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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, INDA returned −14.2% and IXUS +14.1%.

Which is cheaper, INDA or IXUS?

IXUS is cheaper, by 0.54 percentage points a year. That is about $54 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

INDA vs IXUS: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, INDA returned −14.2% to IXUS's +14.1%; 3% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $5.8bn for iShares MSCI India ETF and $57.6bn for iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF.

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At a glance

−14.2%

INDA total return, 1 year

+14.1%

IXUS total return, 1 year

0.61%

INDA expense ratio

0.07%

IXUS expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IXUS costs 0.54 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 28.3 points; IXUS is 9.9 times larger.

INDA vs IXUS: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	INDA	IXUS
Return
Measure	INDA	IXUS
Total return, 1 year	−14.2%	+14.1%
Drawdown
Measure	INDA	IXUS
Below its high	20.4%, high on Sep 26, 2024	4.9%, high on Sep 4, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	INDA	IXUS
What it tracks	MSCI India Index	MSCI ACWI ex USA IMI
Cost and size
Measure	INDA	IXUS
Expense ratio	0.61%	0.07%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$5.8bn	$57.6bn
Holdings
Measure	INDA	IXUS
Holdings in common	3%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	34.8%	13.5%

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

Risk and return

Nov 2, 2012 to Oct 23, 2026 · 729 weekly returns

INDA IXUS

Return

Total return edge IXUS +110.7% +177.4%

Annualized edge IXUS +5.5% +7.5%

Price return edge IXUS (slight) +82.9% +90.2%

Risk

Volatility edge IXUS 19.0% 15.8%

Max drawdown edge IXUS −41.0% −34.6%

Downside capture 79.0% 99.4%

Beta 0.70 0.99

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge IXUS 0.28 0.42

Sortino edge IXUS 0.40 0.59

Treynor 0.072 0.068

Calmar edge IXUS 0.13 0.22

Against the benchmark

Alpha +1.8% a year +0.3% a year

Alpha t-stat 0.49 0.64

Information ratio 0.03 0.14

Tracking error 15.1% 1.5%

Each against its own benchmark: INDA against EEM, Feb 10, 2012 to Oct 23, 2026; IXUS against ACWX, Nov 2, 2012 to Oct 23, 2026.

Reading

IXUS returned more: +177.4% to +110.7%. IXUS swung less: 15.8% to 19.0%. IXUS fell less at its worst: −34.6% to −41.0%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓

Risk and return: INDA vs IXUS: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	INDA	IXUS	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+110.7%	+177.4%	IXUS	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+5.5%	+7.5%	IXUS	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+82.9%	+90.2%	IXUS (slight)	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	19.0%	15.8%	IXUS	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	13.3%	11.3%	IXUS	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−41.0%	−34.6%	IXUS	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture	59.2%	99.6%		Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture	79.0%	99.4%		Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta	0.70	0.99	Not an edge	How far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared	0.46	0.99	Not an edge	Share of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.28	0.42	IXUS	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.40	0.59	IXUS	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor	0.072	0.068		Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar	0.13	0.22	IXUS	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
Benchmark	EEM	ACWX		The ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha	+1.8% a year	+0.3% a year	Not significant	Yearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat	0.49	0.64	Not an edge	How sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range	−5.4% to +9.0%	−0.5% to +1.1%	Includes zero	The 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio	0.03	0.14		Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error	15.1%	1.5%	Not an edge	How far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 729 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, INDA and IXUS hold 3% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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3% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first INDA IXUS

HDFC BANK 6.21% 0.20%

ICICI BANK 5.90% 0.19%

RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LTD 5.50% 0.17%

BHARTI AIRTEL LTD 4.44% 0.14%

INFOSYS 2.83% 0.09%

AXIS BANK 2.23% 0.07%

BAJAJ FINANCE LTD 1.81% 0.06%

KOTAK MAHINDRA BANK LTD 1.93% 0.06%

LARSEN AND TOUBRO LTD 1.97% 0.06%

MAHINDRA AND MAHINDRA LTD 1.99% 0.06%

TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LTD 1.62% 0.05%

ETERNAL 1.26% 0.04%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in INDA

IFSC NIFTY 50 NOV 26 0.00%

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

INDA iShares MSCI India 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 India Tracks the MSCI Total International Stock

Total return, 1 year −14.2% +14.1%

Its benchmark over the same days +16.3% (EEM) +14.3% (ACWX)

Gap to its benchmark −30.5 pts vs EEM −0.2 pts vs ACWX

Expense ratio 0.61% 0.07%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 166 4584

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $5.8bn $57.6bn

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

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INDA and IXUS do different jobs. What does each one do in a portfolio?

What each follows. INDA follows MSCI India Index and IXUS follows MSCI ACWI ex USA IMI.
Holdings in common. 3% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 27, 2026).
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 INDA returned −14.2% and IXUS +14.1% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 28.3 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund

INDA

INDA tracks the MSCI India. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −14.2% with distributions reinvested, against +16.3% for its benchmark, the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.61% 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 166 positions, with the top ten at 34.8%. It sat 20.4% below its high of Sep 26, 2024 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, INDA or IXUS?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, INDA returned −14.2% and IXUS +14.1%.
Which is cheaper, INDA or IXUS?: IXUS is cheaper, by 0.54 percentage points a year. That is about $54 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do INDA and IXUS overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of INDA and 0% of IXUS by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

INDA and IXUS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

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

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