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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IWF returned +0.9% and VXUS +13.8%.

Which is cheaper, IWF or VXUS?

VXUS is cheaper, by 0.13 percentage points a year. That is about $13 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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IWF vs VXUS: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IWF returned +0.9% to VXUS's +13.8%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $124.7bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF, and $163.2bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Total International Stock ETF.

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At a glance

+0.9%

IWF total return, 1 year

+13.8%

VXUS total return, 1 year

0.18%

IWF expense ratio

0.05%

VXUS expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VXUS costs 0.13 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 12.9 points; VXUS is 1.3 times larger.

IWF vs VXUS: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IWF	VXUS
Return
Measure	IWF	VXUS
Total return, 1 year	+0.9%	+13.8%
Drawdown
Measure	IWF	VXUS
Below its high	4.8%, high on Oct 6, 2026	5.1%, high on Sep 4, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	IWF	VXUS
What it tracks	Russell 1000 Growth Index	FTSE Global All Cap ex US Index
Cost and size
Measure	IWF	VXUS
Expense ratio	0.18%	0.05%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$127.7bn	$163.2bn
Holdings
Measure	IWF	VXUS
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	57.5%	14.6%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, IWF and VXUS hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first IWF VXUS

RESTAURANTS BRANDS INTERNATIONAL 0.04% 0.06%

HEICO 0.04% 0.04%

BROOKFIELD ASSET MANAGEMENT VOTING 0.05% 0.04%

KIMBERLY CLARK 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% 0.11%

VAIL RESORTS 0.01% 0.04%

ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI PLC 0.12% 0.01%

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING INC 0.13% 0.01%

AMERIPRISE FINANCE INC 0.01% 0.01%

TKO GROUP HOLDINGS INC CLASS A 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 VXUS

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 4.27%

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 2.03%

SK hynix Inc 1.67%

SLCMT1142 1.66%

ASML Holding NV 1.55%

Tencent Holdings Ltd 0.76%

HSBC Holdings PLC 0.76%

Roche Holding AG 0.66%

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Side by side

IWF iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF VXUS Vanguard Total International Stock ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks the Russell 1000 growth Tracks an index of Total International Stock

Total return, 1 year +0.9% +13.8%

Its benchmark over the same days +1.1% (VONG) not measured

Gap to its benchmark −0.2 pts vs VONG not measured

Expense ratio 0.18% 0.05%

Already in the S&P 500 93.5% 0.0%

Holdings 374 8913

Net assets, IWF as of Oct 27, 2026 and VXUS as of Sep 30, 2026 $124.7bn $163.2bn

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

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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.

VXUS

VXUS tracks an index of Total International Stock. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.8% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 8,913 positions, with the top ten at 14.6%. It sat 5.1% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IWF or VXUS?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IWF returned +0.9% and VXUS +13.8%.
Which is cheaper, IWF or VXUS?: VXUS is cheaper, by 0.13 percentage points a year. That is about $13 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IWF and VXUS overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 94% of IWF and 0% of VXUS by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

IWF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IWF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IWF ↗

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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