VDG vs VEFA

VDGBVanguard Developed Markets ex US Growth Index ETF

VEFACVanEck MSCI EAFE Analyst Sentiment ETF

In short

VDG —No data

VEFA Most EAFE factor funds sort on volatility, momentum or quality. VEFA uses a different signal: it tracks an MSCI index that picks developed-market stocks outside the US and Canada on analyst sentiment, holding roughly 110 names.

Stated mandate

VDG —No data

VEFA The fund seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the MSCI EAFE Analyst Sentiment Select Index. That index provides exposure to developed-market companies outside the United States and Canada showing positive analyst-sentiment signals.

Why people hold it

VDG —No data

• VEFA The screen is the story. Instead of the usual factor menu, the index selects developed ex-US, ex-Canada companies showing positive analyst-sentiment signals, a rules-based read on where the Street is turning.vaneck.com
• 0.30% a year, below the typical fee in its international-factor peer group.
• Roughly 110 stocks, not a thousand. That is a focused expression of the signal rather than a broad EAFE index with a tilt bolted on.

Worth knowing

VDG —No data

• VEFA Launched in 2026, so there is no long record of how closely it hugs its index or how the sentiment screen behaves across a full cycle.
• A small, lightly traded newcomer next to entrenched EAFE factor names like EFAV and IDMO, which can mean wider bid-ask spreads.
• Cheaper shelf-mates exist in the cohort: QLVD at 0.15% and EFAV at 0.20% undercut it, though neither uses an analyst-sentiment screen.

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