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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IMFL returned +23.1% and IXUS +18.0%.

Which is cheaper, IMFL or IXUS?

IXUS is cheaper, by 0.27 percentage points a year. That is about $27 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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IMFL vs IXUS: Differences, Returns & Fees

IMFL and IXUS hold 50% of their weight in the same names, and IMFL returned +23.1% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $1.1bn for Invesco International Developed Dynamic Multifactor ETF and $58.6bn for iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF.

IXUS costs 0.27 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.1 points; IXUS is far larger, $58.6bn against $1.1bn.

	IMFL	IXUS
Expense ratio	0.34%	0.07%
Net assets	$1.1bn	$58.6bn
Total return, 1 year	+23.1%	+18.0%
What it tracks	not read by ETFIQ	MSCI ACWI ex USA IMI
Holdings in common	50%
Holdings dated	Oct 10, 2026	Oct 8, 2026
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	21.2%	14.3%
Below its high	4.8%, high on Aug 25, 2026	3.8%, high on Sep 4, 2026

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

+23.1%

IMFL total return, 1 year

+18.0%

IXUS total return, 1 year

0.34%

IMFL expense ratio

0.07%

IXUS expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IMFL and IXUS hold 50% 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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50% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding IMFL IXUS

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 4.98% 2.18%

ASML Holding NV 2.71% 1.68%

SK hynix Inc 2.35% 1.65%

Roche Holding AG 2.02% 0.71%

Shell PLC 1.60% 0.69%

Novartis AG 2.21% 0.61%

AstraZeneca PLC 1.02% 0.56%

Nestle SA 1.48% 0.56%

BHP Group Ltd 1.51% 0.52%

SAP SE 0.94% 0.50%

Sanofi SA 0.64% 0.45%

Siemens AG 0.42% 0.51%

Only in IMFL

Investor AB 1.32%

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 0.66%

Novo Nordisk A/S 0.51%

Investor AB 0.35%

Atlas Copco AB 0.29%

Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG in Muenchen 0.27%

Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd 0.22%

Waste Connections Inc 0.18%

Only in IXUS

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 4.68%

TENCENT HOLDINGS 0.76%

ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING 0.53%

MEDIATEK 0.51%

DELTA ELECTRONICS 0.29%

NOVO NORDISK CLASS B 0.28%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS NON VOTING PRE 0.28%

CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORP H 0.25%

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On the same fields

IMFL

Invesco International Developed Dynamic Multifactor ETF

IXUS

iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Invesco iShares

What it is Tracks an index Tracks the MSCI Total International Stock

Total return, 1 year +23.1% +18.0%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +5.8 pts +0.7 pts

Expense ratio 0.34% 0.07%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 1155 4586

Net assets $1.1bn $58.6bn

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

IMFL in plain words

IMFL tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +23.1% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.34% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 10, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,155 positions, with the top ten at 21.2%. It sat 4.8% below its high of Aug 25, 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, IMFL or IXUS?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IMFL returned +23.1% and IXUS +18.0%.
Which is cheaper, IMFL or IXUS?: IXUS is cheaper, by 0.27 percentage points a year. That is about $27 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IMFL and IXUS overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IMFL and 0% of IXUS by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

IMFL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IMFL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Invesco page for IMFL ↗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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