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ILOW vs VSGX: Differences, Returns & Fees

ILOW and VSGX hold 15% of their weight in the same names, and VSGX returned +19.5% over the year. Net assets: $1.8bn on Oct 8, 2026 for AB International Low Volatility Equity ETF, and $6.7bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard ESG International Stock ETF.

VSGX costs 0.40 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 10.5 points.

ILOWVSGX
Expense ratio0.50%0.10%
Net assets, ILOW as of Oct 8, 2026 and VSGX as of Sep 30, 2026$1.8bn$6.7bn
Total return, 1 year+9.0%+19.5%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedFTSE Global All Cap ex US Choice Index
Holdings in common15%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund20.7%17.1%
Below its high4.9%, high on Aug 25, 20263.6%, 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
+19.5%
VSGX total return, 1 year
0.50%
ILOW expense ratio
0.10%
VSGX expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ILOW and VSGX hold 15% 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

15% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding ILOW VSGX
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 2.50% 5.37%
ASML Holding NV 2.87% 1.93%
Roche Holding AG 1.78% 0.90%
Novartis AG 1.95% 0.84%
Royal Bank of Canada 0.80% 0.85%
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc 1.51% 0.73%
AstraZeneca PLC 1.67% 0.71%
SAP SE 0.95% 0.67%
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc 1.45% 0.46%
UniCredit SpA 1.48% 0.43%
Sony Group Corp 1.33% 0.43%
AIA Group Ltd 1.00% 0.30%
Only in ILOW
Prysmian SpA 2.13%
Schneider Electric SE 2.10%
BAE Systems PLC 1.98%
ABB Ltd 1.77%
Enel SpA 1.71%
Toronto-Dominion Bank/The 1.57%
British American Tobacco PLC 1.55%
National Grid PLC 1.45%
Only in VSGX
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 2.56%
SK hynix Inc 1.98%
SLCMT1142 1.18%
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 0.80%
Nestle SA 0.74%
Siemens AG 0.72%
Banco Santander SA 0.64%
Toyota Motor Corp 0.62%

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On the same fields

ILOW
AB International Low Volatility Equity ETF
VSGX
Vanguard ESG International Stock 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% +19.5%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 −8.2 pts +2.2 pts
Expense ratio 0.50% 0.10%
Already in the S&P 500 0.6% 0.0%
Holdings 84 6631
Net assets, ILOW as of Oct 8, 2026 and VSGX as of Sep 30, 2026 $1.8bn $6.7bn

ILOW and VSGX 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.

VSGX in plain words

VSGX tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +19.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.10% 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 6,631 positions, with the top ten at 17.1%. It sat 3.6% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ILOW or VSGX?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ILOW returned +9.0% and VSGX +19.5%.
Which is cheaper, ILOW or VSGX?
VSGX is cheaper, by 0.40 percentage points a year. That is about $40 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ILOW and VSGX overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 1% of ILOW and 0% of VSGX 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) ↗VSGX filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VSGX prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VSGX ↗

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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