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ILOW vs VIGI: Differences, Returns & Fees

ILOW and VIGI hold 21% of their weight in the same names, and ILOW returned +9.0% over the year. Net assets: $1.8bn on Oct 8, 2026 for AB International Low Volatility Equity ETF, and $8.8bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF.

VIGI costs 0.43 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.7 points.

ILOWVIGI
Expense ratio0.50%0.07%
Net assets, ILOW as of Oct 8, 2026 and VIGI as of Sep 30, 2026$1.8bn$8.8bn
Total return, 1 year+9.0%+7.3%
What it tracksNo index, actively managednot read by ETFIQ
Holdings in common21%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund20.7%35.4%
Below its high4.9%, high on Aug 25, 20264.8%, high on Sep 3, 2026

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

+9.0%
ILOW total return, 1 year
+7.3%
VIGI total return, 1 year
0.50%
ILOW expense ratio
0.07%
VIGI expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ILOW and VIGI hold 21% 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

21% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding ILOW VIGI
Schneider Electric SE 2.10% 3.18%
Novartis AG 1.95% 3.35%
Roche Holding AG 1.78% 3.40%
Toronto-Dominion Bank/The 1.57% 3.46%
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc 1.51% 4.63%
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc 1.45% 2.81%
BAE Systems PLC 1.98% 1.41%
Hitachi Ltd 1.34% 2.63%
Sony Group Corp 1.33% 2.60%
RELX PLC 1.27% 1.09%
AIA Group Ltd 1.00% 1.73%
SAP SE 0.95% 3.84%
Only in ILOW
ASML Holding NV 2.87%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 2.50%
Prysmian SpA 2.13%
AIB Group PLC 1.79%
Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp Ltd 1.78%
ABB Ltd 1.77%
Enel SpA 1.71%
AstraZeneca PLC 1.67%
Only in VIGI
Nestle SA 3.52%
Iberdrola SA 2.48%
Novo Nordisk A/S 2.47%
Mitsubishi Corp 1.90%
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce 1.79%
Tokio Marine Holdings Inc 1.59%
Reliance Industries Ltd 1.55%
Brookfield Corp 1.51%

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On the same fields

ILOW
AB International Low Volatility Equity ETF
VIGI
Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer AllianceBernstein Vanguard
What it is Actively managed Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +9.0% +7.3%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 −8.2 pts −10.0 pts
Expense ratio 0.50% 0.07%
Already in the S&P 500 0.6% 0.0%
Holdings 84 343
Net assets, ILOW as of Oct 8, 2026 and VIGI as of Sep 30, 2026 $1.8bn $8.8bn

ILOW and VIGI 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.

VIGI in plain words

VIGI tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +7.3% 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 as of Aug 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 343 positions, with the top ten at 35.4%. It sat 4.8% below its high of Sep 3, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ILOW or VIGI?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ILOW returned +9.0% and VIGI +7.3%.
Which is cheaper, ILOW or VIGI?
VIGI is cheaper, by 0.43 percentage points a year. That is about $43 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ILOW and VIGI overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 1% of ILOW and 0% of VIGI 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) ↗VIGI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VIGI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VIGI ↗

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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