BBEU vs VEA: Grades, Fees and Holdings Compared

JPMorgan BetaBuilders Europe ETF

BBEUBCboe

Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF

VEAANYSE Arca

Overlap

35.1%by weight

Expense ratio

VEA −0.06pt a year

BBEU0.09%VEA0.03%

Avg volume · 30D

VEA 34.9×the volume

BBEU289KVEA10.1M

5Y return · a year

VEA +0.4pt

BBEU+8.8%VEA+9.2%

BBEU vs VEA Performance

Oct 29, 2021 – Oct 30, 2026

+52.6%BBEU+55.4%VEA

Expense ratio: BBEU 0.09%; VEA 0.03%, better
Fund size: BBEU $9.04B; VEA $314B
1Y total return: BBEU +12.0%; VEA +16.9%, better
Yield (12M): BBEU 3.01%, better; VEA 2.45%
Holdings: BBEU 347; VEA 3914
Avg volume (30D): BBEU 289K sh; VEA 10.1M sh, better
NAV per share: BBEU $76.24; VEA $69.29
52W range

ETF.net Grade

Pillar letters and Scores for BBEU, VEA, with each pillar’s weight
Pillar	BBEU	VEA
Cost30% weight	C53	A90Higher
Mission25% weight	A100	A100
Risk15% weight	C44Higher	C43
Tradability15% weight	C40	B58Higher
Holdings10% weight	D29	A84Higher
Durability5% weight	C46	A91Higher

Rank among Developed International Core funds

How we build Categories ›

Same Category. BBEU and VEA are both graded against the same 20 Developed International Core funds, so their Grades compare head to head.

Developed International Core⁠

Category · 20 funds

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VEA ranks 2nd and BBEU 11th of 20 funds in the Developed International Core Category.

Rank 1AIDEViShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETFScore 81
Rank 2ASPDWState Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETFScore 80
Rank 2AVEAVanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETFScore 80
Rank 4AIEFAiShares Core MSCI EAFE ETFScore 76
Rank 10BEFAiShares MSCI EAFE ETFScore 60
Rank 11BBBEUJPMorgan BetaBuilders Europe ETFScore 58
Rank 11BFLEEFranklin FTSE Europe ETFScore 58

Our read on each fund

ETF.net Research

BBEUBJPMorgan BetaBuilders Europe ETF

VEAAVanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF

In short

BBEU Most "international" funds bundle Europe with Japan and the rest of Asia. BBEU carves out Europe alone: about 400 developed-Europe stocks, tracked by index, for 0.09% a year.

VEA Everything developed outside the US in one line item: roughly 3,900 stocks across Canada, Europe and the Pacific, small caps included. Vanguard has run it since 2007 at three basis points.

Stated mandate

BBEU The Fund seeks to track the Morningstar Developed Europe Target Market Exposure Index before fees and expenses. It uses passive indexing to replicate the index as closely as possible.

VEA Seeks to track the FTSE Developed All Cap ex US Index through an indexing strategy investing substantially all assets in the index’s large-, mid-, and small-cap stocks across Canada, Europe, and the Pacific region.

Why people hold it

BBEU Charges 0.09% a year, half the 0.18% typical for its peer group.
Pure plumbing: it replicates a Morningstar developed-Europe index with no manager discretion, and hews to that stated mandate as closely as anything in its peer group.
A multi-billion-dollar J.P. Morgan fund running since 2018, with quarterly distributions.

VEA Charges 0.03% a year against a 0.18% median for its peer group. Low cost is the whole point of index exposure, and this sits at the cheap end of it.
The index reaches down to small caps and keeps Canada in, so you own about 3,900 companies across Canada, Europe and the Pacific, not just the mega-cap layer.vanguard.com
Tracks its FTSE benchmark closely and trades in heavy volume, which keeps the spread to get in or out slim, whether the order is small or institutional.
Live since 2007 and one of the largest international stock funds on the market. Distributions come quarterly.

Worth knowing

BBEU Europe only. Broad developed-market peers like VEA, SCHF and SPDW also carry Japan, Canada and Australia; with BBEU you decide how Europe fits the rest.
VGK covers the same continent for 0.06%, so the cost edge holds against the category median more than against every Europe rival.
About 400 large and mid-size names means a narrower field than a global developed fund, and performance rides Europe's own economic cycle.

VEA Developed markets only, and no US stocks. Emerging markets and the home market sit outside the mandate entirely.vanguard.com
The 0.03% fee is matched, not owned: SPDW and SCHF price the same and IDEV is a hair above. The separator here is index construction, not cost.
Plain index exposure, no buffer or downside protection. Foreign markets and the small-cap sleeve can swing hard, and the fund holds the full ride.

Full BBEU profile⁠

Full VEA profile⁠

BBEU vs VEA Holdings

How BBEU and VEA differ

Overlap by weight

35.1%

Shared holdings make up 87.1% of BBEU and 35.2% of VEA.

Level by level

Holdings266 in both35.1%
Countryby domicile48.3%
Sector11 Sectors86.8%
Asset classEquity100%

Sector

Sector weights in BBEU and VEA, widest gap first
Sector	More in BBEUMore in VEA	BBEU	VEA
Technology	VEA +7.3 points	9.6%	16.9%
Health Care	BBEU +5.0 points	12.8%	7.8%
Consumer Staples	BBEU +3.1 points	8.4%	5.3%
Materials	VEA +2.1 points	5.5%	7.6%
Real Estate	VEA +1.9 points	0.4%	2.3%
Financials	BBEU +1.5 points	25.9%	24.4%
Utilities	BBEU +1.5 points	4.5%	3.1%
Industrials	BBEU +1.3 points	18.8%	17.5%
Consumer Discretionary	VEA +1.2 points	5.7%	6.9%
Energy	BBEU +0.9 points	5.8%	4.9%
Communication	VEA +0.7 points	2.6%	3.3%

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Country weights in BBEU and VEA, widest gap first
Country	More in BBEUMore in VEA	BBEU	VEA
Japan	VEA +21.9 points	0.0%	21.9%
United Kingdom	BBEU +11.2 points	22.3%	11.1%
Canada	VEA +10.8 points	0.0%	10.8%
South Korea	VEA +9.2 points	0.0%	9.2%
Switzerland	BBEU +8.9 points	15.5%	6.6%
Germany	BBEU +7.2 points	13.4%	6.2%
France	BBEU +6.2 points	12.8%	6.6%
Australia	VEA +5.6 points	0.0%	5.6%
Other countries (20)	BBEU +14.0 points	36.0%	22.0%

Outside the US: BBEU 99% developed, 1% emerging. VEA 89% developed, 11% emerging.

Concentration

Weight in the 10 largest Holdings

BBEU22.6%
VEA13.6%

Securities held

BBEU341
VEA3,890

Asset class

BBEU: Equity
VEA: Equity

Holdings

Only in BBEU75
In both266
Only in VEA3,624

Only in BBEU

75 securities, 12.8% of BBEU by weight

Novo Nordisk A/S Common0.94%
Airbus SE Common Stock0.94%
Investor Ab Common Stock0.77%
Atlas Copco Ab Common0.54%
Glencore PLC Common0.49%
Nordea Bank Abp Common0.43%
Volvo Ab Common Stock Sek0.42%
Argenx SE0.41%
Basf SE Common Stock Eur0.38%
Ferrari NV Common Stock0.37%
Engie SA Common Stock0.36%
Assa Abloy Ab Common0.31%
Swedbank Ab Common Stock0.28%
Experian PLC Common Stock0.27%
Orange SA Common Stock0.25%
Adidas AG Common Stock0.25%
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm0.23%
Stmicroelectronics NV0.22%
Skandinaviska Enskilda0.21%
Ferrovial SE Common Stock0.21%
Dsm-Firmenich AG Common0.19%
Saab Ab Common Stock Sek0.19%
Arcelormittal SA Common0.19%
Aib Group PLC Common0.18%
Novonesis Novozymes B0.18%
Hexagon Ab Common Stock0.17%
Epiroc Ab Common Stock0.17%
Leonardo Spa Common0.17%
Svenska Handelsbanken Ab0.17%
Ap Moller - Maersk A/S0.14%
Essity Ab Common Stock0.14%
Bt Group PLC Common Stock0.13%
International0.13%
Kerry Group PLC Common0.12%
Vonovia SE Common Stock0.11%
Edp SA Common Stock Eur 10.11%
Industrivarden Ab Common0.11%
Cvc Capital Partners PLC0.11%
Henkel AG & Co Kgaa0.10%
Carlsberg As Common Stock0.10%
Coca-Cola Hbc AG Gbp 6.70.10%
Skf Ab Common Stock Sek0.09%
Galp Energia Sgps SA0.08%
Coloplast A/S Common0.08%
Biontech SE Adr USD0.07%
Tenaris SA Common Stock0.07%
Skanska Ab Common Stock0.07%
Stellantis NV Common0.07%
TELE2 Ab0.07%
Trelleborg Ab Common0.06%

Only in VEA

3,624 securities, 64.7% of VEA by weight

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd2.81%
SK hynix Inc2.30%
SLBBH11421.07%
Royal Bank of Canada0.85%
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc0.78%
BHP Group Ltd0.67%
Toronto-Dominion Bank/The0.60%
Toyota Motor Corp0.60%
Shopify Inc0.56%
Commonwealth Bank of Australia0.54%
Tokyo Electron Ltd0.51%
Advantest Corp0.50%
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc0.49%
Hitachi Ltd0.47%
SoftBank Group Corp0.47%
Recruit Holdings Co Ltd0.44%
Sony Group Corp0.43%
Kioxia Holdings Corp0.41%
Mizuho Financial Group Inc0.40%
Airbus SE0.39%
DBS Group Holdings Ltd0.38%
Novo Nordisk A/S0.37%
Bank of Montreal0.37%
Samsung Electronics-Pref0.35%
Bank of Nova Scotia/The0.35%
Enbridge Inc0.32%
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce0.31%
AIA Group Ltd0.30%
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd0.30%
Mitsubishi Corp0.30%
Keyence Corp0.30%
Tokio Marine Holdings Inc0.29%
Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd0.29%
ITOCHU Corp0.27%
Murata Manufacturing Co Ltd0.27%
National Australia Bank Ltd0.26%
Westpac Banking Corp0.26%
Fast Retailing Co Ltd0.25%
Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp Ltd0.25%
Suncor Energy Inc0.25%
ANZ Group Holdings Ltd0.25%
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd0.25%
Mitsui & Co Ltd0.24%
Brookfield Corp0.24%
Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd0.23%
Air Liquide SA0.23%
SK Square Co Ltd0.23%
Glencore PLC0.23%
Investor AB0.23%
Manulife Financial Corp0.22%

Weight gaps

The 100 widest of 266 Holdings in both funds.

Holding weights in BBEU and VEA, widest gap first
Holding	More in BBEUMore in VEA	BBEU	VEA
Asml Holding NV Common	BBEU +2.38 points	4.52%	2.14%
Roche Holding AG Common	BBEU +1.62 points	2.52%	0.90%
Shell PLCSHEL.L	BBEU +1.49 points	2.35%	0.86%
Novartis AG Common Stock	BBEU +1.47 points	2.29%	0.82%
Astrazeneca PLC CommonAZN.L	BBEU +1.41 points	2.16%	0.75%
Nestle SA Common Stock	BBEU +1.19 points	1.91%	0.72%
Hsbc Holdings PLC CommonHSBA.L	BBEU +1.14 points	2.19%	1.05%
Sap SE Common Stock Eur	BBEU +1.05 points	1.68%	0.63%
Totalenergies SE Common	BBEU +0.91 points	1.44%	0.53%
Siemens AG Common Stock	BBEU +0.88 points	1.58%	0.70%
Air Liquide SA Common	BBEU +0.84 points	0.96%	0.12%
Allianz SE Common Stock	BBEU +0.84 points	1.39%	0.55%
L'oreal SA Common Stock	BBEU +0.78 points	0.88%	0.10%
Unilever PLC CommonULVR.L	BBEU +0.66 points	1.05%	0.39%
Iberdrola SA Common Stock	BBEU +0.65 points	1.13%	0.48%
British American TobaccoBATS.L	BBEU +0.65 points	0.99%	0.34%
Banco Santander SA Common	BBEU +0.62 points	1.24%	0.62%
Bp PLC Common Stock GbpBP.L	BBEU +0.61 points	0.97%	0.36%
Ubs Group AG Common Stock	BBEU +0.59 points	1.05%	0.46%
Abb Ltd Common Stock Chf	BBEU +0.54 points	0.99%	0.45%
Zurich Insurance Group AG	BBEU +0.54 points	0.85%	0.31%
Schneider Electric SE	BBEU +0.53 points	1.08%	0.55%
Rolls-Royce Holdings PLCRR.L	BBEU +0.52 points	1.02%	0.50%
Unicredit Spa Common	BBEU +0.50 points	0.91%	0.41%
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya	BBEU +0.48 points	0.97%	0.49%
Siemens Energy AG Common	BBEU +0.47 points	0.85%	0.38%
Sanofi SA Common Stock	BBEU +0.47 points	0.74%	0.27%
Lvmh Moet Hennessy Louis	BBEU +0.46 points	0.80%	0.34%
Cie Financiere Richemont	BBEU +0.45 points	0.80%	0.35%
Gsk PLC Common Stock GbpGSK.L	BBEU +0.45 points	0.75%	0.30%
Deutsche Telekom AG	BBEU +0.43 points	0.74%	0.31%
Intesa Sanpaolo Spa	BBEU +0.40 points	0.75%	0.35%
National Grid PLC CommonNG.L	BBEU +0.39 points	0.63%	0.23%
Bnp Paribas SA Common	BBEU +0.40 points	0.72%	0.32%
Safran SA Common Stock	BBEU +0.39 points	0.79%	0.40%
Muenchener	BBEU +0.38 points	0.60%	0.22%
Bae Systems PLCBA.L	BBEU +0.37 points	0.61%	0.23%
Ing Groep NV Common Stock	BBEU +0.36 points	0.68%	0.32%
Enel Spa Common Stock Eur	BBEU +0.36 points	0.59%	0.23%
Rio Tinto PLC CommonRIO.L	BBEU +0.35 points	0.65%	0.30%
Relx PLC Common Stock GbpREL.L	BBEU +0.34 points	0.52%	0.18%
Axa SA Common Stock Eur	BBEU +0.34 points	0.58%	0.24%
Anheuser-Busch Inbev	BBEU +0.31 points	0.53%	0.22%
Industria De Diseno	BBEU +0.31 points	0.52%	0.21%
Barclays PLC Common StockBARC.L	BBEU +0.31 points	0.56%	0.25%
Deutsche Boerse AG	BBEU +0.30 points	0.48%	0.18%
Essilorluxottica SA	BBEU +0.30 points	0.45%	0.15%
Lloyds Banking Group PLCLLOY.L	BBEU +0.28 points	0.54%	0.26%
Infineon Technologies AG	BBEU +0.28 points	0.55%	0.27%
Compass Group PLC CommonCPG.L	BBEU +0.27 points	0.43%	0.16%
Dhl AG Common Stock Eur	BBEU +0.27 points	0.45%	0.18%
Vinci SA Common Stock Eur	BBEU +0.26 points	0.44%	0.18%
Lonza Group AG Common	BBEU +0.26 points	0.41%	0.15%
London Stock ExchangeLSEG.L	BBEU +0.25 points	0.41%	0.16%
Deutsche Bank AG Common	BBEU +0.26 points	0.45%	0.19%
Eni Spa	BBEU +0.25 points	0.41%	0.16%
Rheinmetall AG Common	BBEU +0.25 points	0.40%	0.15%
Swiss Re AG Common Stock	BBEU +0.24 points	0.39%	0.15%
Diageo PLC Common StockDGE.L	BBEU +0.24 points	0.39%	0.15%
Natwest Group PLC CommonNWG.L	BBEU +0.24 points	0.46%	0.22%
Bayer AG Common Stock Eur	BBEU +0.23 points	0.39%	0.16%
Danone SA Common Stock	BBEU +0.22 points	0.35%	0.13%
Tesco PLC Common StockTSCO.L	BBEU +0.22 points	0.34%	0.12%
E.on SE Common Stock Eur	BBEU +0.22 points	0.35%	0.13%
Reckitt Benckiser GroupRKT.L	BBEU +0.22 points	0.35%	0.13%
Hermes International Sca	BBEU +0.21 points	0.37%	0.16%
Sandoz Group AG Common	BBEU +0.20 points	0.31%	0.11%
Dsv A/S Common Stock Dkk	BBEU +0.19 points	0.30%	0.11%
Standard Chartered PLCSTAN.L	BBEU +0.19 points	0.36%	0.17%
Ucb SA Common Stock Eur 0	BBEU +0.19 points	0.28%	0.09%
Givaudan SA Common Stock	BBEU +0.19 points	0.29%	0.10%
Prosus NV Common Stock	BBEU +0.19 points	0.34%	0.15%
Holcim AG Common Stock	BBEU +0.19 points	0.31%	0.12%
Anglo American PLC CommonAAL.L	BBEU +0.19 points	0.37%	0.18%
Genmab A/S	BBEU +0.18 points	0.25%	0.07%
Nokia Oyj Common Stock	BBEU +0.18 points	0.34%	0.16%
Sse PLC Common Stock GbpSSE.L	BBEU +0.19 points	0.31%	0.12%
Rwe AG Common Stock Eur	BBEU +0.18 points	0.33%	0.15%
Repsol SA Common Stock	BBEU +0.17 points	0.28%	0.11%
Societe Generale SA	BBEU +0.17 points	0.33%	0.16%
Generali Common Stock	BBEU +0.17 points	0.31%	0.14%
Equinor Asa Common Stock	BBEU +0.16 points	0.24%	0.08%
Caixabank SA Common	BBEU +0.17 points	0.33%	0.16%
Alcon AG Common Stock Chf	BBEU +0.16 points	0.26%	0.10%
Haleon PLC Common StockHLN.L	BBEU +0.16 points	0.28%	0.12%
Sandvik Ab Common Stock	BBEU +0.16 points	0.28%	0.12%
Legrand SA Common Stock	BBEU +0.16 points	0.29%	0.13%
Galderma Group AG Common	BBEU +0.16 points	0.27%	0.11%
Imperial Brands PLCIMB.L	BBEU +0.16 points	0.23%	0.07%
Swiss Life Holding AG	BBEU +0.15 points	0.24%	0.09%
Sika AG Common Stock Chf	BBEU +0.15 points	0.26%	0.11%
Erste Group Bank AG	BBEU +0.15 points	0.27%	0.12%
Cie De Saint-Gobain SA	BBEU +0.15 points	0.26%	0.11%
Prysmian Spa Common	BBEU +0.14 points	0.27%	0.13%
Aviva PLC Common StockAV.L	BBEU +0.14 points	0.22%	0.08%
Kbc Group NV Common Stock	BBEU +0.14 points	0.24%	0.10%
Vodafone Group PLCVOD.L	BBEU +0.14 points	0.23%	0.09%
Prudential PLC CommonPRU.L	BBEU +0.13 points	0.23%	0.10%
Koninklijke Ahold	BBEU +0.13 points	0.23%	0.10%
Mercedes-Benz Group AG	BBEU +0.13 points	0.24%	0.11%

All 352 BBEU holdings⁠All 3,873 VEA holdings⁠

How we measure overlap

Each holding counts at its smaller weight in the two funds, summed over the full Holdings. Sector, country and asset class use the same rule on each fund’s split. Cash, FX and derivative lines stay out of the counts. Two bond funds get no overlap figure.

BBEU vs VEA Cost

Overpaying BBEU vs VEA

$1,260

On $10,000 over 30 years. 7% growth a year before fees, expense ratio only.

BBEU 0.09%
$1,898
VEA 0.03%
$638

Amount$10,000

Years30 years

Cost over time

BBEU 0.09%
VEA 0.03%
Overpaying

Year by year

Year	BBEU	VEA	Overpaying
10	$165	$55	$110
20	$646	$216	$430
30	$1,898	$638	$1,260

Expense ratio

0.09%BBEU
0.03%VEA, cheaper

VEA0.03%BBEU0.09%

0.03%0.70%

Middle half of Developed International Core funds
Median 0.10%

VEA cheapest of 20 funds

BBEU 9th cheapest of 20 funds

BBEU vs VEA Dividends

Last 12 months to Oct 30, 2026

Yield (12M): BBEU 3.01%, better; VEA 2.45%
Payout (12M): BBEU $2.29; VEA $1.70
Last payment: BBEU $0.28; VEA $0.18
Ex-dividend: BBEU Sep 22, 2026; VEA Sep 18, 2026
Paid on: BBEU Sep 24, 2026; VEA Sep 22, 2026
Frequency: BBEU Quarterly; VEA Quarterly

Distribution history

Per share, 2017 to 2026, same scale for both

BBEUQuarterly · 32 paymentsAll BBEU payments⁠

VEAQuarterly · 39 paymentsAll VEA payments⁠

BBEU vs VEA Risk

Fall from peak · 5 years

BBEU
VEA

Risk facts

VolatilityStd dev, 3 years: BBEU 12.7%, betterVEA 12.9%
Return per unit of riskSharpe ratio, 3 years: BBEU 1.12VEA 1.25, better
Worst fallMax drawdown, 5 years: BBEU −31.1%VEA −29.4%, better
Market sensitivityBeta, 5 years: BBEU 0.84VEA 0.97; Market = 1

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BBEU vs VEA

In short

Stated mandate

Why people hold it