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TOUS vs VXUS: Differences, Returns & Fees

TOUS and VXUS hold 28% of their weight in the same names, and VXUS returned +17.8% over the year. Net assets: $1.7bn on Oct 9, 2026 for T. Rowe Price International Equity ETF, and $163.2bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Total International Stock ETF.

VXUS costs 0.45 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.8 points.

TOUSVXUS
Expense ratio0.50%0.05%
Net assets, TOUS as of Oct 9, 2026 and VXUS as of Sep 30, 2026$1.7bn$163.2bn
Total return, 1 year+15.0%+17.8%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedFTSE Global All Cap ex US Index
Holdings in common28%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund17.5%14.1%
Below its high5.4%, high on Aug 13, 20263.9%, high on Sep 4, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026.

+15.0%
TOUS total return, 1 year
+17.8%
VXUS total return, 1 year
0.50%
TOUS expense ratio
0.05%
VXUS expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, TOUS and VXUS hold 28% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026.

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28% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding TOUS VXUS
ASML HOLDING NV 3.58% 1.43%
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD 1.02% 1.90%
HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.16% 0.77%
ROCHE HOLDING AG 1.35% 0.67%
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFAC 0.65% 3.98%
NOVARTIS AG-REG 0.85% 0.62%
SHELL PLC 0.74% 0.56%
MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GRO 1.39% 0.54%
SIEMENS AG-REG 1.40% 0.53%
ASTRAZENECA PLC 2.13% 0.53%
SAP SE 0.55% 0.49%
BANCO SANTANDER SA 0.61% 0.47%
Only in TOUS
SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY SA 0.48%
GSK PLC-SPON ADR 0.48%
SEA LTD ADR 0.46%
ARGENX SE - ADR 0.39%
AERCAP HOLDINGS NV 0.38%
KT CORP-SP ADR 0.34%
AMCOR PLC 0.30%
ZHONGJI INNOLIGHT CO LTD-H SHS 0.18%
Only in VXUS
SLCMT1142 1.83%
SK hynix Inc 1.46%
Tencent Holdings Ltd 0.78%
MKTLIQ 0.65%
Royal Bank of Canada 0.62%
Toronto-Dominion Bank/The 0.44%
Commonwealth Bank of Australia 0.41%
MediaTek Inc 0.40%

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On the same fields

TOUS
T. Rowe Price International Equity ETF
VXUS
Vanguard Total International Stock ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer T. Rowe Price Vanguard
What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of Total International Stock
Total return, 1 year +15.0% +17.8%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 −2.3 pts +0.5 pts
Expense ratio 0.50% 0.05%
Already in the S&P 500 0.3% 0.0%
Holdings 188 8802
Net assets, TOUS as of Oct 9, 2026 and VXUS as of Sep 30, 2026 $1.7bn $163.2bn

TOUS and VXUS on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

TOUS in plain words

TOUS is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +15.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.50% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 188 positions, with the top ten at 17.5%. It sat 5.4% below its high of Aug 13, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

VXUS in plain words

VXUS tracks an index of Total International Stock. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Aug 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 8,802 positions, with the top ten at 14.1%. It sat 3.9% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, TOUS or VXUS?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, TOUS returned +15.0% and VXUS +17.8%.
Which is cheaper, TOUS or VXUS?
VXUS is cheaper, by 0.45 percentage points a year. That is about $45 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do TOUS and VXUS overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of TOUS and 0% of VXUS by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
TOUS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗TOUS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗T. Rowe Price website ↗VXUS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VXUS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VXUS ↗

ETFIQ links to the documents behind every figure; a link is not an endorsement. A comparison is not a recommendation.

How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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