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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IXUS returned +14.1% and VXF +10.6%.

Which is cheaper, IXUS or VXF?

VXF is cheaper, by 0.02 percentage points a year. That is about $2 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

IXUS vs VXF: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IXUS returned +14.1% to VXF's +10.6%; 2% 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 $30.2bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Extended Market ETF.

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At a glance

+14.1%

IXUS total return, 1 year

+10.6%

VXF total return, 1 year

0.07%

IXUS expense ratio

0.05%

VXF expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VXF costs 0.02 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.5 points; IXUS is 1.9 times larger.

IXUS vs VXF: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IXUS	VXF
Return
Measure	IXUS	VXF
Total return, 1 year	+14.1%	+10.6%
Drawdown
Measure	IXUS	VXF
Below its high	4.9%, high on Sep 4, 2026	6.6%, high on Aug 14, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	IXUS	VXF
What it tracks	MSCI ACWI ex USA IMI	S&P Completion Index
Cost and size
Measure	IXUS	VXF
Expense ratio	0.07%	0.05%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$58.8bn	$30.2bn
Holdings
Measure	IXUS	VXF
Holdings in common	2%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	13.5%	11.3%

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 VXF hold 2% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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2% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first IXUS VXF

CSL 0.16% 0.15%

COMPAGNIE FINANCIERE RICHEMONT SA 0.26% 0.11%

RECKITT BENCKISER GROUP PLC 0.11% 0.14%

ANGLO AMERICAN PLC 0.13% 0.11%

ALLIANZ 0.44% 0.09%

COMPASS GROUP PLC 0.14% 0.08%

ORANGE SA 0.07% 0.07%

ASSICURAZIONI GENERALI 0.08% 0.06%

NEXT PLC 0.06% 0.14%

LVMH 0.26% 0.05%

CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY 0.16% 0.05%

HEIDELBERG MATERIALS AG 0.05% 0.16%

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 VXF

Space Exploration Technologies Corp 2.50%

SLCMT1142 2.26%

Snowflake Inc 1.42%

Cloudflare Inc 1.35%

Natera Inc 0.72%

Strategy Inc 0.67%

Astera Labs Inc 0.67%

Cheniere Energy Inc 0.67%

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Side by side

IXUS iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF VXF Vanguard Extended 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 Extended Market

Total return, 1 year +14.1% +10.6%

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% 0.05%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 4584 3361

Net assets, IXUS as of Oct 27, 2026 and VXF as of Sep 30, 2026 $57.6bn $30.2bn

IXUS and VXF 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.

VXF

VXF tracks an index of Extended Market. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +10.6% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% 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 3,361 positions, with the top ten at 11.3%. It sat 6.6% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IXUS or VXF?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IXUS returned +14.1% and VXF +10.6%.
Which is cheaper, IXUS or VXF?: VXF is cheaper, by 0.02 percentage points a year. That is about $2 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IXUS and VXF overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IXUS and 0% of VXF 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 ↗

VXF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VXF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VXF ↗

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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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