IEFAvsVYM

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF or Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF, side by side from their own SEC filings. They hold no stocks in common. VYM 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 VYM +23.7%.

0.3%of the two portfolios is the same stocks at the same weight
IEFA0.3% in stocks the other holds too
VYM1.7% 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.

IEFAVYMYearly cost0.07%0.04%Net assets$190.1B$99.2BPositions2,632616Last 12 months+24.8%+23.7%3 years, a year+16.1%+16.8%5 years, a year+8.9%+12.2%Largest holdingASML 2.5%AVGO 7.4%Main sectorn/aFinancial Services 22%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$200VYM$227
August 2019July 2026

More comparisons

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