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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CORO returned +22.5% and IXUS +18.0%.

Which is cheaper, CORO or IXUS?

IXUS is cheaper, by 0.48 percentage points a year. That is about $48 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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CORO vs IXUS: Differences, Returns & Fees

CORO and IXUS hold 5% of their weight in the same names, and CORO returned +22.5% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $13.1bn for iShares International Country Rotation Active ETF and $58.6bn for iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF.

IXUS costs 0.48 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.5 points; IXUS is 4.5 times larger.

	CORO	IXUS
Expense ratio	0.55%	0.07%
Net assets	$13.1bn	$58.6bn
Total return, 1 year	+22.5%	+18.0%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	MSCI ACWI ex USA IMI
Holdings in common	5%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	77.4%	14.3%
Below its high	3.6%, high on Sep 4, 2026	3.8%, high on Sep 4, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+22.5%

CORO total return, 1 year

+18.0%

IXUS total return, 1 year

0.55%

CORO expense ratio

0.07%

IXUS expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CORO and IXUS hold 5% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Oct 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

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5% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding CORO IXUS

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 4.85% 4.68%

ASML HOLDING ADR REPRESENTING 0.59% 1.68%

Only in CORO

ISHARES MSCI JAPAN ETF 19.62%

ISHARES MSCI CANADA ETF 13.40%

ISHARES MSCI SWITZERLAND ETF 8.76%

ISHARES MSCI SOUTH KOREA ETF 6.16%

ISHARES MSCI TAIWAN CAP ETF 6.07%

ISHARES MSCI SWEDEN ETF 5.23%

ISHARES MSCI UNITED KINGDOM ETF 5.22%

ISHARES MSCI HONG KONG ETF 4.12%

Only in IXUS

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 2.18%

SK HYNIX 1.65%

TENCENT HOLDINGS 0.76%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.75%

ROCHE PS PAR AG 0.71%

SHELL 0.69%

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.63%

NOVARTIS AG 0.61%

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On the same fields

CORO

iShares International Country Rotation Active ETF

IXUS

iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Actively managed Tracks the MSCI Total International Stock

Total return, 1 year +22.5% +18.0%

S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 +5.2 pts +0.7 pts

Expense ratio 0.55% 0.07%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 27 4586

Net assets $13.1bn $58.6bn

CORO and IXUS on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

CORO in plain words

CORO is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +22.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.55% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 27 positions, with the top ten at 77.4%. It sat 3.6% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

IXUS in plain words

IXUS tracks the MSCI Total International Stock. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +18.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.07% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 4,586 positions, with the top ten at 14.3%. It sat 3.8% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, CORO or IXUS?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CORO returned +22.5% and IXUS +18.0%.
Which is cheaper, CORO or IXUS?: IXUS is cheaper, by 0.48 percentage points a year. That is about $48 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do CORO and IXUS overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of CORO and 0% of IXUS by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

CORO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗CORO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for CORO ↗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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