ETF comparison
IXUS vs VWO
International Total vs International Emerging.
iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF · Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
1,675 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IXUS and VWO would leave roughly 24.1% 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
VWO 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 VWO.
Top shared holdings
1,675 shared in total| # | Holding | In IXUS | In VWO | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 4.29% | 15.56% | 4.29% |
| 2 | Tencent Holdings Limited | 0.88% | 3.31% | 0.88% |
| 3 | Alibaba Group Holding Limited | 0.60% | 2.41% | 0.60% |
| 4 | MediaTek Inc. | 0.36% | 1.36% | 0.36% |
| 5 | CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION | 0.23% | 0.90% | 0.23% |
| 6 | DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. | 0.23% | 0.82% | 0.23% |
| 7 | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 0.22% | 0.81% | 0.22% |
| 8 | HDFC BANK LIMITED | 0.21% | 0.78% | 0.21% |
| 9 | RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED | 0.20% | 0.80% | 0.20% |
| 10 | ICICI BANK LIMITED | 0.18% | 0.69% | 0.18% |
| 11 | XIAOMI CORPORATION | 0.15% | 0.55% | 0.15% |
| 12 | INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED | 0.14% | 0.66% | 0.14% |
Only in IXUS
2,814 total- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 1.92%
- ASML Holding N.V. 1.51%
- SK hynix Inc. 1.48%
- 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%
- SHELL PLC 0.60%
Only in VWO
3,305 total- Delta Electronics Thailand PCL 0.20%
- PTT PCL 0.12%
- Kasikornbank PCL 0.09%
- Advanced Info Service PCL 0.09%
- Banca Transilvania SA 0.07%
- Gulf Development PCL 0.07%
- H World Group Ltd 0.07%
- United Microelectronics Corp 0.07%
- SCB X PCL 0.06%
- Airports of Thailand PCL 0.06%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with IXUS
- 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%
- IXUS vs SPEM · State Street SPDR Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF 21.7%
- IXUS vs IPAC · iShares Core MSCI Pacific ETF 21.6%
More comparisons with VWO
- VWO vs DFAX · Dimensional World ex U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF 23.2%
- VWO vs MCHI · iShares MSCI China ETF 20.3%
- VWO vs AVES · Avantis Emerging Markets Value ETF 20.2%
- VWO vs CWI · State Street SPDR MSCI ACWI ex-US ETF 15.4%
- VWO vs FLIN · Franklin FTSE India ETF 14.7%
- VWO vs FXI · iShares China Large-Cap ETF 14.4%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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