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

In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FEOE returned +20.2% and IXUS +14.8%.

Which is cheaper, FEOE or IXUS?

IXUS is cheaper, by 0.43 percentage points a year. That is about $43 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 3% of FEOE and 0% of IXUS by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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FEOE vs IXUS: Differences, Returns & Fees

FEOE and IXUS hold 8% of their weight in the same names, and FEOE returned +20.2% over the year. Net assets: $1.3bn on May 31, 2026 for First Eagle Overseas Equity ETF, and $57.8bn on Oct 20, 2026 for iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF.

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IXUS costs 0.43 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.4 points; IXUS is far larger, $39.6bn against $18m.

FEOE vs IXUS: Differences, Returns & Fees
	FEOE	IXUS
Expense ratio	0.50%	0.07%
Net assets, as of Feb 28, 2025	$18m	$39.6bn
Total return, 1 year	+20.2%	+14.8%
What it tracks	not published	MSCI ACWI ex USA IMI
Holdings in common	8%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	30.4%	13.4%
Below its high		5.0%, high on Sep 4, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026.

+20.2%

FEOE total return, 1 year

+14.8%

IXUS total return, 1 year

0.50%

FEOE expense ratio

0.07%

IXUS expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FEOE and IXUS hold 8% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026.

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Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding FEOE IXUS

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 5.52% 1.84%

Shell PLC 3.95% 0.72%

Nestle SA 1.89% 0.61%

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 1.25% 0.55%

Unilever PLC 1.59% 0.34%

British American Tobacco PLC 3.80% 0.29%

Cie Financiere Richemont SA 2.32% 0.27%

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitt 2.71% 0.26%

AIA Group Ltd 1.00% 0.23%

Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd 0.51% 0.23%

Keyence Corp 1.53% 0.23%

Lloyds Banking Group PLC 1.28% 0.19%

Only in FEOE

Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB 2.25%

SMC Corp 1.94%

TSMC 1.94%

Investor AB 1.73%

Wal-Mart de Mexico SAB de CV 1.55%

TIS Inc 1.28%

Willis Towers Watson PLC 1.12%

Itausa SA 0.99%

Only in IXUS

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 4.38%

ASML HOLDING 1.56%

SK HYNIX 1.27%

TENCENT HOLDINGS 0.78%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.77%

ROCHE PS PAR AG 0.77%

NOVARTIS AG 0.66%

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.65%

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On the same fields

FEOE

First Eagle Overseas Equity ETF

IXUS

iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer First Eagle iShares

What it is Equity fund Tracks the MSCI Total International Stock

Total return, 1 year +20.2% +14.8%

Its benchmark over the same days +17.5% (EEM) +15.0% (ACWX)

Gap to its benchmark +2.6 pts vs EEM −0.2 pts vs ACWX

Expense ratio 0.50% 0.07%

Already in the S&P 500 3.4% 0.0%

Holdings 75 4675

Net assets, FEOE as of May 31, 2026 and IXUS as of Oct 20, 2026 $1.3bn $57.8bn

FEOE and IXUS on the fields both publish, as of Oct 20, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

About FEOE

Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +20.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for its benchmark, the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.50% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 3% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 75 positions, with the top ten at 30.4%.

About IXUS

IXUS tracks the MSCI Total International Stock. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +14.8% with distributions reinvested, against +15.0% 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 Oct 19, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 4,675 positions, with the top ten at 13.4%. It sat 5.0% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Oct 20, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FEOE or IXUS?: In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FEOE returned +20.2% and IXUS +14.8%.
Which is cheaper, FEOE or IXUS?: IXUS is cheaper, by 0.43 percentage points a year. That is about $43 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FEOE and IXUS overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 3% of FEOE and 0% of IXUS by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

FEOE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗FEOE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗First Eagle 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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