Which returned more over the last year, IXUS or URTH?

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IXUS returned +22.2% and URTH returned +17.4%, so IXUS returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, IXUS or URTH?

IXUS charges 0.07% a year and URTH charges 0.24%, so IXUS is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do IXUS and URTH overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IXUS and 70% of URTH by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 27% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

Data as of Sep 12, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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IXUS vs URTH: how they differ

IXUS and URTH hold 27% of their weight in the same names, and IXUS returned more over the year.

iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF and iShares MSCI World ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IXUS and URTH hold 27% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions IXUS and URTH both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding	IXUS	URTH
ASML Holding N.V.	1.32%	0.69%
HSBC HOLDINGS PLC	0.75%	0.35%
ASTRAZENECA PLC	0.69%	0.32%
Novartis AG	0.66%	0.31%
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA	0.59%	0.29%
Nestle S.A.	0.61%	0.29%
SHELL PLC	0.61%	0.26%
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft	0.53%	0.26%
BHP GROUP LIMITED	0.47%	0.25%
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.	0.48%	0.23%
COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA	0.50%	0.22%
THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK	0.43%	0.21%

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in IXUS	Only in URTH
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Compa 4.04%	NVIDIA CORPORATION 5.64%
SK hynix Inc. 1.15%	APPLE INC. 5.04%
Tencent Holdings Limited 0.91%	MICROSOFT CORPORATION 3.50%
Alibaba Group Holding Limited 0.67%	AMAZON.COM, INC. 2.86%
DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. 0.33%	ALPHABET INC. 2.43%
MediaTek Inc. 0.30%	BROADCOM INC. 2.21%
HDFC BANK LIMITED 0.22%	ALPHABET INC. 2.01%
RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED 0.22%	META PLATFORMS, INC. 1.51%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Apr 30, 2026 and May 31, 2026.

IXUS and URTH on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	IXUS iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF	URTH iShares MSCI World ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	iShares	iShares
What it is	Core MSCI Total International Stock	MSCI World
Total return, 1 year	+22.2%	+17.4%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	+4.7 pts	−0.1 pts
Expense ratio	0.07%	0.24%
Already in the S&P 500	0.0%	70.3%
Holdings	4185	1322

IXUS in plain words

IXUS is an index equity fund tracking the Core MSCI Total International Stock. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +22.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.07% a year. By its holdings filed for Apr 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 4185 positions, with the top ten at 12.6%.

URTH in plain words

URTH is an index equity fund tracking the MSCI World. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +17.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.24% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 70% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1322 positions, with the top ten at 27.8%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IXUS or URTH?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IXUS returned +22.2% and URTH returned +17.4%, so IXUS returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, IXUS or URTH?: IXUS charges 0.07% a year and URTH charges 0.24%, so IXUS is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IXUS and URTH overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IXUS and 70% of URTH by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 27% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

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