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

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

Which is cheaper, IXUS or VTI?

VTI 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.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IXUS and 88% of VTI by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

IXUS vs VTI: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IXUS returned +14.1% to VTI's +13.5%; 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 $689.2bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF.

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At a glance

+14.1%

IXUS total return, 1 year

+13.5%

VTI total return, 1 year

0.07%

IXUS expense ratio

0.03%

VTI expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VTI costs 0.04 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.6 points; VTI is 11.7 times larger.

IXUS vs VTI: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IXUS	VTI
Return
Measure	IXUS	VTI
Total return, 1 year	+14.1%	+13.5%
Drawdown
Measure	IXUS	VTI
Below its high	4.9%, high on Sep 4, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	IXUS	VTI
What it tracks	MSCI ACWI ex USA IMI	Morningstar US Total Market Index
Cost and size
Measure	IXUS	VTI
Expense ratio	0.07%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$58.8bn	$689.2bn
Holdings
Measure	IXUS	VTI
Holdings in common	1%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	13.5%	34.7%

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 VTI 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 VTI

ARISTOCRAT LEISURE 0.06% 0.08%

PRUDENTIAL PLC 0.07% 0.05%

MERCK 0.05% 0.49%

ROCHE PS PAR AG 0.82% 0.05%

HELVETIA BALOISE HOLDING N AG 0.05% 0.04%

VINCI SA 0.14% 0.04%

DEUTSCHE TELEKOM N AG 0.23% 0.04%

PEMBINA PIPELINE 0.07% 0.03%

ESSILORLUXOTTICA SA 0.14% 0.03%

ADMIRAL GROUP PLC 0.03% 0.05%

EQT 0.03% 0.04%

RECKITT BENCKISER GROUP PLC 0.11% 0.03%

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Only in IXUS

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 4.39%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 1.90%

ASML HOLDING 1.53%

SK HYNIX 1.35%

SHELL 0.73%

TENCENT HOLDINGS 0.73%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.72%

NOVARTIS AG 0.69%

Only in VTI

NVIDIA Corp 7.14%

Apple Inc 6.63%

Microsoft Corp 5.20%

Amazon.com Inc 3.30%

Alphabet Inc 2.76%

Broadcom Inc 2.28%

Meta Platforms Inc 2.18%

Alphabet Inc 2.18%

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Side by side

IXUS iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF VTI Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks the MSCI Total International Stock Tracks an index of US total market

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% 0.03%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 88.1%

Holdings 4584 3521

Net assets, IXUS as of Oct 27, 2026 and VTI as of Sep 30, 2026 $57.6bn $689.2bn

IXUS and VTI 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.

VTI

VTI tracks an index of US total market. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.5% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 88% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 3,521 positions, with the top ten at 34.7%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IXUS or VTI?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IXUS returned +14.1% and VTI +13.5%.
Which is cheaper, IXUS or VTI?: VTI 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.
How much do IXUS and VTI overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IXUS and 88% of VTI 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 ↗

VTI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VTI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VTI ↗

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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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