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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IQDF returned +24.5% and IXUS +18.0%.

Which is cheaper, IQDF 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 IQDF and IXUS overlap with the S&P 500?

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

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IQDF vs IXUS: Differences, Returns & Fees

IQDF and IXUS hold 21% of their weight in the same names, and IQDF returned +24.5% over the year. Net assets: $1.2bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Northern Trust International Quality Dividend ETF, and $58.6bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF.

IXUS costs 0.40 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 6.5 points; IXUS is far larger, $58.4bn against $1.2bn.

	IQDF	IXUS
Expense ratio	0.47%	0.07%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026	$1.2bn	$58.4bn
Total return, 1 year	+24.5%	+18.0%
What it tracks	not read by ETFIQ	MSCI ACWI ex USA IMI
Holdings in common	21%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	19.8%	14.3%
Below its high	4.3%, high on Sep 8, 2026	3.8%, high on Sep 4, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

+24.5%

IQDF total return, 1 year

+18.0%

IXUS total return, 1 year

0.47%

IQDF expense ratio

0.07%

IXUS expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IQDF and IXUS hold 21% 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 Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

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half

21% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding IQDF IXUS

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. 4.55% 4.68%

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. 1.92% 2.18%

SK hynix, Inc. 1.34% 1.65%

ASML Holding NV 1.22% 1.68%

Royal Bank of Canada 0.63% 0.63%

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.70% 0.56%

Nestle SA 1.02% 0.56%

Tencent Holdings Ltd. 0.56% 0.76%

BHP Group Ltd. 1.44% 0.52%

MediaTek, Inc. 1.99% 0.51%

Advantest Corp. 2.13% 0.45%

HSBC Holdings plc 0.44% 0.75%

Only in IQDF

Novo Nordisk A/S 1.63%

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA 1.44%

Enel SpA 1.25%

UniCredit SpA 1.17%

Toronto-Dominion Bank (The) 1.05%

Swedbank AB 0.92%

Legal & General Group plc 0.89%

BB Seguridade Participacoes SA 0.88%

Only in IXUS

ROCHE PS PAR AG 0.71%

SIEMENS N AG 0.51%

SHOPIFY SUBORDINATE VOTING CLASS A 0.47%

BANCO SANTANDER 0.45%

TORONTO DOMINION 0.45%

ALLIANZ 0.42%

COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 0.41%

TOYOTA MOTOR 0.41%

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On the same fields

IQDF

Northern Trust International Quality Dividend ETF

IXUS

iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Northern Trust iShares

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

Total return, 1 year +24.5% +18.0%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +7.2 pts +0.7 pts

Expense ratio 0.47% 0.07%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 182 4586

Net assets, IQDF as of Jul 31, 2026 and IXUS as of Oct 9, 2026 $1.2bn $58.6bn

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

IQDF in plain words

IQDF tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +24.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.47% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 182 positions, with the top ten at 19.8%. It sat 4.3% below its high of Sep 8, 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, IQDF or IXUS?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IQDF returned +24.5% and IXUS +18.0%.
Which is cheaper, IQDF 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 IQDF and IXUS overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IQDF and 0% of IXUS by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

IQDF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IQDF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗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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