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ILOW vs VEU: Differences, Returns & Fees

ILOW and VEU hold 17% of their weight in the same names, and VEU returned +18.2% over the year. Net assets: $1.8bn on Oct 8, 2026 for AB International Low Volatility Equity ETF, and $68.1bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard FTSE All World Ex US ETF.

VEU costs 0.46 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 9.2 points.

ILOWVEU
Expense ratio0.50%0.04%
Net assets, ILOW as of Oct 8, 2026 and VEU as of Sep 30, 2026$1.8bn$68.1bn
Total return, 1 year+9.0%+18.2%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedFTSE All-World ex US Index
Holdings in common17%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund20.7%14.5%
Below its high4.9%, high on Aug 25, 20263.9%, high on Sep 4, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026.

+9.0%
ILOW total return, 1 year
+18.2%
VEU total return, 1 year
0.50%
ILOW expense ratio
0.04%
VEU expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ILOW and VEU hold 17% 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 May 31, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026.

half

17% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding ILOW VEU
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 2.50% 4.36%
ASML Holding NV 2.87% 1.56%
Roche Holding AG 1.78% 0.73%
Royal Bank of Canada 0.80% 0.68%
Novartis AG 1.95% 0.68%
Shell PLC 1.33% 0.61%
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc 1.51% 0.59%
AstraZeneca PLC 1.67% 0.58%
SAP SE 0.95% 0.54%
Toronto-Dominion Bank/The 1.57% 0.48%
Schneider Electric SE 2.10% 0.44%
TotalEnergies SE 1.08% 0.41%
Only in ILOW
Lottomatica Group Spa 1.22%
IG Group Holdings PLC 1.18%
HKT Trust & HKT Ltd 1.16%
Glanbia PLC 0.94%
Gaztransport Et Technigaz SA 0.69%
Philip Morris International Inc 0.59%
Galenica AG 0.40%
Only in VEU
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 2.08%
SK hynix Inc 1.60%
SLBBH1142 1.11%
Tencent Holdings Ltd 0.86%
HSBC Holdings PLC 0.84%
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 0.65%
Nestle SA 0.60%
Siemens AG 0.58%

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On the same fields

ILOW
AB International Low Volatility Equity ETF
VEU
Vanguard FTSE All World Ex US ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer AllianceBernstein Vanguard
What it is Actively managed Tracks the FTSE All-World ex-US
Total return, 1 year +9.0% +18.2%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 −8.2 pts +0.9 pts
Expense ratio 0.50% 0.04%
Already in the S&P 500 0.6% 0.0%
Holdings 84 3862
Net assets, ILOW as of Oct 8, 2026 and VEU as of Sep 30, 2026 $1.8bn $68.1bn

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

ILOW in plain words

ILOW is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +9.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.50% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 1% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 84 positions, with the top ten at 20.7%. It sat 4.9% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

VEU in plain words

VEU tracks the FTSE All-World ex-US. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +18.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Aug 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 3,862 positions, with the top ten at 14.5%. It sat 3.9% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ILOW or VEU?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ILOW returned +9.0% and VEU +18.2%.
Which is cheaper, ILOW or VEU?
VEU is cheaper, by 0.46 percentage points a year. That is about $46 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ILOW and VEU overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 1% of ILOW and 0% of VEU by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
ILOW filings on SEC EDGAR ↗ILOW prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗VEU filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VEU prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VEU ↗

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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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