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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IXUS returned +18.0% and SPDW +19.7%.

Which is cheaper, IXUS or SPDW?

SPDW 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 IXUS and SPDW overlap with the S&P 500?

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

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IXUS vs SPDW: Differences, Returns & Fees

IXUS and SPDW hold 63% of their weight in the same names, and SPDW returned +19.7% over the year. Net assets: $58.6bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF, and $40.5bn on Oct 8, 2026 for State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF.

SPDW costs 0.04 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.7 points; IXUS is 1.4 times larger.

	IXUS	SPDW
Expense ratio	0.07%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026	$58.1bn	$40.5bn
Total return, 1 year	+18.0%	+19.7%
What it tracks	MSCI ACWI ex USA IMI	S&P Developed Ex-U.S. BMI Index ?
Holdings in common	63%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	14.3%	12.9%
Below its high	3.8%, high on Sep 4, 2026	4.5%, high on Sep 4, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026.

+18.0%

IXUS total return, 1 year

+19.7%

SPDW total return, 1 year

0.07%

IXUS expense ratio

0.03%

SPDW expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IXUS and SPDW hold 63% 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 Oct 8, 2026.

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63% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding IXUS SPDW

ASML HOLDING 1.68% 2.15%

SK HYNIX 1.65% 2.21%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.75% 0.95%

ROCHE PS PAR AG 0.71% 0.90%

SHELL 0.69% 0.88%

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.63% 0.81%

NOVARTIS AG 0.61% 0.79%

ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.56% 0.74%

NESTLE SA 0.56% 0.72%

BHP GROUP LTD 0.52% 0.66%

SIEMENS N AG 0.51% 0.66%

SAP 0.50% 0.64%

Only in IXUS

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 4.68%

TENCENT HOLDINGS 0.76%

MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP 0.56%

ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING 0.53%

MEDIATEK 0.51%

SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP 0.36%

DELTA ELECTRONICS 0.29%

NOVO NORDISK CLASS B 0.28%

Only in SPDW

SAMSUNG ELECTR GDR REG S 2.68%

MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GRO 0.82%

SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GR 0.49%

NOVO NORDISK A/S B 0.36%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS PREF 0.35%

MUENCHENER RUECKVER AG REG 0.23%

INVESTOR AB B SHS 0.23%

NORDEA BANK ABP 0.19%

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On the same fields

IXUS

iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF

SPDW

State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares State Street

What it is Tracks the MSCI Total International Stock Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +18.0% +19.7%

S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 +0.7 pts +2.4 pts

Expense ratio 0.07% 0.03%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 4586 2448

Net assets, IXUS as of Oct 9, 2026 and SPDW as of Oct 8, 2026 $58.6bn $40.5bn

IXUS and SPDW on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

IXUS in plain words

IXUS tracks the MSCI Total International Stock. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +18.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.07% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 4,586 positions, with the top ten at 14.3%. It sat 3.8% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

SPDW in plain words

SPDW tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +19.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,448 positions, with the top ten at 12.9%. It sat 4.5% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IXUS or SPDW?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IXUS returned +18.0% and SPDW +19.7%.
Which is cheaper, IXUS or SPDW?: SPDW 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 IXUS and SPDW overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IXUS and 0% of SPDW by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

IXUS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IXUS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IXUS ↗SPDW filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SPDW prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗State Street website ↗

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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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