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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VEA returned +19.7% and VIGI +7.3%.

Which is cheaper, VEA or VIGI?

VEA is cheaper, by 0.04 percentage points a year. That is about $4 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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VEA vs VIGI: Differences, Returns & Fees

VEA and VIGI hold 17% of their weight in the same names, and VEA returned +19.7% over the year. Net assets on Sep 30, 2026: $231.6bn for Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF and $8.8bn for Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF.

VEA costs 0.04 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 12.4 points; VEA is far larger, $231.6bn against $8.8bn.

	VEA	VIGI
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.07%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$231.6bn	$8.8bn
Total return, 1 year	+19.7%	+7.3%
What it tracks	FTSE Developed All Cap ex US Index	not read by ETFIQ
Holdings in common	17%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	13.0%	35.4%
Below its high	4.4%, high on Aug 25, 2026	4.8%, high on Sep 3, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Aug 31, 2026.

+19.7%

VEA total return, 1 year

+7.3%

VIGI total return, 1 year

0.03%

VEA expense ratio

0.07%

VIGI expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, VEA and VIGI hold 17% 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.

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17% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding VEA VIGI

Roche Holding AG 0.92% 3.40%

Royal Bank of Canada 0.86% 4.61%

Novartis AG 0.85% 3.35%

Nestle SA 0.75% 3.52%

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc 0.74% 4.63%

SAP SE 0.68% 3.84%

Toronto-Dominion Bank/The 0.61% 3.46%

Schneider Electric SE 0.56% 3.18%

Iberdrola SA 0.48% 2.48%

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc 0.47% 2.81%

Hitachi Ltd 0.45% 2.63%

Sony Group Corp 0.44% 2.60%

Only in VEA

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 2.61%

SK hynix Inc 2.01%

ASML Holding NV 1.96%

HSBC Holdings PLC 1.05%

Shell PLC 0.77%

Siemens AG 0.73%

AstraZeneca PLC 0.72%

BHP Group Ltd 0.72%

Only in VIGI

Reliance Industries Ltd 1.55%

Infosys Ltd 0.70%

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd 0.39%

America Movil SAB de CV 0.36%

Bank Central Asia Tbk PT 0.34%

Kweichow Moutai Co Ltd 0.33%

Wistron Corp 0.30%

GULF DEVELOPMENT PCL-FOREIGN 0.24%

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On the same fields

VEA

Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF

VIGI

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Vanguard Vanguard

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

Total return, 1 year +19.7% +7.3%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +2.5 pts −10.0 pts

Expense ratio 0.03% 0.07%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 3898 343

Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026 $231.6bn $8.8bn

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

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.

VIGI in plain words

VIGI tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +7.3% 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 343 positions, with the top ten at 35.4%. It sat 4.8% below its high of Sep 3, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, VEA or VIGI?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VEA returned +19.7% and VIGI +7.3%.
Which is cheaper, VEA or VIGI?: VEA is cheaper, by 0.04 percentage points a year. That is about $4 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do VEA and VIGI overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of VEA and 0% of VIGI by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

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

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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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