Which returned more over the last year, IQDF or VIGI?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IQDF returned +24.5% and VIGI +7.3%.

Which is cheaper, IQDF or VIGI?

VIGI 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 IQDF and VIGI overlap with the S&P 500?

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

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IQDF vs VIGI: Differences, Returns & Fees

IQDF and VIGI hold 9% 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 $8.8bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF.

VIGI costs 0.40 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 17.2 points.

	IQDF	VIGI
Expense ratio	0.47%	0.07%
Net assets, IQDF as of Jul 31, 2026 and VIGI as of Sep 30, 2026	$1.2bn	$8.8bn
Total return, 1 year	+24.5%	+7.3%
What it tracks	not read by ETFIQ	not read by ETFIQ
Holdings in common	9%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	19.8%	35.4%
Below its high	4.3%, high on Sep 8, 2026	4.8%, high on Sep 3, 2026

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

+24.5%

IQDF total return, 1 year

+7.3%

VIGI total return, 1 year

0.47%

IQDF expense ratio

0.07%

VIGI expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IQDF and VIGI hold 9% 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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9% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding IQDF VIGI

Novo Nordisk A/S 1.63% 2.47%

Roche Holding AG 1.27% 3.40%

Toronto-Dominion Bank (The) 1.05% 3.46%

Nestle SA 1.02% 3.52%

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.70% 4.63%

Royal Bank of Canada 0.63% 4.61%

Hitachi Ltd. 0.57% 2.63%

Mitsubishi Corp. 0.46% 1.90%

Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. 0.78% 0.33%

Wolters Kluwer NV 0.80% 0.33%

Novartis AG 0.32% 3.35%

MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc. 0.24% 0.66%

Only in IQDF

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. 4.55%

Advantest Corp. 2.13%

Tokyo Electron Ltd. 2.10%

MediaTek, Inc. 1.99%

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. 1.92%

BHP Group Ltd. 1.44%

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA 1.44%

SK hynix, Inc. 1.34%

Only in VIGI

Schneider Electric SE 3.18%

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc 2.81%

Sony Group Corp 2.60%

Iberdrola SA 2.48%

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce 1.79%

AIA Group Ltd 1.73%

Reliance Industries Ltd 1.55%

Brookfield Corp 1.51%

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On the same fields

IQDF

Northern Trust International Quality Dividend ETF

VIGI

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Northern Trust Vanguard

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +24.5% +7.3%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +7.2 pts −10.0 pts

Expense ratio 0.47% 0.07%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 182 343

Net assets, IQDF as of Jul 31, 2026 and VIGI as of Sep 30, 2026 $1.2bn $8.8bn

IQDF and VIGI 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.

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, IQDF or VIGI?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IQDF returned +24.5% and VIGI +7.3%.
Which is cheaper, IQDF or VIGI?: VIGI 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 IQDF and VIGI overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IQDF and 0% of VIGI by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

IQDF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IQDF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗VIGI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VIGI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VIGI ↗

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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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