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IQDF vs VEU: Differences, Returns & Fees

IQDF and VEU hold 25% of their weight in the same names, and IQDF returned +24.5% over the year. Net assets: $1.2bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Northern Trust International Quality Dividend ETF, and $68.1bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard FTSE All World Ex US ETF.

VEU costs 0.43 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 6.3 points; VEU is far larger, $95.8bn against $1.2bn.

IQDFVEU
Expense ratio0.47%0.04%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026$1.2bn$95.8bn
Total return, 1 year+24.5%+18.2%
What it tracksnot read by ETFIQFTSE All-World ex US Index
Holdings in common25%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund19.8%14.5%
Below its high4.3%, high on Sep 8, 20263.9%, high on Sep 4, 2026

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

+24.5%
IQDF total return, 1 year
+18.2%
VEU total return, 1 year
0.47%
IQDF expense ratio
0.04%
VEU expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IQDF and VEU hold 25% 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 Jul 31, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026.

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25% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding IQDF VEU
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. 4.55% 4.36%
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. 1.92% 2.08%
SK hynix, Inc. 1.34% 1.60%
ASML Holding NV 1.22% 1.56%
Roche Holding AG 1.27% 0.73%
Royal Bank of Canada 0.63% 0.68%
Nestle SA 1.02% 0.60%
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.70% 0.59%
BHP Group Ltd. 1.44% 0.57%
Tencent Holdings Ltd. 0.56% 0.86%
Toronto-Dominion Bank (The) 1.05% 0.48%
HSBC Holdings plc 0.44% 0.84%
Only in IQDF
Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. 0.87%
Quinenco SA 0.78%
H World Group Ltd. 0.70%
PTT Exploration & Production PCL 0.69%
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. 0.36%
Dr Ing hc F Porsche AG 0.09%
ING Bank Slaski SA 0.03%
Only in VEU
SLBBH1142 1.11%
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 0.65%
Siemens AG 0.58%
MKTLIQ 0.55%
Banco Santander SA 0.52%
Toyota Motor Corp 0.50%
Allianz SE 0.47%
Commonwealth Bank of Australia 0.46%

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On the same fields

IQDF
Northern Trust International Quality Dividend ETF
VEU
Vanguard FTSE All World Ex US ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Northern Trust Vanguard
What it is Tracks an index Tracks the FTSE All-World ex-US
Total return, 1 year +24.5% +18.2%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 +7.2 pts +0.9 pts
Expense ratio 0.47% 0.04%
Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%
Holdings 182 3862
Net assets, IQDF as of Jul 31, 2026 and VEU as of Sep 30, 2026 $1.2bn $68.1bn

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

IQDF in plain words

IQDF tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +24.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.47% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 182 positions, with the top ten at 19.8%. It sat 4.3% below its high of Sep 8, 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, IQDF or VEU?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IQDF returned +24.5% and VEU +18.2%.
Which is cheaper, IQDF or VEU?
VEU 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 IQDF and VEU overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IQDF and 0% of VEU by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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IQDF on its own →VEU on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →Standards and sources →
Where these figures came from
IQDF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IQDF 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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