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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GARP returned +18.0% and IXUS +14.1%.

Which is cheaper, GARP or IXUS?

IXUS is cheaper, by 0.08 percentage points a year. That is about $8 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 94% of GARP and 0% of IXUS by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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GARP vs IXUS: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, GARP returned +18.0% to IXUS's +14.1%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $3.6bn for iShares MSCI USA Quality GARP ETF and $57.6bn for iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF.

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At a glance

+18.0%

GARP total return, 1 year

+14.1%

IXUS total return, 1 year

0.15%

GARP expense ratio

0.07%

IXUS expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IXUS costs 0.08 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.9 points; IXUS is 16.0 times larger.

GARP vs IXUS: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	GARP	IXUS
Return
Measure	GARP	IXUS
Total return, 1 year	+18.0%	+14.1%
Drawdown
Measure	GARP	IXUS
Below its high	7.0%, high on Oct 6, 2026	4.9%, high on Sep 4, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	GARP	IXUS
What it tracks	MSCI USA Quality GARP Select Index	MSCI ACWI ex USA IMI
Cost and size
Measure	GARP	IXUS
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.07%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$3.6bn	$57.6bn
Holdings
Measure	GARP	IXUS
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	43.5%	13.5%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, GARP and IXUS hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first GARP IXUS

HEICO 0.07% 0.05%

ROCKET COMPANIES INC CLASS A 0.04% 0.11%

IREN 0.02% 0.01%

NEWMONT 0.21% 0.01%

CATERPILLAR INC 3.29% 0.00%

ON SEMICONDUCTOR CORP 0.13% 0.00%

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Only in GARP

MICROSOFT 5.67%

APPLE 5.66%

NVIDIA 5.18%

VISA CLASS A 5.13%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 4.72%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 4.61%

LAM RESEARCH 3.31%

KLA 3.09%

Only in IXUS

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 4.39%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 1.90%

ASML HOLDING 1.53%

SK HYNIX 1.35%

ROCHE PS PAR AG 0.82%

SHELL 0.73%

TENCENT HOLDINGS 0.73%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.72%

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Side by side

GARP iShares MSCI USA Quality GARP ETF IXUS iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks the MSCI USA Quality GARP Tracks the MSCI Total International Stock

Total return, 1 year +18.0% +14.1%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.3% (PBUS) +14.3% (ACWX)

Gap to its benchmark +4.7 pts vs PBUS −0.2 pts vs ACWX

Expense ratio 0.15% 0.07%

Already in the S&P 500 94.4% 0.0%

Holdings 131 4584

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $3.6bn $57.6bn

GARP and IXUS on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

GARP

GARP tracks the MSCI USA Quality GARP. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +18.0% with distributions reinvested, against +13.3% for its benchmark, the MSCI USA Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 94% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 131 positions, with the top ten at 43.5%. It sat 7.0% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

IXUS

IXUS tracks the MSCI Total International Stock. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +14.1% with distributions reinvested, against +14.3% 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 27, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 4,584 positions, with the top ten at 13.5%. It sat 4.9% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, GARP or IXUS?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GARP returned +18.0% and IXUS +14.1%.
Which is cheaper, GARP or IXUS?: IXUS is cheaper, by 0.08 percentage points a year. That is about $8 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do GARP and IXUS overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 94% of GARP and 0% of IXUS by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

GARP and IXUS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

GARP prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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IXUS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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

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