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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IEFA returned +12.3% and IGM +21.7%.

Which is cheaper, IEFA or IGM?

IEFA is cheaper, by 0.30 percentage points a year. That is about $30 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IEFA and 92% of IGM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

IEFA vs IGM: Differences, Returns & Fees

Share on X Download as PDF

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IEFA returned +12.3% to IGM's +21.7%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

askIQ about this page

askIQ about IEFA and IGM

Net assets: $190.4bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF, and $11.0bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Expanded Tech Sector ETF.

IEFA on its own →IGM on its own →

At a glance

+12.3%

IEFA total return, 1 year

+21.7%

IGM total return, 1 year

0.07%

IEFA expense ratio

0.37%

IGM expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IEFA costs 0.30 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 9.4 points; IEFA is 17.3 times larger.

IEFA vs IGM: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IEFA	IGM
Return
Measure	IEFA	IGM
Total return, 1 year	+12.3%	+21.7%
Drawdown
Measure	IEFA	IGM
Below its high	4.7%, high on Aug 25, 2026	6.2%, high on Oct 6, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	IEFA	IGM
What it tracks	MSCI EAFE IMI Index	S&P North American Expanded Technology Sector Index
Cost and size
Measure	IEFA	IGM
Expense ratio	0.07%	0.37%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$190.1bn	$11.0bn
Holdings
Measure	IEFA	IGM
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	12.3%	56.8%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, IEFA and IGM hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first IEFA IGM

ROCHE PS PAR AG 1.36% 0.20%

TELENOR 0.03% 0.30%

COMPUTACENTER PLC 0.02% 0.02%

BIC SA 0.01% 0.03%

BILLERUD KORSNAS 0.01% 0.02%

LAIR LIQUIDE SOCIETE ANONYME POUR 0.49% 0.01%

NN GROUP 0.09% 0.01%

PLUS500 0.01% 0.01%

VENTIA SERVICES GROUP LTD 0.01% 0.02%

GENUIT GROUP PLC 0.00% 0.06%

TECHNIP ENERGIES 0.02% 0.00%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in IEFA

ASML HOLDING 2.55%

SHELL 1.21%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.18%

NOVARTIS AG 1.14%

ASTRAZENECA PLC 1.04%

NESTLE SA 1.04%

SAP 0.97%

MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP 0.92%

Only in IGM

APPLE 9.36%

MICROSOFT 9.19%

NVIDIA 8.28%

BROADCOM INC 7.07%

ALPHABET CLASS A 4.57%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 4.27%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 4.16%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 4.07%

Check overlap with more funds →

Side by side

IEFA iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF IGM iShares Expanded Tech Sector ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks the MSCI EAFE Tracks an index of Expanded Tech Sector

Total return, 1 year +12.3% +21.7%

Its benchmark over the same days +14.3% (ACWX) not measured

Gap to its benchmark −2.0 pts vs ACWX not measured

Expense ratio 0.07% 0.37%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 91.9%

Holdings 2629 295

Net assets, IEFA as of Oct 28, 2026 and IGM as of Oct 27, 2026 $190.4bn $11.0bn

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

Alert

About each fund

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.

IGM

IGM tracks an index of Expanded Tech Sector. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +21.7% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.37% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 92% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 295 positions, with the top ten at 56.8%. It sat 6.2% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IEFA or IGM?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IEFA returned +12.3% and IGM +21.7%.
Which is cheaper, IEFA or IGM?: IEFA is cheaper, by 0.30 percentage points a year. That is about $30 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IEFA and IGM overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IEFA and 92% of IGM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Other comparisons

IEFA vs IYW IEFA vs XLK IEFA vs VGT FTEC vs IEFA IGM vs VEA IGM vs VXUS EFA vs IGM IGM vs SCHF

Where to next

IEFA on its own →IGM on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →IEFA dividend history →IEFA holdings →IGM dividend history →IGM holdings →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

IEFA and IGM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IEFA prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IEFA ↗

IGM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IGM ↗

Links are sources, not endorsements. A comparison is not a recommendation.

How this is computed

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

Cite this pageCitation, APA and Markdown

ETFIQ, IEFA against IGM, data as of Oct 28, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/iefa-vs-igm

Open data →

Free to use with attribution for data ETFIQ computes; issuer data stays under its owner's terms.