ETF comparison
IXUS vs VGK
International Total vs International Developed.
iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF · Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF
Holdings overlap
1,009 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IXUS and VGK would leave roughly 36.6% 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
VGK is 1 bps cheaper than IXUS. On a $100,000 position that's about $10/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 VGK.
Top shared holdings
1,009 shared in total| # | Holding | In IXUS | In VGK | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASML Holding N.V. | 1.51% | 3.95% | 1.51% |
| 2 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 0.86% | 2.27% | 0.86% |
| 3 | Roche Holding AG | 0.72% | 1.91% | 0.72% |
| 4 | Novartis AG | 0.68% | 1.81% | 0.68% |
| 5 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 0.60% | 1.59% | 0.60% |
| 6 | Nestle S.A. | 0.60% | 1.60% | 0.60% |
| 7 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 0.57% | 1.49% | 0.57% |
| 8 | Banco Santander, S.A. | 0.48% | 1.28% | 0.48% |
| 9 | SAP SE | 0.45% | 1.17% | 0.45% |
| 10 | Allianz SE | 0.44% | 1.18% | 0.44% |
| 11 | SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SE | 0.43% | 1.13% | 0.43% |
| 12 | TOTALENERGIES SE | 0.40% | 1.05% | 0.40% |
Only in IXUS
3,480 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%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.56%
- BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.50%
- COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 0.49%
- THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK 0.47%
Only in VGK
219 total- Air Liquide SA 0.48%
- L'Oreal SA 0.35%
- Engie SA 0.20%
- Amrize Ltd 0.16%
- Sampo Oyj 0.15%
- Investor AB 0.14%
- L'Oreal SA 0.11%
- Air Liquide SA 0.09%
- Volvo AB 0.05%
- Engie SA 0.05%
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- IXUS vs BBEU · JPMorgan BetaBuilders Europe ETF 31.9%
- IXUS vs IEMG · iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF 31.3%
- IXUS vs EFG · iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF 29.9%
- IXUS vs EFV · iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF 29.7%
More comparisons with VGK
- VGK vs AVDE · Avantis International Equity ETF 35.7%
- VGK vs VXUS · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares 35.5%
- VGK vs FEZ · State Street SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF 30.7%
- VGK vs AVIV · Avantis International Large Cap Value ETF 25.1%
- VGK vs HEDJ · WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund 23.2%
- VGK vs EWU · iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF 18.8%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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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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