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IXUS vs URTH: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IXUS returned +14.1% to URTH's +13.1%; 27% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $57.6bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF, and $8.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares MSCI World ETF.

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At a glance
+14.1%
IXUS total return, 1 year
+13.1%
URTH total return, 1 year
0.07%
IXUS expense ratio
0.24%
URTH expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IXUS costs 0.17 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.0 point; IXUS is 6.5 times larger.

IXUS vs URTH: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureIXUSURTH
Return
Total return, 1 year+14.1%+13.1%
Drawdown
Below its high4.9%, high on Sep 4, 2026
Benchmark
What it tracksMSCI ACWI ex USA IMIMSCI World Index
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.07%0.24%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026$57.6bn$8.8bn
Holdings
Holdings in common27%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund13.5%27.2%

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

What they share

27%

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

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27% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first IXUS URTH
ASML HOLDING 1.53% 0.70%
ROCHE PS PAR AG 0.82% 0.37%
SHELL 0.73% 0.33%
HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.72% 0.32%
NOVARTIS AG 0.69% 0.31%
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.68% 0.31%
ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.62% 0.28%
NESTLE SA 0.62% 0.28%
SAP 0.58% 0.26%
MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP 0.55% 0.25%
SIEMENS N AG 0.52% 0.24%
BHP GROUP LTD 0.50% 0.23%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in IXUS
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 4.39%
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 1.90%
SK HYNIX 1.35%
TENCENT HOLDINGS 0.73%
ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING 0.50%
MEDIATEK 0.43%
CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORP H 0.26%
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS NON VOTING PRE 0.25%
Only in URTH
APPLE 5.60%
NVIDIA 5.50%
MICROSOFT 4.12%
AMAZON.COM INC 2.69%
ALPHABET CLASS A 2.07%
BROADCOM INC 1.70%
ALPHABET CLASS C 1.62%
META PLATFORMS CLASS A 1.49%
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Side by side

IXUS iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF URTH iShares MSCI World ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer iShares iShares
What it is Tracks the MSCI Total International Stock Tracks the MSCI World
Total return, 1 year +14.1% +13.1%
Its benchmark over the same days +14.3% (ACWX) +13.4% (ACWI)
Gap to its benchmark −0.2 pts vs ACWX −0.3 pts vs ACWI
Expense ratio 0.07% 0.24%
Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 69.1%
Holdings 4584 1254
Net assets, IXUS as of Oct 27, 2026 and URTH as of Oct 28, 2026 $57.6bn $8.9bn

IXUS and URTH 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.

URTH

URTH tracks the MSCI World. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.1% with distributions reinvested, against +13.4% for its benchmark, the MSCI All Country World Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.24% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 69% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,254 positions, with the top ten at 27.2%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IXUS or URTH?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IXUS returned +14.1% and URTH +13.1%.
Which is cheaper, IXUS or URTH?
IXUS is cheaper, by 0.17 percentage points a year. That is about $17 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IXUS and URTH overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IXUS and 69% of URTH by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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IXUS on its own →URTH on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →IXUS dividend history →IXUS holdings →URTH dividend history →URTH holdings →Standards and sources →
Sources and dates
IXUS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
IXUS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
iShares page for IXUS ↗
URTH filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
URTH prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
iShares page for URTH ↗

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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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