IEFAvsVXUS

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF or Vanguard Total International Stock ETF, side by side from their own SEC filings. 5.0% of their stock holdings are the same at the same weight, across 40 stocks in both. VXUS costs 0.05% a year against 0.07% for IEFA, $2 a year less on $10,000. Over the last twelve months IEFA returned +24.8% and VXUS +27.4%.

5.0%of the two portfolios is the same stocks at the same weight
IEFA8.6% in stocks the other holds too
VXUS5.0% 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.

IEFAVXUSYearly cost0.07%0.05%Net assets$190.1B$645.9BPositions2,6328,868Last 12 months+24.8%+27.4%3 years, a year+16.1%+16.9%5 years, a year+8.9%+8.9%Largest holdingASML 2.5%Taiwan 4.1%Main sectorn/an/aHoldings 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$200VXUS$202
August 2019July 2026

From each fund’s Form N-PORT (IEFA: July 2026, VXUS: 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.