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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IEFA returned +13.9% and IMFL +23.1%.

Which is cheaper, IEFA or IMFL?

IEFA is cheaper, by 0.27 percentage points a year. That is about $27 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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IEFA vs IMFL: Differences, Returns & Fees

IEFA and IMFL hold 60% of their weight in the same names, and IMFL returned +23.1% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $189.5bn for iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF and $1.1bn for Invesco International Developed Dynamic Multifactor ETF.

IEFA costs 0.27 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 9.2 points; IEFA is far larger, $189.5bn against $1.1bn.

	IEFA	IMFL
Expense ratio	0.07%	0.34%
Net assets	$189.5bn	$1.1bn
Total return, 1 year	+13.9%	+23.1%
What it tracks	MSCI EAFE IMI Index	not read by ETFIQ
Holdings in common	60%
Holdings dated	Oct 8, 2026	Oct 10, 2026
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	12.2%	21.2%
Below its high	4.8%, high on Aug 25, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+13.9%

IEFA total return, 1 year

+23.1%

IMFL total return, 1 year

0.07%

IEFA expense ratio

0.34%

IMFL expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IEFA and IMFL hold 60% 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 Oct 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

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60% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding IEFA IMFL

ASML HOLDING 2.87% 2.71%

ROCHE PS PAR AG 1.20% 2.02%

SHELL 1.17% 1.60%

NOVARTIS AG 1.05% 2.21%

ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.96% 1.02%

NESTLE SA 0.95% 1.48%

BHP GROUP LTD 0.88% 1.51%

SAP 0.85% 0.94%

TOTALENERGIES 0.68% 1.03%

SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC 0.65% 0.91%

BANCO SANTANDER 0.77% 0.64%

HITACHI 0.63% 0.90%

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%

HONG KONG EXCHANGES AND CLEARING 0.20%

VOLVO CLASS B 0.19%

Only in IMFL

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 4.98%

SK hynix Inc 2.35%

Investor AB 1.32%

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 0.66%

Novo Nordisk A/S 0.51%

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd 0.44%

Suncor Energy Inc 0.40%

Investor AB 0.35%

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On the same fields

IEFA

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF

IMFL

Invesco International Developed Dynamic Multifactor ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Invesco

What it is Tracks the MSCI EAFE Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +13.9% +23.1%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 −3.3 pts +5.8 pts

Expense ratio 0.07% 0.34%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 2628 1155

Net assets $189.5bn $1.1bn

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

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.

IMFL in plain words

IMFL tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +23.1% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.34% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 10, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,155 positions, with the top ten at 21.2%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IEFA or IMFL?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IEFA returned +13.9% and IMFL +23.1%.
Which is cheaper, IEFA or IMFL?: IEFA is cheaper, by 0.27 percentage points a year. That is about $27 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IEFA and IMFL overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IEFA and 0% of IMFL by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

IEFA filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IEFA prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IEFA ↗IMFL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IMFL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Invesco page for IMFL ↗

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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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