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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IXUS returned +14.1% and VPL +24.8%.

Which is cheaper, IXUS or VPL?

Neither: IXUS and VPL both charge 0.07% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

IXUS vs VPL: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IXUS returned +14.1% to VPL's +24.8%; 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 $9.0bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF.

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At a glance

+14.1%

IXUS total return, 1 year

+24.8%

VPL total return, 1 year

0.07%

IXUS expense ratio

0.07%

VPL expense ratio

Pair scorecard

Both cost 0.07% a year; their one-year returns differ by 10.7 points; IXUS is 6.5 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

IXUS vs VPL: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IXUS	VPL
Return
Measure	IXUS	VPL
Total return, 1 year	+14.1%	+24.8%
Drawdown
Measure	IXUS	VPL
Below its high	4.9%, high on Sep 4, 2026	7.2%, high on Jun 22, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	IXUS	VPL
What it tracks	MSCI ACWI ex USA IMI	FTSE Developed Asia Pacific All Cap Index
Cost and size
Measure	IXUS	VPL
Expense ratio	0.07%	0.07%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$58.8bn	$9.0bn
Holdings
Measure	IXUS	VPL
Holdings in common	27%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	13.5%	24.8%

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

Risk and return

Nov 2, 2012 to Oct 23, 2026 · 729 weekly returns

IXUS VPL

Return

Total return edge VPL +177.4% +218.1%

Annualized edge VPL +7.5% +8.6%

Price return edge VPL +90.2% +115.8%

Risk

Volatility edge IXUS (slight) 15.8% 16.4%

Max drawdown edge VPL (slight) −34.6% −32.4%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge VPL 0.42 0.48

Sortino edge VPL 0.59 0.68

Calmar edge VPL 0.22 0.27

Reading

VPL returned more: +218.1% to +177.4%. IXUS swung slightly less: 15.8% to 16.4%. VPL fell slightly less at its worst: −32.4% to −34.6%.

Full scorecard

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Risk and return: IXUS vs VPL: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IXUS	VPL	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+177.4%	+218.1%	VPL	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+7.5%	+8.6%	VPL	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+90.2%	+115.8%	VPL	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	15.8%	16.4%	IXUS (slight)	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	11.3%	11.5%	Tie	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−34.6%	−32.4%	VPL (slight)	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.42	0.48	VPL	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.59	0.68	VPL	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.22	0.27	VPL	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 729 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

27%

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

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27% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first IXUS VPL

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 1.90% 7.11%

SK HYNIX 1.35% 5.82%

MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP 0.55% 1.98%

BHP GROUP LTD 0.50% 1.69%

COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 0.46% 1.37%

TOYOTA MOTOR 0.45% 1.51%

ADVANTEST 0.38% 1.25%

HITACHI 0.38% 1.20%

RECRUIT HOLDINGS LTD 0.38% 1.12%

SONY GROUP 0.36% 1.10%

SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP 0.35% 1.25%

TOKYO ELECTRON 0.32% 1.30%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in IXUS

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 4.39%

ASML HOLDING 1.53%

ROCHE PS PAR AG 0.82%

SHELL 0.73%

TENCENT HOLDINGS 0.73%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.72%

NOVARTIS AG 0.69%

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.68%

Only in VPL

SLBBH1142 1.57%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS-PREF 0.90%

Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd 0.46%

SMC Corp 0.20%

Oriental Land Co Ltd 0.15%

Nippon Yusen KK 0.14%

Samsung Life Insurance Co Ltd 0.13%

Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Co Ltd 0.11%

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Side by side

IXUS iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF VPL Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

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

Total return, 1 year +14.1% +24.8%

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% 0.07%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 4584 2343

Net assets, IXUS as of Oct 27, 2026 and VPL as of Sep 30, 2026 $57.6bn $9.0bn

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

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IXUS and VPL do different jobs. What does each one do in a portfolio?

What each follows. IXUS follows MSCI ACWI ex USA IMI and VPL follows FTSE Developed Asia Pacific All Cap Index.
Holdings in common. 27% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 27, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026).
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 IXUS returned +14.1% and VPL +24.8% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 10.7 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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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.

VPL

VPL tracks an index of Pacific Stock. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +24.8% with distributions reinvested. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,343 positions, with the top ten at 24.8%. It sat 7.2% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IXUS or VPL?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IXUS returned +14.1% and VPL +24.8%.
Which is cheaper, IXUS or VPL?: Neither: IXUS and VPL both charge 0.07% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IXUS and VPL overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IXUS and 0% of VPL 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 ↗

VPL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VPL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VPL ↗

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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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