ETF comparison
IEFA vs IXUS
International Developed vs International Total.
iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF
Holdings overlap
2,173 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IEFA and IXUS would leave roughly 59.9% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.
Cost difference
Expense ratios are effectively identical (0.070% vs 0.070%).
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 IEFA vs IXUS.
Top shared holdings
2,173 shared in total| # | Holding | In IEFA | In IXUS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASML Holding N.V. | 2.50% | 1.51% | 1.51% |
| 2 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 1.42% | 0.86% | 0.86% |
| 3 | Roche Holding AG | 1.20% | 0.72% | 0.72% |
| 4 | Novartis AG | 1.12% | 0.68% | 0.68% |
| 5 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 1.00% | 0.60% | 0.60% |
| 6 | Nestle S.A. | 1.00% | 0.60% | 0.60% |
| 7 | SHELL PLC | 1.00% | 0.60% | 0.60% |
| 8 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 0.95% | 0.57% | 0.57% |
| 9 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 0.93% | 0.56% | 0.56% |
| 10 | BHP GROUP LIMITED | 0.83% | 0.50% | 0.50% |
| 11 | COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA | 0.82% | 0.49% | 0.49% |
| 12 | Banco Santander, S.A. | 0.79% | 0.48% | 0.48% |
Only in IEFA
440 total- PARTNER COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY LTD. 0.01%
- SENKO Group Holdings Co.,Ltd. 0.01%
- CAIRN HOMES PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.01%
- SIGMAROC PLC 0.01%
- Intershop Holding AG 0.01%
- VOLUTION GROUP PLC 0.01%
- JUNGFRAUBAHN HOLDING AG 0.01%
- TOCALO Co.,Ltd. 0.01%
- HomeCo Daily Needs REIT 0.01%
- The Hyakujushi Bank, Ltd. 0.01%
Only in IXUS
2,316 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 4.29%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 1.92%
- SK hynix Inc. 1.48%
- Tencent Holdings Limited 0.88%
- ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.69%
- Alibaba Group Holding Limited 0.60%
- THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK 0.47%
- MediaTek Inc. 0.36%
- SHOPIFY INC. 0.34%
- BANK OF MONTREAL 0.29%
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- IEFA vs CWI · State Street SPDR MSCI ACWI ex-US ETF 57.0%
- IEFA vs VXUS · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares 56.3%
- IEFA vs DFIC · Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF 55.5%
More comparisons with IXUS
- IXUS vs DFAI · Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF 57.2%
- IXUS vs DFAX · Dimensional World ex U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF 56.4%
- IXUS vs PXF · Invesco RAFI Developed Markets ex-U.S. ETF 55.0%
- IXUS vs FNDF · Schwab Fundamental International Equity ETF 51.5%
- IXUS vs EFA · iShares MSCI EAFE ETF 51.5%
- IXUS vs DBEF · Xtrackers MSCI EAFE Hedged Equity ETF 51.4%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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