IEFAvsVIG

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF or Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF, side by side from their own SEC filings. They hold no stocks in common. VIG costs 0.04% a year against 0.07% for IEFA, $3 a year less on $10,000. Over the last twelve months IEFA returned +24.8% and VIG +18.0%.

0.2%of the two portfolios is the same stocks at the same weight
IEFA0.2% in stocks the other holds too
VIG1.5% in stocks the other holds too
stocks in bothstocks only in that fundbonds, cash and unmatched shares

The two funds

From each fund's latest N-PORT filing and its prospectus.

IEFAVIGYearly cost0.07%0.04%Net assets$190.1B$130.9BPositions2,632341Last 12 months+24.8%+18.0%3 years, a year+16.1%+14.9%5 years, a year+8.9%+10.4%Largest holdingASML 2.5%AVGO 4.6%Main sectorn/aTechnology 25%Holdings as ofJul 31, 2026Jul 31, 2026

Returns are total returns with dividends reinvested, from the funds’ own monthly figures; “(price)” marks a fund whose filing record is younger than a year, whose twelve months are its price change. The stronger figure in each row is set in bold. Past returns say what happened, not what will.

Growth of $100

Both funds from August 2019, the first month both report, dividends reinvested.

IEFA$200VIG$231
August 2019July 2026

What they both hold

2 stocks are in both funds: 0.2% of IEFA and 1.5% of VIG. The biggest shared positions:

Stockin IEFAin VIG
SUNB0.1%0.1%MRK0.1%1.4%

Only in IEFA

Its biggest stocks the other fund does not hold.

  1. AZNAstraZeneca PLC1.0%
  2. SHELShell plc1.0%
  3. BHPBHP Group Limited0.8%
  4. TTETotalEnergies SE0.7%
  5. UBSUBS Group AG0.7%
  6. BBVABanco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A.0.6%

Only in VIG

Its biggest stocks the other fund does not hold.

  1. AVGOBroadcom4.6%
  2. AAPLApple Inc.4.5%
  3. MSFTMicrosoft Corporation4.3%
  4. JPMJPMorgan Chase4.1%
  5. LLYEli Lilly3.9%
  6. XOMExxon Mobil Corporation2.8%

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From each fund’s Form N-PORT (IEFA: July 2026, VIG: July 2026) and prospectus, via the SEC’s public data sets. Overlap counts only the stocks we can match to a listing: stock by stock, the smaller of the two weights, added up.