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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IGM returned +21.7% and VEA +17.1%.

Which is cheaper, IGM or VEA?

VEA is cheaper, by 0.34 percentage points a year. That is about $34 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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IGM vs VEA: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IGM returned +21.7% to VEA's +17.1%; 1% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $11.0bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Expanded Tech Sector ETF, and $231.6bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF.

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At a glance

+21.7%

IGM total return, 1 year

+17.1%

VEA total return, 1 year

0.37%

IGM expense ratio

0.03%

VEA expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VEA costs 0.34 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.6 points; VEA is far larger, $231.6bn against $11.4bn.

IGM vs VEA: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IGM	VEA
Return
Measure	IGM	VEA
Total return, 1 year	+21.7%	+17.1%
Drawdown
Measure	IGM	VEA
Below its high	6.2%, high on Oct 6, 2026	4.4%, high on Aug 25, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	IGM	VEA
What it tracks	S&P North American Expanded Technology Sector Index	FTSE Developed All Cap ex US Index
Cost and size
Measure	IGM	VEA
Expense ratio	0.37%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$11.4bn	$231.6bn
Holdings
Measure	IGM	VEA
Holdings in common	1%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	56.8%	13.6%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, IGM and VEA hold 1% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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1% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first IGM VEA

SHOPIFY SUBORDINATE VOTING CLASS A 0.91% 0.56%

ROPER TECHNOLOGIES 0.20% 0.91%

CELESTICA 0.16% 0.14%

CGI INC CLASS A 0.07% 0.04%

TE CONNECTIVITY PLC 0.30% 0.03%

DESCARTES SYSTEMS GROUP 0.04% 0.02%

OPEN TEXT 0.03% 0.02%

BLACKBERRY 0.03% 0.02%

CCC INTELLIGENT SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS 0.02% 0.01%

C3 AI CLASS A 0.01% 0.12%

NEXTNAV 0.01% 0.07%

VONTIER 0.02% 0.01%

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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%

Only in VEA

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 2.81%

SK hynix Inc 2.30%

ASML Holding NV 2.14%

SLBBH1142 1.07%

HSBC Holdings PLC 1.05%

Shell PLC 0.86%

Royal Bank of Canada 0.85%

Novartis AG 0.82%

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Side by side

IGM iShares Expanded Tech Sector ETF VEA Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks an index of Expanded Tech Sector Tracks an index of Developed markets ex US

Total return, 1 year +21.7% +17.1%

Expense ratio 0.37% 0.03%

Already in the S&P 500 91.9% 0.0%

Holdings 295 3906

Net assets, IGM as of Oct 27, 2026 and VEA as of Sep 30, 2026 $11.0bn $231.6bn

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

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About each fund

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.

VEA

VEA tracks an index of Developed markets ex US. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +17.1% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 3,906 positions, with the top ten at 13.6%. It sat 4.4% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IGM or VEA?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IGM returned +21.7% and VEA +17.1%.
Which is cheaper, IGM or VEA?: VEA is cheaper, by 0.34 percentage points a year. That is about $34 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IGM and VEA overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 92% of IGM and 0% of VEA by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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

Sources and dates

IGM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IGM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IGM ↗

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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