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IXUS vs VT

International Total vs Global Stock (incl. US).

iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF · Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
35.8 %

3,997 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IXUS and VT would leave roughly 35.8% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

IXUS only 63.6% Shared 35.8% VT only 63.3%
In IXUS only
157 positions
Shared
3,997 positions
In VT only
6,020 positions

Side by side

IXUS

iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF

iShares · International Total

92 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.070%
Net assets
$58.52B
TTM yield
2.95%
Top-10 conc.
12.5%
VT

Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · Global Stock (incl. US)

92 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.060%
Net assets
$96.77B
TTM yield
1.58%
Top-10 conc.
21.7%

Sub-score comparison

93
Cost
94
77
Tax efficiency
85
100
Liquidity
100
96
Concentration
83
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Tracking quality
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IXUS sub-score VT

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

Cost difference

VT 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 VT.

Top shared holdings

3,997 shared in total
# Holding In IXUS In VT Overlap
1 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 4.02% 1.51% 1.51%
2 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 1.68% 0.64% 0.64%
3 ASML Holding N.V. 1.32% 0.50% 0.50%
4 SK hynix Inc. 1.15% 0.43% 0.43%
5 Tencent Holdings Limited 0.91% 0.34% 0.34%
6 HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.74% 0.28% 0.28%
7 Alibaba Group Holding Limited 0.67% 0.26% 0.26%
8 ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.69% 0.25% 0.25%
9 Novartis AG 0.66% 0.25% 0.25%
10 Nestle S.A. 0.61% 0.23% 0.23%
11 SHELL PLC 0.61% 0.23% 0.23%
12 Roche Holding AG 0.68% 0.23% 0.23%

Only in IXUS

157 total
  • TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LIMITED 0.09%
  • SEA LIMITED 0.08%
  • Delta Electronics (Thailand) Public Company Limited 0.07%
  • HonPrecision Inc 0.03%
  • ROGERS COMMUNICATIONS INC. 0.03%
  • ADVANCED INFO SERVICE PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED 0.03%
  • H World Group Limited 0.02%
  • PTT Public Company Limited 0.02%
  • Futu Holdings Limited 0.02%
  • CCL INDUSTRIES INC. 0.02%

Only in VT

6,020 total
  • NVIDIA Corp 4.19%
  • Apple Inc 3.50%
  • Microsoft Corp 2.71%
  • Amazon.com Inc 2.28%
  • Alphabet Inc 2.03%
  • Broadcom Inc 1.73%
  • Alphabet Inc 1.60%
  • Meta Platforms Inc 1.20%
  • Tesla Inc 0.97%
  • JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.71%

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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.