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IQLT vs VXUS: Differences, Returns & Fees

IQLT and VXUS hold 22% of their weight in the same names, and VXUS returned +17.8% over the year. Net assets: $13.6bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares MSCI Intl Quality Factor ETF, and $163.2bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Total International Stock ETF.

VXUS costs 0.25 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.0 points.

IQLTVXUS
Expense ratio0.30%0.05%
Net assets, IQLT as of Oct 9, 2026 and VXUS as of Sep 30, 2026$13.6bn$163.2bn
Total return, 1 year+14.8%+17.8%
What it tracksnot read by ETFIQFTSE Global All Cap ex US Index
Holdings in common22%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund23.7%14.1%
Below its high4.8%, high on Aug 25, 20263.9%, high on Sep 4, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+14.8%
IQLT total return, 1 year
+17.8%
VXUS total return, 1 year
0.30%
IQLT expense ratio
0.05%
VXUS expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IQLT and VXUS hold 22% 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 Aug 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

half

22% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding IQLT VXUS
ASML HOLDING 6.01% 1.43%
ROCHE PS PAR AG 2.20% 0.67%
NOVARTIS AG 1.67% 0.62%
SHELL 1.85% 0.56%
NESTLE SA 1.69% 0.55%
ASTRAZENECA PLC 1.59% 0.53%
ALLIANZ 2.57% 0.43%
SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC 1.30% 0.40%
ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC 1.41% 0.37%
TOTALENERGIES 1.34% 0.37%
IBERDROLA 1.35% 0.35%
TOKYO ELECTRON 1.40% 0.34%
Only in IQLT
MUENCHENER RUECKVERSICHERUNGS-GESE 1.09%
HONG KONG EXCHANGES AND CLEARING 1.06%
NOVO NORDISK CLASS B 0.92%
INVESTOR CLASS B 0.80%
ATLAS COPCO CLASS A 0.57%
ATLAS COPCO CLASS B 0.31%
VOLVO CLASS B 0.31%
ASSA ABLOY B 0.23%
Only in VXUS
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 3.98%
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.90%
SLCMT1142 1.83%
SK hynix Inc 1.46%
Tencent Holdings Ltd 0.78%
HSBC Holdings PLC 0.77%
MKTLIQ 0.65%
Royal Bank of Canada 0.62%

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On the same fields

IQLT
iShares MSCI Intl Quality Factor ETF
VXUS
Vanguard Total International Stock ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer iShares Vanguard
What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index of Total International Stock
Total return, 1 year +14.8% +17.8%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 −2.5 pts +0.5 pts
Expense ratio 0.30% 0.05%
Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%
Holdings 294 8802
Net assets, IQLT as of Oct 9, 2026 and VXUS as of Sep 30, 2026 $13.6bn $163.2bn

IQLT and VXUS 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.

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, IQLT or VXUS?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IQLT returned +14.8% and VXUS +17.8%.
Which is cheaper, IQLT or VXUS?
VXUS is cheaper, by 0.25 percentage points a year. That is about $25 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IQLT and VXUS overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IQLT and 0% of VXUS by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
IQLT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IQLT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IQLT ↗VXUS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VXUS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VXUS ↗

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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