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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IWF returned +0.9% and IXUS +14.1%.

Which is cheaper, IWF or IXUS?

IXUS is cheaper, by 0.11 percentage points a year. That is about $11 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 94% of IWF and 0% of IXUS by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

IWF vs IXUS: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IWF returned +0.9% to IXUS's +14.1%; 1% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $124.7bn for iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF and $57.6bn for iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF.

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At a glance

+0.9%

IWF total return, 1 year

+14.1%

IXUS total return, 1 year

0.18%

IWF expense ratio

0.07%

IXUS expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IXUS costs 0.11 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 13.2 points; IWF is 2.2 times larger.

IWF vs IXUS: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IWF	IXUS
Return
Measure	IWF	IXUS
Total return, 1 year	+0.9%	+14.1%
Drawdown
Measure	IWF	IXUS
Below its high	4.8%, high on Oct 6, 2026	4.9%, high on Sep 4, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	IWF	IXUS
What it tracks	Russell 1000 Growth Index	MSCI ACWI ex USA IMI
Cost and size
Measure	IWF	IXUS
Expense ratio	0.18%	0.07%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$124.7bn	$57.6bn
Holdings
Measure	IWF	IXUS
Holdings in common	1%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	57.5%	13.5%

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

Risk and return

Nov 2, 2012 to Oct 23, 2026 · 729 weekly returns

IWF IXUS

Return

Total return edge IWF +746.5% +177.4%

Annualized edge IWF +16.5% +7.5%

Price return edge IWF +636.3% +90.2%

Risk

Volatility edge IXUS 18.0% 15.8%

Max drawdown edge IWF (slight) −32.5% −34.6%

Downside capture 100.1% 99.4%

Beta 1.00 0.99

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge IWF 0.84 0.42

Sortino edge IWF 1.25 0.59

Treynor 0.149 0.068

Calmar edge IWF 0.51 0.22

Against the benchmark

Alpha −0.1% a year +0.3% a year

Alpha t-stat −0.58 0.64

Information ratio −0.11 0.14

Tracking error 1.0% 1.5%

Each against its own benchmark: IWF against VONG, Oct 1, 2010 to Oct 23, 2026; IXUS against ACWX, Nov 2, 2012 to Oct 23, 2026.

Reading

IWF returned more: +746.5% to +177.4%. IXUS swung less: 15.8% to 18.0%. IWF fell slightly less at its worst: −32.5% to −34.6%.

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Risk and return: IWF vs IXUS: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IWF	IXUS	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+746.5%	+177.4%	IWF	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+16.5%	+7.5%	IWF	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+636.3%	+90.2%	IWF	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	18.0%	15.8%	IXUS	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	12.0%	11.3%	IXUS (slight)	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−32.5%	−34.6%	IWF (slight)	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture	99.8%	99.6%		Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture	100.1%	99.4%		Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta	1.00	0.99	Not an edge	How far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared	1.00	0.99	Not an edge	Share of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.84	0.42	IWF	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	1.25	0.59	IWF	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor	0.149	0.068		Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar	0.51	0.22	IWF	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
Benchmark	VONG	ACWX		The ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha	−0.1% a year	+0.3% a year	Not significant	Yearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat	−0.58	0.64	Not an edge	How sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range	−0.6% to +0.3%	−0.5% to +1.1%	Includes zero	The 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio	−0.11	0.14		Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error	1.0%	1.5%	Not an edge	How far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 729 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, IWF 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 IWF IXUS

SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY 0.26% 0.20%

NU HOLDINGS CLASS A 0.13% 0.11%

ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI PLC 0.12% 0.10%

RESTAURANTS BRANDS INTERNATIONAL 0.04% 0.06%

BROOKFIELD ASSET MANAGEMENT VOTING 0.05% 0.04%

HEICO 0.04% 0.05%

AMERICAN AIRLINES GROUP 0.03% 0.13%

HYATT HOTELS CORP CLASS A 0.02% 0.03%

ESTEE LAUDER INC CLASS A 0.01% 0.14%

SOUTHERN COPPER CORP 0.01% 0.04%

VAIL RESORTS 0.01% 0.05%

AMERIPRISE FINANCE INC 0.01% 0.01%

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Only in IWF

NVIDIA 15.30%

APPLE 8.18%

MICROSOFT 5.94%

ALPHABET CLASS A 5.62%

BROADCOM INC 4.79%

ALPHABET CLASS C 4.53%

TESLA INC 3.58%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 3.36%

Only in IXUS

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 4.39%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 1.90%

ASML HOLDING 1.53%

SK HYNIX 1.35%

ROCHE PS PAR AG 0.82%

SHELL 0.73%

TENCENT HOLDINGS 0.73%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.72%

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Side by side

IWF iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF IXUS iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks the Russell 1000 growth Tracks the MSCI Total International Stock

Total return, 1 year +0.9% +14.1%

Its benchmark over the same days +1.1% (VONG) +14.3% (ACWX)

Gap to its benchmark −0.2 pts vs VONG −0.2 pts vs ACWX

Expense ratio 0.18% 0.07%

Already in the S&P 500 93.5% 0.0%

Holdings 374 4584

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $124.7bn $57.6bn

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

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IWF and IXUS do different jobs. What does each one do in a portfolio?

What each follows. IWF follows Russell 1000 Growth Index and IXUS follows MSCI ACWI ex USA IMI.
Holdings in common. 1% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 27, 2026).
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 IWF returned +0.9% and IXUS +14.1% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 13.2 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund

IWF

IWF tracks the Russell 1000 growth. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +0.9% with distributions reinvested, against +1.1% for its benchmark, the Russell 1000 Growth Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.18% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 94% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 374 positions, with the top ten at 57.5%. It sat 4.8% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

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, IWF or IXUS?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IWF returned +0.9% and IXUS +14.1%.
Which is cheaper, IWF or IXUS?: IXUS is cheaper, by 0.11 percentage points a year. That is about $11 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IWF and IXUS overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 94% of IWF and 0% of IXUS by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

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