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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IXUS returned +14.1% and VWO +4.8%.

Which is cheaper, IXUS or VWO?

VWO 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 VWO overlap with the S&P 500?

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

IXUS vs VWO: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IXUS returned +14.1% to VWO's +4.8%; 19% 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 $125.4bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF.

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At a glance

+14.1%

IXUS total return, 1 year

+4.8%

VWO total return, 1 year

0.07%

IXUS expense ratio

0.06%

VWO expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VWO costs 0.01 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 9.3 points; VWO is 2.1 times larger.

IXUS vs VWO: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IXUS	VWO
Return
Measure	IXUS	VWO
Total return, 1 year	+14.1%	+4.8%
Drawdown
Measure	IXUS	VWO
Below its high	4.9%, high on Sep 4, 2026	7.0%, high on Sep 4, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	IXUS	VWO
What it tracks	MSCI ACWI ex USA IMI	FTSE Emerging Markets All Cap China A Inclusion Index
Cost and size
Measure	IXUS	VWO
Expense ratio	0.07%	0.06%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$58.8bn	$125.4bn
Holdings
Measure	IXUS	VWO
Holdings in common	19%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	13.5%	29.8%

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 VWO

Return

Total return edge IXUS +177.4% +101.1%

Annualized edge IXUS +7.5% +5.1%

Price return edge IXUS +90.2% +35.9%

Risk

Volatility edge IXUS 15.8% 17.6%

Max drawdown edge IXUS (slight) −34.6% −35.3%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge IXUS 0.42 0.27

Sortino edge IXUS 0.59 0.37

Calmar edge IXUS 0.22 0.14

Reading

IXUS returned more: +177.4% to +101.1%. IXUS swung less: 15.8% to 17.6%. IXUS fell slightly less at its worst: −34.6% to −35.3%.

Full scorecard

9 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓

Risk and return: IXUS vs VWO: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IXUS	VWO	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+177.4%	+101.1%	IXUS	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+7.5%	+5.1%	IXUS	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+90.2%	+35.9%	IXUS	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	15.8%	17.6%	IXUS	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	11.3%	12.6%	IXUS	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−34.6%	−35.3%	IXUS (slight)	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.42	0.27	IXUS	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.59	0.37	IXUS	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.22	0.14	IXUS	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

19%

By the books each fund has filed, IXUS and VWO hold 19% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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19% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first IXUS VWO

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 4.39% 15.76%

TENCENT HOLDINGS 0.73% 2.82%

ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING 0.50% 2.11%

MEDIATEK 0.43% 1.88%

DELTA ELECTRONICS 0.22% 0.95%

HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY 0.22% 0.80%

HDFC BANK 0.20% 0.70%

ICICI BANK 0.19% 0.60%

RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LTD 0.17% 0.69%

ASE TECHNOLOGY HOLDING 0.16% 0.61%

BHARTI AIRTEL LTD 0.14% 0.47%

XIAOMI 0.13% 0.46%

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Only in IXUS

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 1.90%

ASML HOLDING 1.53%

SK HYNIX 1.35%

ROCHE PS PAR AG 0.82%

SHELL 0.73%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.72%

NOVARTIS AG 0.69%

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.68%

Only in VWO

SLCMT1142 2.96%

MKTLIQ 0.95%

Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd 0.65%

Vale SA 0.40%

United Microelectronics Corp 0.39%

PETROBRAS - PETROLEO BRAS-PR 0.35%

ITAU UNIBANCO HOLDING S-PREF 0.34%

Grupo Mexico SAB de CV 0.29%

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Side by side

IXUS iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF VWO Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

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

Total return, 1 year +14.1% +4.8%

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% 0.06%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 4584 6515

Net assets, IXUS as of Oct 27, 2026 and VWO as of Sep 30, 2026 $57.6bn $125.4bn

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

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

What each follows. IXUS follows MSCI ACWI ex USA IMI and VWO follows FTSE Emerging Markets All Cap China A Inclusion Index.
Holdings in common. 19% 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 VWO +4.8% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 9.3 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.

VWO

VWO tracks an index of Emerging markets. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +4.8% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% a year. 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 6,515 positions, with the top ten at 29.8%. It sat 7.0% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IXUS or VWO?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IXUS returned +14.1% and VWO +4.8%.
Which is cheaper, IXUS or VWO?: VWO 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 VWO overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IXUS and 0% of VWO 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) ↗

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VWO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VWO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VWO ↗

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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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