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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IMTM returned +15.3% and VEA +19.7%.

Which is cheaper, IMTM or VEA?

VEA is cheaper, by 0.27 percentage points a year. That is about $27 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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IMTM vs VEA: Differences, Returns & Fees

IMTM and VEA hold 40% of their weight in the same names, and VEA returned +19.7% over the year. Net assets: $4.2bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares MSCI Intl Momentum Factor ETF, and $231.6bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF.

VEA costs 0.27 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.4 points.

	IMTM	VEA
Expense ratio	0.30%	0.03%
Net assets, IMTM as of Oct 9, 2026 and VEA as of Sep 30, 2026	$4.2bn	$231.6bn
Total return, 1 year	+15.3%	+19.7%
What it tracks	not read by ETFIQ	FTSE Developed All Cap ex US Index
Holdings in common	40%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	24.4%	13.0%
Below its high	4.3%, high on Aug 17, 2026	4.4%, high on Aug 25, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+15.3%

IMTM total return, 1 year

+19.7%

VEA total return, 1 year

0.30%

IMTM expense ratio

0.03%

VEA expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IMTM and VEA hold 40% 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 Aug 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

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40% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding IMTM VEA

ASML HOLDING 5.21% 1.96%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 2.80% 1.05%

ROCHE PS PAR AG 1.73% 0.92%

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 3.16% 0.86%

NOVARTIS AG 1.83% 0.85%

SHELL 1.91% 0.77%

MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP 1.68% 0.74%

BHP GROUP LTD 1.51% 0.72%

BANCO SANTANDER 1.51% 0.65%

TORONTO DOMINION 2.25% 0.61%

ALLIANZ 1.10% 0.59%

SUNCOR ENERGY INC 0.91% 0.56%

Only in IMTM

INVESTOR CLASS B 0.56%

NEBIUS NV CLASS A 0.40%

NORDEA BANK 0.37%

SWEDBANK 0.20%

TECK RESOURCES SUBORDINATE VOTING 0.20%

SMC (JAPAN) CORP 0.15%

AERCAP HOLDINGS 0.14%

ERICSSON B 0.12%

Only in VEA

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 2.61%

SK hynix Inc 2.01%

SLBBH1142 1.25%

Nestle SA 0.75%

Siemens AG 0.73%

AstraZeneca PLC 0.72%

Toyota Motor Corp 0.63%

Commonwealth Bank of Australia 0.57%

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On the same fields

IMTM

iShares MSCI Intl Momentum Factor ETF

VEA

Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index of Developed markets ex US

Total return, 1 year +15.3% +19.7%

S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 −2.0 pts +2.5 pts

Expense ratio 0.30% 0.03%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 301 3898

Net assets, IMTM as of Oct 9, 2026 and VEA as of Sep 30, 2026 $4.2bn $231.6bn

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

IMTM in plain words

IMTM tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +15.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.30% 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 301 positions, with the top ten at 24.4%. It sat 4.3% below its high of Aug 17, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

VEA in plain words

VEA tracks an index of Developed markets ex US. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +19.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% 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 3,898 positions, with the top ten at 13.0%. It sat 4.4% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IMTM or VEA?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IMTM returned +15.3% and VEA +19.7%.
Which is cheaper, IMTM or VEA?: VEA is cheaper, by 0.27 percentage points a year. That is about $27 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IMTM and VEA overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IMTM and 0% of VEA by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

IMTM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IMTM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IMTM ↗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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