Which returned more over the last year, IVLU or VYMI?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IVLU returned +23.8% and VYMI +24.1%.

Which is cheaper, IVLU or VYMI?

VYMI is cheaper, by 0.24 percentage points a year. That is about $24 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do IVLU and VYMI overlap with the S&P 500?

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

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IVLU vs VYMI: Differences, Returns & Fees

IVLU and VYMI hold 42% of their weight in the same names. Net assets: $4.4bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares MSCI Intl Value Factor ETF, and $21.4bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF.

VYMI costs 0.24 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.3 points; VYMI is 4.7 times larger.

	IVLU	VYMI
Expense ratio	0.31%	0.07%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$4.5bn	$21.4bn
Total return, 1 year	+23.8%	+24.1%
What it tracks	MSCI World ex USA Enhanced Value Index	FTSE All-World ex US High Dividend Yield Index
Holdings in common	42%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	16.2%	13.6%
Below its high	6.0%, high on Sep 3, 2026	5.3%, high on Sep 3, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

+23.8%

IVLU total return, 1 year

+24.1%

VYMI total return, 1 year

0.31%

IVLU expense ratio

0.07%

VYMI expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IVLU and VYMI hold 42% 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 8, 2026.

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42% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding IVLU VYMI

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 2.05% 1.80%

ROCHE PS PAR AG 1.46% 1.57%

SHELL 1.95% 1.32%

NOVARTIS AG 1.28% 1.45%

MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP 1.27% 1.27%

BANCO SANTANDER 1.70% 1.11%

TOYOTA MOTOR 1.89% 1.08%

BHP GROUP LTD 1.00% 1.23%

TOTALENERGIES 1.18% 0.87%

BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA SA 1.12% 0.83%

SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP 1.01% 0.79%

UNICREDIT 0.98% 0.76%

Only in IVLU

MITSUBISHI 0.97%

KIOXIA HOLDINGS 0.95%

MITSUI 0.94%

ITOCHU 0.90%

INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 0.86%

MURATA MANUFACTURING 0.86%

BAYER AG 0.83%

NOKIA 0.82%

Only in VYMI

Royal Bank of Canada 1.46%

Nestle SA 1.28%

Toronto-Dominion Bank/The 1.03%

Allianz SE 1.02%

Commonwealth Bank of Australia 0.98%

MediaTek Inc 0.93%

UBS Group AG 0.88%

SLBBH1142 0.82%

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On the same fields

IVLU

iShares MSCI Intl Value Factor ETF

VYMI

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index of International High Dividend Yield

Total return, 1 year +23.8% +24.1%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +6.5 pts +6.8 pts

Expense ratio 0.31% 0.07%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 344 1574

Net assets, IVLU as of Oct 9, 2026 and VYMI as of Sep 30, 2026 $4.4bn $21.4bn

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

IVLU in plain words

IVLU tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +23.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.31% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 344 positions, with the top ten at 16.2%. It sat 6.0% below its high of Sep 3, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

VYMI in plain words

VYMI tracks an index of International High Dividend Yield. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +24.1% 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 1,574 positions, with the top ten at 13.6%. It sat 5.3% below its high of Sep 3, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IVLU or VYMI?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IVLU returned +23.8% and VYMI +24.1%.
Which is cheaper, IVLU or VYMI?: VYMI is cheaper, by 0.24 percentage points a year. That is about $24 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IVLU and VYMI overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IVLU and 0% of VYMI by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

IVLU filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IVLU prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IVLU ↗VYMI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VYMI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VYMI ↗

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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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