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

In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, APIE returned +11.9% and IXUS +16.8%.

Which is cheaper, APIE or IXUS?

IXUS is cheaper, by 0.38 percentage points a year. That is about $38 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 1% of APIE and 0% of IXUS by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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APIE vs IXUS: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, APIE returned +11.9% to IXUS's +16.8%; 34% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $1.2bn on Aug 31, 2026 for ActivePassive International Equity ETF, and $58.4bn on Nov 4, 2026 for iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF.

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At a glance

+11.9%

APIE total return, 1 year

+16.8%

IXUS total return, 1 year

0.45%

APIE expense ratio

0.07%

IXUS expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IXUS costs 0.38 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.9 points.

APIE vs IXUS: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	APIE	IXUS
Return
Measure	APIE	IXUS
Total return, 1 year	+11.9%	+16.8%
Drawdown
Measure	APIE	IXUS
Below its high	4.1%, high on Aug 10, 2026	4.8%, high on Sep 4, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	APIE	IXUS
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	MSCI ACWI ex USA IMI
Cost and size
Measure	APIE	IXUS
Expense ratio	0.45%	0.07%
Net assets, APIE as of Aug 31, 2026 and IXUS as of Nov 4, 2026	$1.2bn	$58.4bn
Holdings
Measure	APIE	IXUS
Holdings in common	34%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	23.4%	13.4%

Method

What they share

34%

By the books each fund has filed, APIE and IXUS hold 34% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

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34% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first APIE IXUS

ASML Holding NV 1.75% 1.47%

Tencent Holdings Ltd 2.46% 0.76%

Shell PLC 0.78% 0.73%

Novartis AG 0.81% 0.72%

HSBC Holdings PLC 1.01% 0.70%

AstraZeneca PLC 1.01% 0.68%

Nestle SA 0.66% 0.65%

SAP SE 1.27% 0.57%

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group 0.69% 0.55%

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 1.51% 0.52%

BHP Group Ltd 0.68% 0.49%

Allianz SE 0.75% 0.46%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in APIE

TSMC 11.50%

Novo Nordisk A/S 0.83%

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitt 0.72%

Deutsche Telekom AG 0.69%

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Grou 0.51%

L'Oreal SA 0.49%

Enel SpA 0.47%

Air Liquide SA 0.46%

Only in IXUS

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 4.19%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 1.87%

SK HYNIX 1.41%

ROCHE PS PAR AG 0.82%

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.69%

SIEMENS N AG 0.54%

TORONTO DOMINION 0.51%

TOTALENERGIES 0.44%

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Side by side

APIE ActivePassive International Equity ETF IXUS iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Envestnet iShares

What it is Actively managed Tracks the MSCI Total International Stock

Total return, 1 year +11.9% +16.8%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +16.9% (ACWX)

Gap to its benchmark not measured −0.1 pts vs ACWX

Expense ratio 0.45% 0.07%

Already in the S&P 500 0.7% 0.0%

Holdings 547 4984

Net assets, APIE as of Aug 31, 2026 and IXUS as of Nov 4, 2026 $1.2bn $58.4bn

APIE and IXUS on the fields both publish, as of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

APIE

APIE is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 it returned +11.9% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.45% a year. By its holdings filed for Aug 31, 2026, 1% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 547 positions, with the top ten at 23.4%. It sat 4.1% below its high of Aug 10, 2026 on Nov 4, 2026.

IXUS

IXUS tracks the MSCI Total International Stock. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 it returned +16.8% with distributions reinvested, against +16.9% for its benchmark, the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.07% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Nov 3, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 4,984 positions, with the top ten at 13.4%. It sat 4.8% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Nov 4, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, APIE or IXUS?: In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, APIE returned +11.9% and IXUS +16.8%.
Which is cheaper, APIE or IXUS?: IXUS is cheaper, by 0.38 percentage points a year. That is about $38 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do APIE and IXUS overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 1% of APIE and 0% of IXUS by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

APIE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

APIE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Envestnet website ↗

IXUS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IXUS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IXUS ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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