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IEFA vs INTF: Differences, Returns & Fees

IEFA and INTF hold 54% of their weight in the same names, and INTF returned +18.0% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $189.5bn for iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF and $3.7bn for iShares International Equity Factor ETF.

IEFA costs 0.09 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.1 points; IEFA is far larger, $189.5bn against $3.7bn.

IEFAINTF
Expense ratio0.07%0.16%
Net assets$189.5bn$3.7bn
Total return, 1 year+13.9%+18.0%
What it tracksMSCI EAFE IMI Indexnot read by ETFIQ
Holdings in common54%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund12.2%12.7%
Below its high4.8%, high on Aug 25, 20264.9%, high on Sep 4, 2026

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

+13.9%
IEFA total return, 1 year
+18.0%
INTF total return, 1 year
0.07%
IEFA expense ratio
0.16%
INTF expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IEFA and INTF hold 54% 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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54% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding IEFA INTF
ASML HOLDING 2.87% 2.62%
HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.26% 1.11%
ROCHE PS PAR AG 1.20% 1.07%
NOVARTIS AG 1.05% 1.99%
MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP 0.95% 1.04%
BHP GROUP LTD 0.88% 0.96%
NESTLE SA 0.95% 0.88%
ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.96% 0.82%
ADVANTEST 0.77% 0.75%
SAP 0.85% 0.75%
SHELL 1.17% 0.74%
SIEMENS N AG 0.87% 0.71%
Only in IEFA
NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK 0.33%
SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY 0.31%
NATIONAL GRID PLC 0.30%
ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV SA 0.28%
SHIN ETSU CHEMICAL 0.26%
CSL 0.24%
DHL AG 0.23%
KDDI 0.22%
Only in INTF
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 1.14%
LOBLAW COMPANIES LTD 0.73%
MANULIFE FINANCIAL 0.63%
SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC 0.45%
SHOPIFY SUBORDINATE VOTING CLASS A 0.43%
TORONTO DOMINION 0.36%
KINROSS GOLD 0.33%
CANADIAN NATURAL RESOURCES LTD 0.32%

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On the same fields

IEFA
iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF
INTF
iShares International Equity Factor ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer iShares iShares
What it is Tracks the MSCI EAFE Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +13.9% +18.0%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 −3.3 pts +0.8 pts
Expense ratio 0.07% 0.16%
Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%
Holdings 2628 486
Net assets $189.5bn $3.7bn

IEFA and INTF 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.

INTF in plain words

INTF tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +18.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.16% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 486 positions, with the top ten at 12.7%. It sat 4.9% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IEFA or INTF?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IEFA returned +13.9% and INTF +18.0%.
Which is cheaper, IEFA or INTF?
IEFA is cheaper, by 0.09 percentage points a year. That is about $9 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IEFA and INTF overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IEFA and 0% of INTF by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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IEFA on its own →INTF on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →Standards and sources →
Where these figures came from
IEFA and INTF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IEFA and INTF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IEFA ↗iShares page for INTF ↗

ETFIQ links to the documents behind every figure; a link is not an endorsement. 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.

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