ETF comparison
IXUS vs VPL
International Total vs International Developed.
iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF · Vanguard FTSE Pacific Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
1,317 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IXUS and VPL would leave roughly 27.5% 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
Expense ratios are effectively identical (0.070% vs 0.070%).
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Top shared holdings
1,317 shared in total| # | Holding | In IXUS | In VPL | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 1.92% | 6.61% | 1.92% |
| 2 | SK hynix Inc. | 1.48% | 5.18% | 1.48% |
| 3 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 0.56% | 2.00% | 0.56% |
| 4 | BHP GROUP LIMITED | 0.50% | 1.77% | 0.50% |
| 5 | COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA | 0.49% | 1.72% | 0.49% |
| 6 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 0.42% | 1.66% | 0.42% |
| 7 | Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. | 0.37% | 1.28% | 0.37% |
| 8 | Tokyo Electron Limited | 0.35% | 1.21% | 0.35% |
| 9 | ADVANTEST CORPORATION | 0.34% | 1.18% | 0.34% |
| 10 | Hitachi, Ltd. | 0.34% | 1.19% | 0.34% |
| 11 | Sony Group Corporation | 0.32% | 1.14% | 0.32% |
| 12 | Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. | 0.29% | 1.01% | 0.29% |
Only in IXUS
3,172 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 4.29%
- ASML Holding N.V. 1.51%
- 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%
- Nestle S.A. 0.60%
- Alibaba Group Holding Limited 0.60%
Only in VPL
1,020 total- James Hardie Industries PLC 0.12%
- Light & Wonder Inc 0.05%
- a2 Milk Co Ltd/The 0.03%
- Korea Zinc Co Ltd 0.03%
- Mainfreight Ltd 0.03%
- Swire Properties Ltd 0.02%
- PRADA SpA 0.02%
- Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd 0.02%
- Thai Beverage PCL 0.02%
- Swire Pacific Ltd 0.02%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with IXUS
- IXUS vs AAXJ · iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF 25.0%
- IXUS vs VWO · Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Index Fund ETF Shares 24.1%
- IXUS vs DFIV · Dimensional International Value ETF 23.5%
- IXUS vs SCHE · Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF 23.2%
- IXUS vs AVEM · Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF 22.7%
- IXUS vs EMXC · iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF 22.0%
More comparisons with VPL
- VPL vs VXUS · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares 27.2%
- VPL vs AVDE · Avantis International Equity ETF 23.6%
- VPL vs IEMG · iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF 20.3%
- VPL vs AVIV · Avantis International Large Cap Value ETF 18.5%
- VPL vs EPP · iShares MSCI Pacific ex Japan ETF 18.4%
- VPL vs BBAX · JPMorgan BetaBuilders Developed Asia Pacific ex-Japan ETF 18.0%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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/methodology/.
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