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IQDF vs VSGX: Differences, Returns & Fees

IQDF and VSGX hold 21% 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 $6.7bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard ESG International Stock ETF.

VSGX costs 0.37 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.0 points.

IQDFVSGX
Expense ratio0.47%0.10%
Net assets, IQDF as of Jul 31, 2026 and VSGX as of Sep 30, 2026$1.2bn$6.7bn
Total return, 1 year+24.5%+19.5%
What it tracksnot read by ETFIQFTSE Global All Cap ex US Choice Index
Holdings in common21%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund19.8%17.1%
Below its high4.3%, high on Sep 8, 20263.6%, 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
+19.5%
VSGX total return, 1 year
0.47%
IQDF expense ratio
0.10%
VSGX expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IQDF and VSGX hold 21% 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.

half

21% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding IQDF VSGX
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. 4.55% 5.37%
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. 1.92% 2.56%
SK hynix, Inc. 1.34% 1.98%
ASML Holding NV 1.22% 1.93%
Roche Holding AG 1.27% 0.90%
Nestle SA 1.02% 0.74%
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.70% 0.73%
Royal Bank of Canada 0.63% 0.85%
MediaTek, Inc. 1.99% 0.53%
Tokyo Electron Ltd. 2.10% 0.45%
Advantest Corp. 2.13% 0.45%
UniCredit SpA 1.17% 0.43%
Only in IQDF
BHP Group Ltd. 1.44%
Enel SpA 1.25%
Toronto-Dominion Bank (The) 1.05%
TotalEnergies SE 0.98%
Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. 0.87%
ORIX Corp. 0.86%
British American Tobacco plc 0.81%
Allwyn AG 0.80%
Only in VSGX
SLCMT1142 1.18%
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 0.80%
Siemens AG 0.72%
Banco Santander SA 0.64%
Toyota Motor Corp 0.62%
Allianz SE 0.59%
Commonwealth Bank of Australia 0.56%
Shopify Inc 0.53%

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On the same fields

IQDF
Northern Trust International Quality Dividend ETF
VSGX
Vanguard ESG International Stock 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% +19.5%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 +7.2 pts +2.2 pts
Expense ratio 0.47% 0.10%
Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%
Holdings 182 6631
Net assets, IQDF as of Jul 31, 2026 and VSGX as of Sep 30, 2026 $1.2bn $6.7bn

IQDF and VSGX 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.

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, IQDF or VSGX?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IQDF returned +24.5% and VSGX +19.5%.
Which is cheaper, IQDF or VSGX?
VSGX is cheaper, by 0.37 percentage points a year. That is about $37 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IQDF and VSGX overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IQDF and 0% of VSGX 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) ↗VSGX filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VSGX prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VSGX ↗

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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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