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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ILF returned +17.2% and IXUS +14.1%.

Which is cheaper, ILF or IXUS?

IXUS 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 ILF and IXUS overlap with the S&P 500?

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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ILF vs IXUS: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, ILF returned +17.2% to IXUS's +14.1%; 1% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $3.5bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares Latin America 40 ETF, and $57.6bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF.

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At a glance

+17.2%

ILF total return, 1 year

+14.1%

IXUS total return, 1 year

0.47%

ILF expense ratio

0.07%

IXUS expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IXUS costs 0.40 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.1 points; IXUS is 16.5 times larger.

ILF vs IXUS: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	ILF	IXUS
Return
Measure	ILF	IXUS
Total return, 1 year	+17.2%	+14.1%
Drawdown
Measure	ILF	IXUS
Below its high	13.7%, high on Oct 12, 2026	4.9%, high on Sep 4, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	ILF	IXUS
What it tracks	S&P Latin America 40	MSCI ACWI ex USA IMI
Cost and size
Measure	ILF	IXUS
Expense ratio	0.47%	0.07%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$3.5bn	$57.6bn
Holdings
Measure	ILF	IXUS
Holdings in common	1%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	55.6%	13.5%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, ILF and IXUS hold 1% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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1% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first ILF IXUS

NU HOLDINGS CLASS A 7.53% 0.11%

GRUPO MEXICO B 6.26% 0.09%

GPO FINANCE BANORTE 4.48% 0.07%

CREDICORP LTD 3.96% 0.05%

FOMENTO ECONOMICO MEXICANO 3.32% 0.05%

AMERICA MOVIL B 3.46% 0.04%

B3 BRASIL BOLSA BALCAO SA 2.32% 0.04%

CEMEX CPO 2.57% 0.04%

ITAUSA INVESTIMENTOS ITAU PREF SA 2.34% 0.04%

SOUTHERN COPPER CORP 2.88% 0.04%

AXIA ENERGIA SA 1.54% 0.03%

COMPANHIA DE SANEAMENTO BASICO DE 1.80% 0.03%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in ILF

PETROLEO BRASILEIRO ADR REPTG PRE 6.95%

ITAU UNIBANCO HOLDING ADR REP PRE 6.61%

PETROLEO BRASILEIRO ADR REPTG SA 6.61%

VALE ADR REPRESENTING ONE 6.45%

BANCO BRADESCO ADR REPTG PREF 2.60%

AMBEV ADR REPRESENTING ONE SA 1.92%

GRUPO CIBEST AMERICAN DEPOSITARY S 1.67%

GERDAU SA ADR REPRESENTING PREF 0.94%

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

ILF iShares Latin America 40 ETF IXUS iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks an index of Latin America 40 Tracks the MSCI Total International Stock

Total return, 1 year +17.2% +14.1%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +14.3% (ACWX)

Gap to its benchmark not measured −0.2 pts vs ACWX

Expense ratio 0.47% 0.07%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 46 4584

Net assets, ILF as of Oct 28, 2026 and IXUS as of Oct 27, 2026 $3.5bn $57.6bn

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

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About each fund

ILF

ILF tracks an index of Latin America 40. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +17.2% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.47% 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 46 positions, with the top ten at 55.6%. It sat 13.7% below its high of Oct 12, 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, ILF or IXUS?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ILF returned +17.2% and IXUS +14.1%.
Which is cheaper, ILF or IXUS?: IXUS 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 ILF and IXUS overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of ILF and 0% of IXUS by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

ILF and IXUS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ILF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for ILF ↗

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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