ETF comparison
IXUS vs VEA
International Total vs International Developed.
iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
2,471 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IXUS and VEA would leave roughly 70.9% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VEA 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 IXUS vs VEA.
Top shared holdings
2,471 shared in total| # | Holding | In IXUS | In VEA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 1.68% | 1.88% | 1.68% |
| 2 | ASML Holding N.V. | 1.32% | 1.77% | 1.32% |
| 3 | SK hynix Inc. | 1.15% | 1.05% | 1.05% |
| 4 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 0.74% | 0.97% | 0.74% |
| 5 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 0.69% | 1.01% | 0.69% |
| 6 | Roche Holding AG | 0.68% | 0.96% | 0.68% |
| 7 | Novartis AG | 0.66% | 1.01% | 0.66% |
| 8 | Nestle S.A. | 0.61% | 0.87% | 0.61% |
| 9 | SHELL PLC | 0.61% | 0.90% | 0.61% |
| 10 | ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | 0.59% | 0.78% | 0.59% |
| 11 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 0.53% | 0.61% | 0.53% |
| 12 | COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA | 0.50% | 0.67% | 0.50% |
Only in IXUS
1,683 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 4.02%
- Tencent Holdings Limited 0.91%
- Alibaba Group Holding Limited 0.67%
- DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. 0.32%
- MediaTek Inc. 0.30%
- CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION 0.25%
- HDFC BANK LIMITED 0.22%
- RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED 0.22%
- HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0.21%
- ICICI BANK LIMITED 0.17%
Only in VEA
1,410 total- Air Liquide SA 0.23%
- L'Oreal SA 0.19%
- Waste Connections Inc 0.14%
- Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd 0.12%
- Engie SA 0.11%
- Amrize Ltd 0.09%
- Sampo Oyj 0.08%
- Investor AB 0.05%
- James Hardie Industries PLC 0.04%
- Air Liquide SA 0.03%
Open IXUS or VEA 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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