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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IXUS returned +14.1% and VT +13.5%.

Which is cheaper, IXUS or VT?

VT is cheaper, by 0.01 percentage points a year. That is about $1 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IXUS and 55% of VT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

IXUS vs VT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IXUS returned +14.1% to VT's +13.5%; 32% 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 $81.8bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Total World Stock Index ETF.

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At a glance

+14.1%

IXUS total return, 1 year

+13.5%

VT total return, 1 year

0.07%

IXUS expense ratio

0.06%

VT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VT costs 0.01 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.6 points; VT is 1.4 times larger.

IXUS vs VT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IXUS	VT
Return
Measure	IXUS	VT
Total return, 1 year	+14.1%	+13.5%
Drawdown
Measure	IXUS	VT
Below its high	4.9%, high on Sep 4, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	IXUS	VT
What it tracks	MSCI ACWI ex USA IMI	FTSE Global All Cap Index
Cost and size
Measure	IXUS	VT
Expense ratio	0.07%	0.06%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$58.8bn	$81.8bn
Holdings
Measure	IXUS	VT
Holdings in common	32%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	13.5%	22.5%

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 VT

Return

Total return edge VT +177.4% +342.2%

Annualized edge VT +7.5% +11.2%

Price return edge VT +90.2% +225.2%

Risk

Volatility edge VT (slight) 15.8% 15.4%

Max drawdown edge VT (slight) −34.6% −32.6%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge VT 0.42 0.65

Sortino edge VT 0.59 0.93

Calmar edge VT 0.22 0.34

Reading

VT returned more: +342.2% to +177.4%. VT swung slightly less: 15.4% to 15.8%. VT fell slightly less at its worst: −32.6% to −34.6%.

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Risk and return: IXUS vs VT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IXUS	VT	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+177.4%	+342.2%	VT	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+7.5%	+11.2%	VT	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+90.2%	+225.2%	VT	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	15.8%	15.4%	VT (slight)	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	11.3%	10.8%	VT (slight)	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−34.6%	−32.6%	VT (slight)	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.42	0.65	VT	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.59	0.93	VT	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.22	0.34	VT	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

32%

By the books each fund has filed, IXUS and VT hold 32% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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32% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first IXUS VT

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 4.39% 1.62%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 1.90% 0.77%

SK HYNIX 1.35% 0.63%

ASML HOLDING 1.53% 0.59%

TENCENT HOLDINGS 0.73% 0.29%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.72% 0.29%

SHELL 0.73% 0.24%

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.68% 0.23%

NOVARTIS AG 0.69% 0.23%

ROCHE PS PAR AG 0.82% 0.22%

ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING 0.50% 0.22%

MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP 0.55% 0.22%

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Only in IXUS

NOVO NORDISK CLASS B 0.30%

CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORP H 0.26%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS NON VOTING PRE 0.25%

MUENCHENER RUECKVERSICHERUNGS-GESE 0.19%

INVESTOR CLASS B 0.18%

INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF 0.15%

NORDEA BANK 0.13%

ATLAS COPCO CLASS A 0.12%

Only in VT

NVIDIA Corp 4.54%

Apple Inc 4.11%

Microsoft Corp 3.25%

Amazon.com Inc 2.06%

Alphabet Inc 1.73%

Broadcom Inc 1.39%

Meta Platforms Inc 1.36%

Alphabet Inc 1.36%

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Side by side

IXUS iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF VT Vanguard Total World Stock Index ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

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

Total return, 1 year +14.1% +13.5%

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% 0.06%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 54.7%

Holdings 4584 10194

Net assets, IXUS as of Oct 27, 2026 and VT as of Sep 30, 2026 $57.6bn $81.8bn

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

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

What each follows. IXUS follows MSCI ACWI ex USA IMI and VT follows FTSE Global All Cap Index.
Holdings in common. 32% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 27, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026).
One-year total return (similar). Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 IXUS returned +14.1% and VT +13.5% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 0.6 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.

VT tracks an index of Total World Stock. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.5% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 55% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 10,194 positions, with the top ten at 22.5%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IXUS or VT?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IXUS returned +14.1% and VT +13.5%.
Which is cheaper, IXUS or VT?: VT is cheaper, by 0.01 percentage points a year. That is about $1 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IXUS and VT overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IXUS and 55% of VT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

IXUS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

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VT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

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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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