.44% 1.96%

Roche Holding AG 1.74% 0.92%

AstraZeneca PLC 1.19% 0.72%

Novartis AG 0.68% 0.85%

Banco Santander SA 1.68% 0.65%

Toronto-Dominion Bank/The 0.66% 0.61%

Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC 0.99% 0.51%

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA 0.59% 0.49%

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc 0.62% 0.47%

Tokyo Electron Ltd 0.54% 0.46%

Only in IDEQ

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 5.08%

Petroleo Brasileiro SA - Petrobras 1.15%

MediaTek Inc 1.00%

Tencent Holdings Ltd 0.93%

International Container Terminal Services Inc 0.69%

Delta Electronics Inc 0.69%

Saudi Energy Co 0.59%

State Bank of India 0.54%

Only in VEA

SLBBH1142 1.25%

Nestle SA 0.75%

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc 0.74%

Siemens AG 0.73%

SAP SE 0.68%

Toyota Motor Corp 0.63%

Allianz SE 0.59%

Commonwealth Bank of Australia 0.57%

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On the same fields

IDEQ

Lazard International Dynamic Equity ETF

VEA

Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Lazard Vanguard

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of Developed markets ex US

Total return, 1 year +23.0% +19.7%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +5.7 pts +2.5 pts

Expense ratio 0.40% 0.03%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 249 3898

Net assets, IDEQ as of Jun 30, 2026 and VEA as of Sep 30, 2026 $1.5bn $231.6bn

IDEQ and VEA 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.

VEA in plain words

VEA tracks an index of Developed markets ex US. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +19.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Aug 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 3,898 positions, with the top ten at 13.0%. It sat 4.4% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IDEQ or VEA?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IDEQ returned +23.0% and VEA +19.7%.
Which is cheaper, IDEQ or VEA?: VEA is cheaper, by 0.37 percentage points a year. That is about $37 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IDEQ and VEA overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IDEQ and 0% of VEA 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 ↗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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