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ETF comparison

ITOT vs IXUS

US Total Market vs International Total.

iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.1 %

3 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ITOT and IXUS would leave roughly 0.1% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

ITOT unmatched 99.7% Shared 0.1% IXUS unmatched 99.6%

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.

In ITOT only
2,495 positions
Shared
3 positions
In IXUS only
4,486 positions

Side by side

ITOT

iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF

iShares · US Total Market

92 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$95.86B
TTM yield
1.01%
Top-10 conc.
32.1%
IXUS

iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF

iShares · International Total

92 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.070%
Net assets
$58.76B
TTM yield
3.03%
Top-10 conc.
13.6%

Sub-score comparison

97
Cost
93
88
Tax efficiency
77
100
Liquidity
100
68
Concentration
95
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Tracking quality
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ITOT sub-score IXUS

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

ITOT is 4 bps cheaper than IXUS. On a $100,000 position that's about $40/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 ITOT vs IXUS.

Top shared holdings

3 shared in total
# Holding In ITOT In IXUS Overlap
1 Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc. 0.04% 0.07% 0.04%
2 RB Global, Inc. 0.03% 0.05% 0.03%
3 Keel Infrastructure Corp. 0.00% 0.01% 0.00%

Only in ITOT

2,495 total
  • NVIDIA Corp. 6.63%
  • Apple, Inc. 5.81%
  • Microsoft Corp. 3.79%
  • Amazon.com, Inc. 3.19%
  • Alphabet, Inc. 2.86%
  • Broadcom, Inc. 2.45%
  • Alphabet, Inc. 2.29%
  • Micron Technology, Inc. 1.78%
  • Meta Platforms, Inc. 1.69%
  • Tesla, Inc. 1.62%

Only in IXUS

4,486 total
  • Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 4.29%
  • Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 1.92%
  • ASML Holding N.V. 1.51%
  • SK hynix Inc. 1.48%
  • Tencent Holdings Limited 0.88%
  • HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.86%
  • Roche Holding AG 0.72%
  • ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.69%
  • Novartis AG 0.68%
  • ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.60%

Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.

Open ITOT or IXUS 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/.

Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.