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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, INTF returned +18.0% and VEA +19.7%.

Which is cheaper, INTF or VEA?

VEA is cheaper, by 0.13 percentage points a year. That is about $13 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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INTF vs VEA: Differences, Returns & Fees

INTF and VEA hold 48% of their weight in the same names, and VEA returned +19.7% over the year. Net assets: $3.7bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares International Equity Factor ETF, and $231.6bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF.

VEA costs 0.13 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.7 points.

	INTF	VEA
Expense ratio	0.16%	0.03%
Net assets, INTF as of Oct 9, 2026 and VEA as of Sep 30, 2026	$3.7bn	$231.6bn
Total return, 1 year	+18.0%	+19.7%
What it tracks	not read by ETFIQ	FTSE Developed All Cap ex US Index
Holdings in common	48%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	12.7%	13.0%
Below its high	4.9%, high on Sep 4, 2026	4.4%, high on Aug 25, 2026

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

+18.0%

INTF total return, 1 year

+19.7%

VEA total return, 1 year

0.16%

INTF expense ratio

0.03%

VEA expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, INTF and VEA hold 48% 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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48% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding INTF VEA

ASML HOLDING 2.62% 1.96%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.11% 1.05%

ROCHE PS PAR AG 1.07% 0.92%

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 1.14% 0.86%

NOVARTIS AG 1.99% 0.85%

NESTLE SA 0.88% 0.75%

MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP 1.04% 0.74%

SHELL 0.74% 0.77%

ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.82% 0.72%

BHP GROUP LTD 0.96% 0.72%

SIEMENS N AG 0.71% 0.73%

SAP 0.75% 0.68%

Only in INTF

NORDEA BANK 0.53%

NOVO NORDISK CLASS B 0.52%

YANGZIJIANG SHIPBUILDING (HOLDINGS 0.41%

INVESTOR CLASS B 0.40%

MUENCHENER RUECKVERSICHERUNGS-GESE 0.32%

A P MOLLER MAERSK B 0.31%

WARTSILA 0.25%

SSAB CLASS B 0.23%

Only in VEA

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 2.61%

SK hynix Inc 2.01%

SLBBH1142 1.25%

Novo Nordisk A/S 0.43%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS-PREF 0.33%

National Australia Bank Ltd 0.25%

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd 0.25%

National Grid PLC 0.23%

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On the same fields

INTF

iShares International Equity 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 +18.0% +19.7%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +0.8 pts +2.5 pts

Expense ratio 0.16% 0.03%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 486 3898

Net assets, INTF as of Oct 9, 2026 and VEA as of Sep 30, 2026 $3.7bn $231.6bn

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

INTF in plain words

INTF tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +18.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.16% 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 486 positions, with the top ten at 12.7%. It sat 4.9% below its high of Sep 4, 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, INTF or VEA?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, INTF returned +18.0% and VEA +19.7%.
Which is cheaper, INTF or VEA?: VEA is cheaper, by 0.13 percentage points a year. That is about $13 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do INTF and VEA overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of INTF and 0% of VEA by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

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