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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VEA returned +19.7% and VSGX +19.5%.

Which is cheaper, VEA or VSGX?

VEA is cheaper, by 0.07 percentage points a year. That is about $7 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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VEA vs VSGX: Differences, Returns & Fees

VEA and VSGX hold 70% of their weight in the same names. Net assets on Sep 30, 2026: $231.6bn for Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF and $6.7bn for Vanguard ESG International Stock ETF.

VEA costs 0.07 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.2 points; VEA is far larger, $231.6bn against $6.7bn.

	VEA	VSGX
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.10%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$231.6bn	$6.7bn
Total return, 1 year	+19.7%	+19.5%
What it tracks	FTSE Developed All Cap ex US Index	FTSE Global All Cap ex US Choice Index
Holdings in common	70%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	13.0%	17.1%
Below its high	4.4%, high on Aug 25, 2026	3.6%, high on Sep 4, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Aug 31, 2026.

+19.7%

VEA total return, 1 year

+19.5%

VSGX total return, 1 year

0.03%

VEA expense ratio

0.10%

VSGX expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, VEA and VSGX hold 70% 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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70% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding VEA VSGX

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 2.61% 2.56%

SK hynix Inc 2.01% 1.98%

ASML Holding NV 1.96% 1.93%

Roche Holding AG 0.92% 0.90%

Royal Bank of Canada 0.86% 0.85%

Novartis AG 0.85% 0.84%

Nestle SA 0.75% 0.74%

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc 0.74% 0.73%

Siemens AG 0.73% 0.72%

AstraZeneca PLC 0.72% 0.71%

SAP SE 0.68% 0.67%

Banco Santander SA 0.65% 0.64%

Only in VEA

SLBBH1142 1.25%

HSBC Holdings PLC 1.05%

Shell PLC 0.77%

BHP Group Ltd 0.72%

Toronto-Dominion Bank/The 0.61%

Schneider Electric SE 0.56%

Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC 0.51%

TotalEnergies SE 0.51%

Only in VSGX

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 5.37%

SLCMT1142 1.18%

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 0.80%

MediaTek Inc 0.53%

Delta Electronics Inc 0.33%

China Construction Bank Corp 0.32%

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd 0.28%

HDFC Bank Ltd 0.25%

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On the same fields

VEA

Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF

VSGX

Vanguard ESG International Stock 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% +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 0.03% 0.10%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 3898 6631

Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026 $231.6bn $6.7bn

VEA and VSGX 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.

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, VEA or VSGX?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VEA returned +19.7% and VSGX +19.5%.
Which is cheaper, VEA or VSGX?: VEA is cheaper, by 0.07 percentage points a year. That is about $7 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do VEA and VSGX overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of VEA and 0% of VSGX 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 ↗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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