Which returned more over the last year, IQLT or VSGX?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IQLT returned +14.8% and VSGX +19.5%.

Which is cheaper, IQLT or VSGX?

VSGX is cheaper, by 0.20 percentage points a year. That is about $20 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do IQLT and VSGX overlap with the S&P 500?

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

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IQLT vs VSGX: Differences, Returns & Fees

IQLT and VSGX hold 20% of their weight in the same names, and VSGX returned +19.5% over the year. Net assets: $13.6bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares MSCI Intl Quality Factor ETF, and $6.7bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard ESG International Stock ETF.

VSGX costs 0.20 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.7 points.

	IQLT	VSGX
Expense ratio	0.30%	0.10%
Net assets, IQLT as of Oct 9, 2026 and VSGX as of Sep 30, 2026	$13.6bn	$6.7bn
Total return, 1 year	+14.8%	+19.5%
What it tracks	not read by ETFIQ	FTSE Global All Cap ex US Choice Index
Holdings in common	20%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	23.7%	17.1%
Below its high	4.8%, high on Aug 25, 2026	3.6%, 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

+19.5%

VSGX total return, 1 year

0.30%

IQLT expense ratio

0.10%

VSGX expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IQLT and VSGX hold 20% 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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20% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding IQLT VSGX

ASML HOLDING 6.01% 1.93%

ROCHE PS PAR AG 2.20% 0.90%

NOVARTIS AG 1.67% 0.84%

NESTLE SA 1.69% 0.74%

ASTRAZENECA PLC 1.59% 0.71%

ALLIANZ 2.57% 0.59%

TOKYO ELECTRON 1.40% 0.45%

RECRUIT HOLDINGS LTD 1.86% 0.45%

ADVANTEST 2.24% 0.45%

UNILEVER PLC 1.33% 0.40%

DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD 1.05% 0.36%

ZURICH INSURANCE GROUP AG 1.70% 0.32%

Only in IQLT

ABB LTD 1.93%

SHELL 1.85%

BHP GROUP LTD 1.54%

ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC 1.41%

IBERDROLA 1.35%

TOTALENERGIES 1.34%

SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC 1.30%

MUENCHENER RUECKVERSICHERUNGS-GESE 1.09%

Only in VSGX

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 5.37%

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 2.56%

SK hynix Inc 1.98%

SLCMT1142 1.18%

Royal Bank of Canada 0.85%

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 0.80%

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc 0.73%

Siemens AG 0.72%

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On the same fields

IQLT

iShares MSCI Intl Quality Factor ETF

VSGX

Vanguard ESG International Stock ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +14.8% +19.5%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 −2.5 pts +2.2 pts

Expense ratio 0.30% 0.10%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 294 6631

Net assets, IQLT as of Oct 9, 2026 and VSGX as of Sep 30, 2026 $13.6bn $6.7bn

IQLT and VSGX 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.

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, IQLT or VSGX?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IQLT returned +14.8% and VSGX +19.5%.
Which is cheaper, IQLT or VSGX?: VSGX is cheaper, by 0.20 percentage points a year. That is about $20 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IQLT and VSGX overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IQLT and 0% of VSGX 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 ↗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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