Which returned more over the last year, SEIE or VEA?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SEIE returned +18.9% and VEA +19.7%.

Which is cheaper, SEIE or VEA?

VEA is cheaper, by 0.47 percentage points a year. That is about $47 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do SEIE and VEA overlap with the S&P 500?

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

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SEIE vs VEA: Differences, Returns & Fees

SEIE and VEA hold 32% of their weight in the same names, and VEA returned +19.7% over the year. Net assets: $1.1bn on Jun 30, 2026 for SEI Select International Equity ETF, and $231.6bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF.

VEA costs 0.47 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.8 points; VEA is far larger, $316.4bn against $1.1bn.

	SEIE	VEA
Expense ratio	0.50%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Jun 30, 2026	$1.1bn	$316.4bn
Total return, 1 year	+18.9%	+19.7%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	FTSE Developed All Cap ex US Index
Holdings in common	32%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	13.0%	13.0%
Below its high	5.2%, high on Aug 25, 2026	4.4%, high on Aug 25, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026.

+18.9%

SEIE total return, 1 year

+19.7%

VEA total return, 1 year

0.50%

SEIE expense ratio

0.03%

VEA expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, SEIE and VEA hold 32% 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 Jun 30, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026.

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32% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding SEIE VEA

ASML Holding N.V. 1.61% 1.96%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 2.00% 1.05%

Roche Holding AG 0.93% 0.92%

Novartis AG 1.17% 0.85%

ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.97% 0.72%

Banco Santander, S.A. 0.83% 0.65%

SHELL PLC 0.59% 0.77%

UBS Group AG 0.52% 0.51%

TOTALENERGIES SE 0.72% 0.51%

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. 0.76% 0.49%

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.45% 0.74%

UNICREDIT, SOCIETA PER AZIONI 0.92% 0.44%

Only in SEIE

Fresenius Medical Care AG 0.36%

YANGZIJIANG SHIPBUILDING (HOLDINGS) LTD. 0.23%

STMicroelectronics N.V. 0.19%

Futu Holdings Limited 0.17%

COVIVIO SA 0.15%

TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LIMITED... 0.14%

Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft 0.14%

LOTTOMATICA GROUP S.P.A. 0.14%

Only in VEA

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 2.61%

SK hynix Inc 2.01%

SLBBH1142 1.25%

Royal Bank of Canada 0.86%

Siemens AG 0.73%

BHP Group Ltd 0.72%

Toyota Motor Corp 0.63%

Toronto-Dominion Bank/The 0.61%

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On the same fields

SEIE

SEI Select International Equity ETF

VEA

Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer SEI Vanguard

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of Developed markets ex US

Total return, 1 year +18.9% +19.7%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +1.7 pts +2.5 pts

Expense ratio 0.50% 0.03%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 342 3898

Net assets, SEIE as of Jun 30, 2026 and VEA as of Sep 30, 2026 $1.1bn $231.6bn

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

SEIE in plain words

SEIE is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +18.9% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.50% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 342 positions, with the top ten at 13.0%. It sat 5.2% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

VEA in plain words

VEA tracks an index of Developed markets ex US. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +19.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% 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 3,898 positions, with the top ten at 13.0%. It sat 4.4% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SEIE or VEA?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SEIE returned +18.9% and VEA +19.7%.
Which is cheaper, SEIE or VEA?: VEA is cheaper, by 0.47 percentage points a year. That is about $47 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do SEIE and VEA overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of SEIE and 0% of VEA by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

SEIE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SEIE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗SEI website ↗VEA filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VEA prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VEA ↗

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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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