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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IDEV returned +13.4% and IEFA +12.3%.

Which is cheaper, IDEV or IEFA?

IDEV is cheaper, by 0.03 percentage points a year. That is about $3 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

IDEV vs IEFA: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IDEV returned +13.4% to IEFA's +12.3%; 85% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 28, 2026: $34.0bn for iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF and $190.4bn for iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF.

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At a glance

+13.4%

IDEV total return, 1 year

+12.3%

IEFA total return, 1 year

0.04%

IDEV expense ratio

0.07%

IEFA expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IDEV costs 0.03 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.1 points; IEFA is 5.6 times larger.

IDEV vs IEFA: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IDEV	IEFA
Return
Measure	IDEV	IEFA
Total return, 1 year	+13.4%	+12.3%
Drawdown
Measure	IDEV	IEFA
Below its high	4.4%, high on Aug 25, 2026	4.7%, high on Aug 25, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	IDEV	IEFA
What it tracks	MSCI World ex USA Investable Market Index	MSCI EAFE IMI Index
Cost and size
Measure	IDEV	IEFA
Expense ratio	0.04%	0.07%
Net assets	$34.0bn	$190.4bn
Holdings
Measure	IDEV	IEFA
Holdings in common	85%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	10.9%	12.3%

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

Risk and return

Mar 31, 2017 to Oct 23, 2026 · 499 weekly returns · each against ACWX

IDEV IEFA

Return

Total return edge IDEV (slight) +127.7% +121.0%

Annualized edge IDEV (slight) +9.0% +8.6%

Price return edge IDEV +73.6% +65.1%

Risk

Volatility edge Tie 17.0% 17.3%

Max drawdown edge Tie −34.0% −34.1%

Downside capture 97.4% 98.6%

Beta 1.00 1.01

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge IDEV (slight) 0.44 0.41

Sortino edge IDEV (slight) 0.61 0.58

Treynor 0.075 0.071

Calmar edge IDEV (slight) 0.26 0.25

Against the benchmark

Alpha +0.5% a year +0.2% a year

Alpha t-stat 0.51 0.16

Information ratio 0.15 0.07

Tracking error 3.3% 3.3%

Reading

IDEV returned slightly more: +127.7% to +121.0%. IDEV and IEFA swung about the same: 17.0% and 17.3%. IDEV and IEFA fell about the same at their worst: −34.0% and −34.1%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓

Risk and return: IDEV vs IEFA: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IDEV	IEFA	ACWX	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+127.7%	+121.0%		IDEV (slight)	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+9.0%	+8.6%		IDEV (slight)	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+73.6%	+65.1%		IDEV	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	17.0%	17.3%		Tie	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	12.1%	12.3%		Tie	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−34.0%	−34.1%		Tie	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture	96.5%	97.8%	100.0%	Tie	Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture	97.4%	98.6%	100.0%	Tie	Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta	1.00	1.01	1.00	Tie	How far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared	0.96	0.96	1.00	Not an edge	Share of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.44	0.41		IDEV (slight)	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.61	0.58		IDEV (slight)	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor	0.075	0.071	0.069	IDEV (slight)	Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar	0.26	0.25		IDEV (slight)	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
Benchmark	ACWX	ACWX	ACWX		The ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha	+0.5% a year	+0.2% a year	0.0%	Not significant	Yearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat	0.51	0.16		Not an edge	How sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range	−1.6% to +2.6%	−1.9% to +2.3%		Both include zero	The 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio	0.15	0.07		IDEV	Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error	3.3%	3.3%	0.0%	Not an edge	How far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 499 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

85%

By the books each fund has filed, IDEV and IEFA hold 85% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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85% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first IDEV IEFA

ASML HOLDING 2.23% 2.55%

ROCHE PS PAR AG 1.18% 1.36%

SHELL 1.06% 1.21%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.03% 1.18%

NOVARTIS AG 1.00% 1.14%

ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.90% 1.04%

NESTLE SA 0.90% 1.04%

SAP 0.85% 0.97%

MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP 0.80% 0.92%

SIEMENS N AG 0.76% 0.86%

BHP GROUP LTD 0.72% 0.83%

COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 0.67% 0.77%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in IDEV

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.98%

TORONTO DOMINION 0.73%

SHOPIFY SUBORDINATE VOTING CLASS A 0.70%

BANK OF MONTREAL 0.41%

BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA 0.40%

CANADIAN NATURAL RESOURCES LTD 0.40%

CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE 0.37%

ENBRIDGE 0.37%

Only in IEFA

BASILEA PHARMACEUTICA 0.01%

BUFAB 0.01%

CELLCOM ISRAEL 0.01%

CLOETTA 0.01%

IMPLENIA AG 0.01%

INWIDO 0.01%

ITURAN LOCATION AND CONTROL LTD 0.01%

KEIYO BANK LTD 0.01%

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Side by side

IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF IEFA iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks the MSCI International Developed Markets Tracks the MSCI EAFE

Total return, 1 year +13.4% +12.3%

Its benchmark over the same days +14.3% (ACWX) +14.3% (ACWX)

Gap to its benchmark −0.9 pts vs ACWX −2.0 pts vs ACWX

Expense ratio 0.04% 0.07%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 2317 2629

Net assets $34.0bn $190.4bn

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

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IDEV and IEFA are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?

What each follows. IDEV follows MSCI World ex USA Investable Market Index and IEFA follows MSCI EAFE IMI Index.
Size. IDEV has $34.0bn in net assets and IEFA $190.4bn (Net assets); IEFA is 5.6 times larger.
Holdings in common (similar). 85% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 27, 2026).

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund

IDEV

IDEV tracks the MSCI International Developed Markets. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.4% with distributions reinvested, against +14.3% for its benchmark, the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,317 positions, with the top ten at 10.9%. It sat 4.4% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

IEFA

IEFA tracks the MSCI EAFE. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +12.3% with distributions reinvested, against +14.3% for its benchmark, the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.07% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,629 positions, with the top ten at 12.3%. It sat 4.7% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IDEV or IEFA?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IDEV returned +13.4% and IEFA +12.3%.
Which is cheaper, IDEV or IEFA?: IDEV is cheaper, by 0.03 percentage points a year. That is about $3 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IDEV and IEFA overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IDEV and 0% of IEFA by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

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Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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