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INTF vs IXUS: Differences, Returns & Fees

INTF and IXUS hold 39% of their weight in the same names. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $3.7bn for iShares International Equity Factor ETF and $58.6bn for iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF.

IXUS costs 0.09 points a year less; both returned +18.0% over a year; IXUS is 15.9 times larger.

INTFIXUS
Expense ratio0.16%0.07%
Net assets$3.7bn$58.6bn
Total return, 1 year+18.0%+18.0%
What it tracksnot read by ETFIQMSCI ACWI ex USA IMI
Holdings in common39%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund12.7%14.3%
Below its high4.9%, high on Sep 4, 20263.8%, high on Sep 4, 2026

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

+18.0%
INTF total return, 1 year
+18.0%
IXUS total return, 1 year
0.16%
INTF expense ratio
0.07%
IXUS expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, INTF and IXUS hold 39% 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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39% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding INTF IXUS
ASML HOLDING 2.62% 1.68%
HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.11% 0.75%
ROCHE PS PAR AG 1.07% 0.71%
SHELL 0.74% 0.69%
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 1.14% 0.63%
NOVARTIS AG 1.99% 0.61%
ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.82% 0.56%
MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP 1.04% 0.56%
NESTLE SA 0.88% 0.56%
BHP GROUP LTD 0.96% 0.52%
SIEMENS N AG 0.71% 0.51%
SAP 0.75% 0.50%
Only in INTF
VZ HOLDING AG 0.21%
CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS 0.15%
SAMSONITE INTERNATIONAL 0.06%
SWIRE PROPERTIES LTD 0.06%
EURO STOXX 50 DEC 26 0.00%
FTSE 100 INDEX DEC 26 0.00%
SPI 200 DEC 26 0.00%
TOPIX INDEX DEC 26 0.00%
Only in IXUS
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 4.68%
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 2.18%
SK HYNIX 1.65%
TENCENT HOLDINGS 0.76%
ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING 0.53%
MEDIATEK 0.51%
DELTA ELECTRONICS 0.29%
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS NON VOTING PRE 0.28%

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On the same fields

INTF
iShares International Equity Factor 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 Tracks the MSCI Total International Stock
Total return, 1 year +18.0% +18.0%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 +0.8 pts +0.7 pts
Expense ratio 0.16% 0.07%
Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%
Holdings 486 4586
Net assets $3.7bn $58.6bn

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

INTF in plain words

INTF tracks an index. 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 0.16% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 486 positions, with the top ten at 12.7%. It sat 4.9% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

IXUS in plain words

IXUS tracks the MSCI Total International Stock. 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, INTF or IXUS?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, INTF returned +18.0% and IXUS +18.0%.
Which is cheaper, INTF or IXUS?
IXUS is cheaper, by 0.09 percentage points a year. That is about $9 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do INTF and IXUS overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of INTF and 0% of IXUS by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
INTF and IXUS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗INTF and IXUS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for INTF ↗iShares page for IXUS ↗

ETFIQ links to the documents behind every figure; a link is not an endorsement. A comparison is not a recommendation.

How this is computed

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

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