ETF comparison
IXUS vs VXUS
Both International Total.
iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
3,973 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IXUS and VXUS would leave roughly 89.5% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VXUS is 2 bps cheaper than IXUS. On a $100,000 position that's about $20/yr more in fees for IXUS.
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open the cost calculator pre-filled with IXUS vs VXUS.
Top shared holdings
3,973 shared in total| # | Holding | In IXUS | In VXUS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 4.02% | 3.93% | 3.93% |
| 2 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 1.68% | 1.65% | 1.65% |
| 3 | ASML Holding N.V. | 1.32% | 1.30% | 1.30% |
| 4 | SK hynix Inc. | 1.15% | 1.12% | 1.12% |
| 5 | Tencent Holdings Limited | 0.91% | 0.87% | 0.87% |
| 6 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 0.74% | 0.74% | 0.74% |
| 7 | Alibaba Group Holding Limited | 0.67% | 0.69% | 0.67% |
| 8 | Roche Holding AG | 0.68% | 0.67% | 0.67% |
| 9 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 0.69% | 0.66% | 0.66% |
| 10 | Novartis AG | 0.66% | 0.66% | 0.66% |
| 11 | Nestle S.A. | 0.61% | 0.61% | 0.61% |
| 12 | SHELL PLC | 0.61% | 0.60% | 0.60% |
Only in IXUS
181 total- SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S.A. 0.17%
- Nu Holdings Ltd. 0.12%
- TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LIMITED 0.09%
- SEA LIMITED 0.08%
- Delta Electronics (Thailand) Public Company Limited 0.07%
- Nebius Group N.V. 0.07%
- AerCap Holdings N.V. 0.06%
- CREDICORP LTD. 0.05%
- SOUTHERN COPPER CORPORATION 0.04%
- HonPrecision Inc 0.03%
Only in VXUS
4,755 total- Air Liquide SA 0.18%
- L'Oreal SA 0.15%
- Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF 0.12%
- Waste Connections Inc 0.10%
- Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd 0.09%
- Engie SA 0.08%
- Delta Electronics Thailand PCL 0.07%
- Amrize Ltd 0.06%
- Sampo Oyj 0.06%
- Investor AB 0.05%
Open IXUS or VXUS at a brokerage
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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions
matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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