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IQLT vs VEU: Differences, Returns & Fees

IQLT and VEU hold 24% of their weight in the same names, and VEU returned +18.2% over the year. Net assets: $13.6bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares MSCI Intl Quality Factor ETF, and $68.1bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard FTSE All World Ex US ETF.

VEU costs 0.26 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.4 points.

IQLTVEU
Expense ratio0.30%0.04%
Net assets, IQLT as of Oct 9, 2026 and VEU as of Sep 30, 2026$13.6bn$68.1bn
Total return, 1 year+14.8%+18.2%
What it tracksnot read by ETFIQFTSE All-World ex US Index
Holdings in common24%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund23.7%14.5%
Below its high4.8%, high on Aug 25, 20263.9%, high on Sep 4, 2026

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

+14.8%
IQLT total return, 1 year
+18.2%
VEU total return, 1 year
0.30%
IQLT expense ratio
0.04%
VEU expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IQLT and VEU hold 24% 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.

half

24% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding IQLT VEU
ASML HOLDING 6.01% 1.56%
ROCHE PS PAR AG 2.20% 0.73%
NOVARTIS AG 1.67% 0.68%
SHELL 1.85% 0.61%
NESTLE SA 1.69% 0.60%
ASTRAZENECA PLC 1.59% 0.58%
BHP GROUP LTD 1.54% 0.57%
ALLIANZ 2.57% 0.47%
SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC 1.30% 0.44%
ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC 1.41% 0.41%
TOTALENERGIES 1.34% 0.41%
IBERDROLA 1.35% 0.38%
Only in IQLT
MUENCHENER RUECKVERSICHERUNGS-GESE 1.09%
HONG KONG EXCHANGES AND CLEARING 1.06%
NOVO NORDISK CLASS B 0.92%
INVESTOR CLASS B 0.80%
ATLAS COPCO CLASS A 0.57%
ATLAS COPCO CLASS B 0.31%
VOLVO CLASS B 0.31%
ASSA ABLOY B 0.23%
Only in VEU
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 4.36%
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 2.08%
SK hynix Inc 1.60%
SLBBH1142 1.11%
Tencent Holdings Ltd 0.86%
HSBC Holdings PLC 0.84%
Royal Bank of Canada 0.68%
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 0.65%

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On the same fields

IQLT
iShares MSCI Intl Quality Factor ETF
VEU
Vanguard FTSE All World Ex US ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer iShares Vanguard
What it is Tracks an index Tracks the FTSE All-World ex-US
Total return, 1 year +14.8% +18.2%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 −2.5 pts +0.9 pts
Expense ratio 0.30% 0.04%
Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%
Holdings 294 3862
Net assets, IQLT as of Oct 9, 2026 and VEU as of Sep 30, 2026 $13.6bn $68.1bn

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

IQLT in plain words

IQLT tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +14.8% 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 294 positions, with the top ten at 23.7%. It sat 4.8% below its high of Aug 25, 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, IQLT or VEU?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IQLT returned +14.8% and VEU +18.2%.
Which is cheaper, IQLT or VEU?
VEU is cheaper, by 0.26 percentage points a year. That is about $26 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IQLT and VEU overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IQLT and 0% of VEU by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
IQLT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IQLT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IQLT ↗VEU filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VEU prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VEU ↗

ETFIQ links to the documents behind every figure; a link is not an endorsement. A comparison is not a recommendation.

How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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