ETF comparison
ILF vs VXUS
International Emerging vs International Total.
iShares Latin America 40 ETF · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
30 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ILF and VXUS would leave roughly 0.7% 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
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Cost difference
VXUS is 42 bps cheaper than ILF. On a $100,000 position that's about $420/yr more in fees for ILF.
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 ILF vs VXUS.
Top shared holdings
30 shared in total| # | Holding | In ILF | In VXUS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. de C.V. | 5.62% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 2 | Grupo Financiero Banorte, S.A.B. de C.V. | 4.07% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 3 | Fomento Economico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V. | 3.40% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 4 | America Movil, S.A.B. de C.V. | 3.72% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 5 | Cemex, S.A.B. de C.V. | 2.90% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 6 | ITAUSA S.A. | 2.40% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 7 | B3 S.A - Brasil, Bolsa, Balcao | 2.26% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 8 | Wal-Mart de Mexico, S.A.B. de C.V. | 2.26% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 9 | WEG S.A. | 2.13% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 10 | AXIA Energia S.A. | 1.88% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 11 | Companhia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo - SABESP | 2.17% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 12 | Arca Continental, S.A.B. de C.V. | 0.94% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
Only in ILF
11 total- VALE S.A. 8.40%
- Nu Holdings Ltd. 8.17%
- Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) 5.15%
- Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) 4.79%
- CREDICORP LTD. 4.22%
- Banco Bradesco S.A. 2.92%
- SOUTHERN COPPER CORPORATION 2.32%
- AMBEV S.A. 2.13%
- Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile S.A. 1.68%
- MILLICOM INTERNATIONAL CELLULAR S.A. 1.41%
Only in VXUS
8,706 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 4.10%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.83%
- ASML Holding NV 1.45%
- SK hynix Inc 1.43%
- Tencent Holdings Ltd 0.87%
- HSBC Holdings PLC 0.83%
- Roche Holding AG 0.70%
- Royal Bank of Canada 0.67%
- Novartis AG 0.66%
- Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 0.63%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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/methodology/.
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