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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IXUS returned +14.1% and SHV +3.6%.

Which is cheaper, IXUS or SHV?

IXUS is cheaper, by 0.08 percentage points a year. That is about $8 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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IXUS vs SHV: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IXUS returned +14.1% to SHV's +3.6%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $57.6bn for iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF and $21.7bn for iShares 0-1 Year Treasury Bond ETF.

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At a glance

+14.1%

IXUS total return, 1 year

+3.6%

SHV total return, 1 year

0.07%

IXUS expense ratio

0.15%

SHV expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IXUS costs 0.08 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 10.5 points; IXUS is 2.7 times larger.

IXUS vs SHV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IXUS	SHV
Return
Measure	IXUS	SHV
Total return, 1 year	+14.1%	+3.6%
Drawdown
Measure	IXUS	SHV
Below its high	4.9%, high on Sep 4, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	IXUS	SHV
What it tracks	MSCI ACWI ex USA IMI	ICE Short US Treasury Securities Index
Cost and size
Measure	IXUS	SHV
Expense ratio	0.07%	0.15%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$57.6bn	$21.7bn
Holdings
Measure	IXUS	SHV
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	13.5%

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

What they share

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

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first IXUS SHV

Only in one fund ↓

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%

Only in SHV

TREASURY BILL 4.98%

TREASURY BILL 4.17%

TREASURY BILL 3.90%

TREASURY BILL 3.72%

TREASURY BILL 3.58%

TREASURY BILL 3.48%

TREASURY BILL 3.35%

TREASURY BILL 3.31%

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Side by side

IXUS iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF SHV iShares 0-1 Year Treasury Bond ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Bond ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks the MSCI Total International Stock Tracks an index of 0-1 Year Treasury Bond

Total return, 1 year +14.1% +3.6%

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

Gap to its benchmark −0.2 pts vs ACWX not measured

Expense ratio 0.07% 0.15%

Holdings 4584 66

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $57.6bn $21.7bn

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

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About each fund

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.

SHV

SHV tracks an index of 0-1 Year Treasury Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +3.6% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IXUS or SHV?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IXUS returned +14.1% and SHV +3.6%.
Which is cheaper, IXUS or SHV?: IXUS is cheaper, by 0.08 percentage points a year. That is about $8 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

IXUS and SHV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IXUS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IXUS ↗

SHV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for SHV ↗

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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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