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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IXUS returned +14.1% and VCLT −5.9%.

Which is cheaper, IXUS or VCLT?

VCLT 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.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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IXUS vs VCLT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IXUS returned +14.1% to VCLT's −5.9%; 0% 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 $7.5bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF.

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At a glance

+14.1%

IXUS total return, 1 year

−5.9%

VCLT total return, 1 year

0.07%

IXUS expense ratio

0.03%

VCLT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VCLT costs 0.04 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 20.0 points; IXUS is 7.8 times larger.

IXUS vs VCLT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IXUS	VCLT
Return
Measure	IXUS	VCLT
Total return, 1 year	+14.1%	−5.9%
Drawdown
Measure	IXUS	VCLT
Below its high	4.9%, high on Sep 4, 2026	17.8%, high on Sep 22, 2021
Benchmark
Measure	IXUS	VCLT
What it tracks	MSCI ACWI ex USA IMI	Bloomberg U.S. 10+ Year Corporate Bond Index
Cost and size
Measure	IXUS	VCLT
Expense ratio	0.07%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$58.8bn	$7.5bn
Holdings
Measure	IXUS	VCLT
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 Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, IXUS and VCLT 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 IXUS VCLT

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 VCLT

MKTLIQ 1.03%

Anheuser-Busch Cos LLC / Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc 0.37%

United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.36%

CVS Health Corp 0.33%

Boeing Co 0.27%

Meta Platforms Inc 0.27%

AT&T Inc 0.24%

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Side by side

IXUS iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF VCLT Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Bond ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks the MSCI Total International Stock Tracks an index of Long-Term Corporate Bond

Total return, 1 year +14.1% −5.9%

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% 0.03%

Holdings 4584 2562

Net assets, IXUS as of Oct 27, 2026 and VCLT as of Sep 30, 2026 $57.6bn $7.5bn

IXUS and VCLT 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.

VCLT

VCLT tracks an index of Long-Term Corporate Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −5.9% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. It sat 17.8% below its high of Sep 22, 2021 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IXUS or VCLT?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IXUS returned +14.1% and VCLT −5.9%.
Which is cheaper, IXUS or VCLT?: VCLT 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.

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Sources and dates

IXUS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IXUS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IXUS ↗

VCLT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VCLT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VCLT ↗

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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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