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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IQDF returned +24.5% and VXUS +17.8%.

Which is cheaper, IQDF or VXUS?

VXUS is cheaper, by 0.42 percentage points a year. That is about $42 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do IQDF and VXUS overlap with the S&P 500?

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

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IQDF vs VXUS: Differences, Returns & Fees

IQDF and VXUS hold 24% 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 $163.2bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Total International Stock ETF.

VXUS costs 0.42 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 6.7 points; VXUS is far larger, $645.9bn against $1.2bn.

	IQDF	VXUS
Expense ratio	0.47%	0.05%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026	$1.2bn	$645.9bn
Total return, 1 year	+24.5%	+17.8%
What it tracks	not read by ETFIQ	FTSE Global All Cap ex US Index
Holdings in common	24%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	19.8%	14.1%
Below its high	4.3%, high on Sep 8, 2026	3.9%, high on Sep 4, 2026

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

+24.5%

IQDF total return, 1 year

+17.8%

VXUS total return, 1 year

0.47%

IQDF expense ratio

0.05%

VXUS expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IQDF and VXUS hold 24% 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 Aug 31, 2026.

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24% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding IQDF VXUS

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. 4.55% 3.98%

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. 1.92% 1.90%

SK hynix, Inc. 1.34% 1.46%

ASML Holding NV 1.22% 1.43%

Roche Holding AG 1.27% 0.67%

Royal Bank of Canada 0.63% 0.62%

Tencent Holdings Ltd. 0.56% 0.78%

Nestle SA 1.02% 0.55%

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.70% 0.54%

Toronto-Dominion Bank (The) 1.05% 0.44%

HSBC Holdings plc 0.44% 0.77%

MediaTek, Inc. 1.99% 0.40%

Only in IQDF

Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. 0.87%

Quinenco SA 0.78%

H World Group Ltd. 0.70%

PTT Exploration & Production PCL 0.69%

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. 0.36%

Krung Thai Bank PCL 0.25%

Dr Ing hc F Porsche AG 0.09%

ING Bank Slaski SA 0.03%

Only in VXUS

SLCMT1142 1.83%

MKTLIQ 0.65%

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 0.59%

Siemens AG 0.53%

Banco Santander SA 0.47%

Toyota Motor Corp 0.46%

Allianz SE 0.43%

Commonwealth Bank of Australia 0.41%

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On the same fields

IQDF

Northern Trust International Quality Dividend ETF

VXUS

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Northern Trust Vanguard

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index of Total International Stock

Total return, 1 year +24.5% +17.8%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +7.2 pts +0.5 pts

Expense ratio 0.47% 0.05%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 182 8802

Net assets, IQDF as of Jul 31, 2026 and VXUS as of Sep 30, 2026 $1.2bn $163.2bn

IQDF and VXUS 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.

VXUS in plain words

VXUS tracks an index of Total International Stock. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Aug 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 8,802 positions, with the top ten at 14.1%. It sat 3.9% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IQDF or VXUS?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IQDF returned +24.5% and VXUS +17.8%.
Which is cheaper, IQDF or VXUS?: VXUS is cheaper, by 0.42 percentage points a year. That is about $42 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IQDF and VXUS overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IQDF and 0% of VXUS 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) ↗VXUS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VXUS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VXUS ↗

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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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