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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IXUS returned +14.1% and VBK +10.3%.

Which is cheaper, IXUS or VBK?

VBK is cheaper, by 0.02 percentage points a year. That is about $2 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IXUS and 10% of VBK by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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IXUS vs VBK: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IXUS returned +14.1% to VBK's +10.3%; 1% 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 $22.8bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap Growth ETF.

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At a glance

+14.1%

IXUS total return, 1 year

+10.3%

VBK total return, 1 year

0.07%

IXUS expense ratio

0.05%

VBK expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VBK costs 0.02 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.8 points; IXUS is 2.6 times larger.

IXUS vs VBK: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IXUS	VBK
Return
Measure	IXUS	VBK
Total return, 1 year	+14.1%	+10.3%
Drawdown
Measure	IXUS	VBK
Below its high	4.9%, high on Sep 4, 2026	8.0%, high on Aug 17, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	IXUS	VBK
What it tracks	MSCI ACWI ex USA IMI	Morningstar US Small Cap Growth Index
Cost and size
Measure	IXUS	VBK
Expense ratio	0.07%	0.05%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$58.8bn	$22.8bn
Holdings
Measure	IXUS	VBK
Holdings in common	1%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	13.5%	12.2%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, IXUS and VBK hold 1% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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1% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first IXUS VBK

CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY 0.16% 0.12%

LVMH 0.26% 0.12%

COMPASS GROUP PLC 0.14% 0.10%

ORANGE SA 0.07% 0.15%

NEXT PLC 0.06% 0.32%

LAIR LIQUIDE SOCIETE ANONYME POUR 0.29% 0.04%

RB GLOBAL 0.04% 0.43%

VALTERRA PLATINUM LTD 0.04% 0.13%

HYDRO ONE 0.03% 0.18%

BILLERUD KORSNAS 0.01% 0.09%

FLSMIDTH AND CO CLASS B 0.01% 0.13%

OUTSURANCE GROUP 0.01% 0.07%

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 VBK

SLCMT1142 2.09%

Natera Inc 1.61%

Twilio Inc 1.28%

Revolution Medicines Inc 1.19%

Illumina Inc 1.18%

Everpure Inc 1.18%

Okta Inc 1.00%

EMCOR Group Inc 0.95%

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Side by side

IXUS iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF VBK Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap Growth ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks the MSCI Total International Stock Tracks an index of Small-Cap Growth

Total return, 1 year +14.1% +10.3%

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% 0.05%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 10.2%

Holdings 4584 554

Net assets, IXUS as of Oct 27, 2026 and VBK as of Sep 30, 2026 $57.6bn $22.8bn

IXUS and VBK 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.

VBK

VBK tracks an index of Small-Cap Growth. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +10.3% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 10% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 554 positions, with the top ten at 12.2%. It sat 8.0% below its high of Aug 17, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IXUS or VBK?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IXUS returned +14.1% and VBK +10.3%.
Which is cheaper, IXUS or VBK?: VBK is cheaper, by 0.02 percentage points a year. That is about $2 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IXUS and VBK overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IXUS and 10% of VBK by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

IXUS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IXUS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IXUS ↗

VBK filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VBK prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VBK ↗

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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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