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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SEIE returned +18.9% and VXUS +17.8%.

Which is cheaper, SEIE or VXUS?

VXUS is cheaper, by 0.45 percentage points a year. That is about $45 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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SEIE vs VXUS: Differences, Returns & Fees

SEIE and VXUS hold 25% of their weight in the same names, and SEIE returned +18.9% over the year. Net assets: $1.1bn on Jun 30, 2026 for SEI Select International Equity ETF, and $163.2bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Total International Stock ETF.

VXUS costs 0.45 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.1 points.

	SEIE	VXUS
Expense ratio	0.50%	0.05%
Net assets, SEIE as of Jun 30, 2026 and VXUS as of Sep 30, 2026	$1.1bn	$163.2bn
Total return, 1 year	+18.9%	+17.8%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	FTSE Global All Cap ex US Index
Holdings in common	25%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	13.0%	14.1%
Below its high	5.2%, high on Aug 25, 2026	3.9%, high on Sep 4, 2026

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

+18.9%

SEIE total return, 1 year

+17.8%

VXUS total return, 1 year

0.50%

SEIE expense ratio

0.05%

VXUS expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, SEIE and VXUS hold 25% 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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25% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding SEIE VXUS

ASML Holding N.V. 1.61% 1.43%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 2.00% 0.77%

Roche Holding AG 0.93% 0.67%

Novartis AG 1.17% 0.62%

SHELL PLC 0.59% 0.56%

ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.97% 0.53%

Banco Santander, S.A. 0.83% 0.47%

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.45% 0.54%

UBS Group AG 0.52% 0.37%

ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC 0.37% 0.37%

SAP SE 0.37% 0.49%

TOTALENERGIES SE 0.72% 0.37%

Only in SEIE

Fresenius Medical Care AG 0.36%

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%

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG 0.09%

Only in VXUS

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 3.98%

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.90%

SLCMT1142 1.83%

SK hynix Inc 1.46%

Tencent Holdings Ltd 0.78%

MKTLIQ 0.65%

Royal Bank of Canada 0.62%

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 0.59%

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On the same fields

SEIE

SEI Select International Equity ETF

VXUS

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer SEI Vanguard

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of Total International Stock

Total return, 1 year +18.9% +17.8%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +1.7 pts +0.5 pts

Expense ratio 0.50% 0.05%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 342 8802

Net assets, SEIE as of Jun 30, 2026 and VXUS as of Sep 30, 2026 $1.1bn $163.2bn

SEIE and VXUS 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.

VXUS in plain words

VXUS tracks an index of Total International Stock. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% 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 8,802 positions, with the top ten at 14.1%. 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, SEIE or VXUS?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SEIE returned +18.9% and VXUS +17.8%.
Which is cheaper, SEIE or VXUS?: VXUS is cheaper, by 0.45 percentage points a year. That is about $45 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do SEIE and VXUS overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of SEIE and 0% of VXUS 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 ↗VXUS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VXUS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VXUS ↗

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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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