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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ITOT returned +13.4% and IXUS +14.1%.

Which is cheaper, ITOT or IXUS?

ITOT is cheaper, by 0.04 percentage points a year. That is about $4 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do ITOT and IXUS overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 88% of ITOT and 0% of IXUS by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

ITOT vs IXUS: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, ITOT returned +13.4% to IXUS's +14.1%; 1% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $97.1bn for iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF and $57.6bn for iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF.

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At a glance

+13.4%

ITOT total return, 1 year

+14.1%

IXUS total return, 1 year

0.03%

ITOT expense ratio

0.07%

IXUS expense ratio

Pair scorecard

ITOT costs 0.04 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.7 points; ITOT is 1.7 times larger.

ITOT vs IXUS: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	ITOT	IXUS
Return
Measure	ITOT	IXUS
Total return, 1 year	+13.4%	+14.1%
Drawdown
Measure	ITOT	IXUS
Below its high		4.9%, high on Sep 4, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	ITOT	IXUS
What it tracks	S&P Total Market Index (TMI)	MSCI ACWI ex USA IMI
Cost and size
Measure	ITOT	IXUS
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.07%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$97.1bn	$57.6bn
Holdings
Measure	ITOT	IXUS
Holdings in common	1%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	33.9%	13.5%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, ITOT and IXUS hold 1% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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1% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first ITOT IXUS

ALLSTATE CORP 0.09% 0.06%

ROPER TECHNOLOGIES 0.06% 0.82%

MERCK & CO INC 0.47% 0.05%

PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.05% 0.07%

DOLLAR GENERAL CORP 0.04% 0.14%

DTE ENERGY 0.04% 0.23%

ESTEE LAUDER INC CLASS A 0.04% 0.14%

HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INC 0.04% 0.05%

PPL CORP 0.04% 0.07%

ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND 0.05% 0.03%

EQT 0.05% 0.03%

KEYCORP 0.03% 0.03%

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Only in ITOT

NVIDIA 7.06%

APPLE 6.78%

MICROSOFT 5.28%

AMAZON.COM INC 3.32%

ALPHABET CLASS A 2.52%

BROADCOM INC 2.18%

ALPHABET CLASS C 2.02%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 1.83%

Only in IXUS

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 4.39%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 1.90%

ASML HOLDING 1.53%

SK HYNIX 1.35%

SHELL 0.73%

TENCENT HOLDINGS 0.73%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.72%

NOVARTIS AG 0.69%

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Side by side

ITOT iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF IXUS iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks the S&P Total U.S. Stock Market Tracks the MSCI Total International Stock

Total return, 1 year +13.4% +14.1%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +14.3% (ACWX)

Gap to its benchmark not measured −0.2 pts vs ACWX

Expense ratio 0.03% 0.07%

Already in the S&P 500 88.1% 0.0%

Holdings 2443 4584

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $97.1bn $57.6bn

ITOT and IXUS on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

ITOT

ITOT tracks the S&P Total U.S. Stock Market. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.4% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 88% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,443 positions, with the top ten at 33.9%.

IXUS

IXUS tracks the MSCI Total International Stock. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +14.1% with distributions reinvested, against +14.3% for its benchmark, the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.07% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 4,584 positions, with the top ten at 13.5%. It sat 4.9% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ITOT or IXUS?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ITOT returned +13.4% and IXUS +14.1%.
Which is cheaper, ITOT or IXUS?: ITOT is cheaper, by 0.04 percentage points a year. That is about $4 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ITOT and IXUS overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 88% of ITOT and 0% of IXUS by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

ITOT and IXUS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ITOT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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IXUS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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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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