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

In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, APIE returned +11.9% and VXUS +16.5%.

Which is cheaper, APIE or VXUS?

VXUS is cheaper, by 0.40 percentage points a year. That is about $40 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Across categories

APIE vs VXUS: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, APIE returned +11.9% to VXUS's +16.5%; 38% 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 $160.6bn on Oct 31, 2026 for Vanguard Total International Stock ETF.

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At a glance

+11.9%

APIE total return, 1 year

+16.5%

VXUS total return, 1 year

0.45%

APIE expense ratio

0.05%

VXUS expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VXUS costs 0.40 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.6 points.

APIE vs VXUS: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	APIE	VXUS
Return
Measure	APIE	VXUS
Total return, 1 year	+11.9%	+16.5%
Drawdown
Measure	APIE	VXUS
Below its high	4.1%, high on Aug 10, 2026	5.0%, high on Sep 4, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	APIE	VXUS
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	FTSE Global All Cap ex US Index
Cost and size
Measure	APIE	VXUS
Expense ratio	0.45%	0.05%
Net assets, APIE as of Aug 31, 2026 and VXUS as of Oct 31, 2026	$1.2bn	$160.6bn
Holdings
Measure	APIE	VXUS
Holdings in common	38%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	23.4%	13.5%

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What they share

38%

By the books each fund has filed, APIE and VXUS hold 38% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.

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38% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first APIE VXUS

ASML Holding NV 1.75% 1.55%

Tencent Holdings Ltd 2.46% 0.76%

HSBC Holdings PLC 1.01% 0.76%

Roche Holding AG 1.09% 0.66%

Shell PLC 0.78% 0.62%

Novartis AG 0.81% 0.60%

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 1.51% 0.57%

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group 0.69% 0.57%

AstraZeneca PLC 1.01% 0.54%

Nestle SA 0.66% 0.52%

Siemens AG 0.95% 0.51%

SAP SE 1.27% 0.46%

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Only in APIE

TSMC 11.50%

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitt 0.72%

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Grou 0.51%

London Stock Exchange Group PL 0.38%

PETROBRAS 0.36%

HKEX 0.36%

PETROBRAS 0.28%

Sea Ltd 0.28%

Only in VXUS

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 4.27%

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 2.03%

SK hynix Inc 1.67%

Royal Bank of Canada 0.62%

MediaTek Inc 0.51%

Toronto-Dominion Bank 0.43%

Shopify Inc 0.41%

TotalEnergies SE 0.39%

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Side by side

APIE ActivePassive International Equity ETF VXUS Vanguard Total International Stock ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Envestnet Vanguard

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of Total International Stock

Total return, 1 year +11.9% +16.5%

Expense ratio 0.45% 0.05%

Already in the S&P 500 0.7% 0.0%

Holdings 547 8905

Net assets, APIE as of Aug 31, 2026 and VXUS as of Oct 31, 2026 $1.2bn $160.6bn

APIE and VXUS 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.

VXUS

VXUS tracks an index of Total International Stock. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 it returned +16.5% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 8,905 positions, with the top ten at 13.5%. It sat 5.0% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Nov 4, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, APIE or VXUS?: In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, APIE returned +11.9% and VXUS +16.5%.
Which is cheaper, APIE or VXUS?: VXUS is cheaper, by 0.40 percentage points a year. That is about $40 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do APIE and VXUS overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 1% of APIE and 0% of VXUS 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) ↗

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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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