ETF comparison
IXUSvsVT
International Total vs Global Stock (incl. US).
iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF · Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
3,997 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IXUS and VT would leave roughly35.8%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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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 thecost 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 LIMITED0.09%
- SEA LIMITED0.08%
- Delta Electronics (Thailand) Public Company Limited0.07%
- HonPrecision Inc0.03%
- ROGERS COMMUNICATIONS INC.0.03%
- ADVANCED INFO SERVICE PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED0.03%
- H World Group Limited0.02%
- PTT Public Company Limited0.02%
- Futu Holdings Limited0.02%
- CCL INDUSTRIES INC.0.02%
Only in VT
6,020 total- NVIDIA Corp4.19%
- Apple Inc3.50%
- Microsoft Corp2.71%
- Amazon.com Inc2.28%
- Alphabet Inc2.03%
- Broadcom Inc1.73%
- Alphabet Inc1.60%
- Meta Platforms Inc1.20%
- Tesla Inc0.97%
- JPMorgan Chase & Co0.71%
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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.