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IQLT vs IXUS: Differences, Returns & Fees

IQLT and IXUS hold 25% of their weight in the same names, and IXUS returned +18.0% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $13.6bn for iShares MSCI Intl Quality Factor ETF and $58.6bn for iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF.

IXUS costs 0.23 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.2 points; IXUS is 4.3 times larger.

IQLTIXUS
Expense ratio0.30%0.07%
Net assets$13.6bn$58.6bn
Total return, 1 year+14.8%+18.0%
What it tracksnot read by ETFIQMSCI ACWI ex USA IMI
Holdings in common25%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund23.7%14.3%
Below its high4.8%, high on Aug 25, 20263.8%, high on Sep 4, 2026

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

+14.8%
IQLT total return, 1 year
+18.0%
IXUS total return, 1 year
0.30%
IQLT expense ratio
0.07%
IXUS expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IQLT and IXUS hold 25% 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.

half

25% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding IQLT IXUS
ASML HOLDING 6.01% 1.68%
ROCHE PS PAR AG 2.20% 0.71%
SHELL 1.85% 0.69%
NOVARTIS AG 1.67% 0.61%
ASTRAZENECA PLC 1.59% 0.56%
NESTLE SA 1.69% 0.56%
BHP GROUP LTD 1.54% 0.52%
ADVANTEST 2.24% 0.45%
ALLIANZ 2.57% 0.42%
TOKYO ELECTRON 1.40% 0.41%
TOTALENERGIES 1.34% 0.40%
SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC 1.30% 0.38%
Only in IQLT
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%
HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.75%
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.63%
MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP 0.56%
ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING 0.53%

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On the same fields

IQLT
iShares MSCI Intl Quality 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 +14.8% +18.0%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 −2.5 pts +0.7 pts
Expense ratio 0.30% 0.07%
Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%
Holdings 294 4586
Net assets $13.6bn $58.6bn

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

IQLT in plain words

IQLT tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +14.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.30% 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 294 positions, with the top ten at 23.7%. 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, IQLT or IXUS?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IQLT returned +14.8% and IXUS +18.0%.
Which is cheaper, IQLT or IXUS?
IXUS is cheaper, by 0.23 percentage points a year. That is about $23 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IQLT and IXUS overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IQLT and 0% of IXUS by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
IQLT and IXUS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IQLT and IXUS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IQLT ↗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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