IXUS vs VEU ETF holdings comparison
iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF (IXUS) · Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US ETF (VEU)
IXUS and VEU overlap by 86.7% by portfolio weight. The remaining 13.3 percentage points are not counted as shared holdings weight by this calculation. They share 2434 stocks; the largest shared position is Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (ticker unavailable), contributing 4.02% to the overlap.
What this means
IXUS and VEU share most of their portfolio weight in the same underlying stocks. OverlapCheck labels this "high holdings overlap" using house ranges of 70% or more, 30% to under 70%, and under 30%. These descriptive ranges are not industry standards or investment guidance. Holdings overlap does not measure correlation, volatility, geographic or factor exposure, fees, or suitability.
Overlap by weight sums the smaller of the two funds' weights for every stock they both hold. It answers "how much of my money is in the same stocks either way?" See methodology.
This comparison covers normalized equity positions represented in the dataset. Cash, derivatives, options, structured notes, and other non-equity assets are not included, so the result is not a complete comparison of every asset or risk in either fund.
Top shared holdings
| Company | Ticker | in IXUS | in VEU |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | N/A | 4.02% | 4.28% |
| Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | N/A | 1.68% | 1.81% |
| ASML Holding N.V. | N/A | 1.32% | 1.43% |
| SK hynix Inc. | N/A | 1.15% | 1.23% |
| Tencent Holdings Limited | N/A | 0.91% | 0.96% |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | N/A | 0.74% | 0.80% |
| ASTRAZENECA PLC | N/A | 0.69% | 0.72% |
| Roche Holding AG | N/A | 0.68% | 0.73% |
| Alibaba Group Holding Limited | N/A | 0.67% | 0.75% |
| Novartis AG | N/A | 0.66% | 0.72% |
Holdings only in IXUS or VEU
IXUS has 1548 fund-only positions representing approximately 9.0 percentage points of reported exposure; VEU has 1356 fund-only positions representing approximately 4.5 percentage points of reported exposure. These are positions whose normalized security identifiers appear in one issuer file but not the other.
Largest positions only in IXUS
| Company | Ticker | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | N/A | 0.20% |
| SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S.A. | SPOT | 0.17% |
| Nu Holdings Ltd. | NU | 0.12% |
| Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. | N/A | 0.11% |
| Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) | N/A | 0.11% |
| Nebius Group N.V. | NBIS | 0.07% |
| AerCap Holdings N.V. | AER | 0.06% |
| Banco Bradesco S.A. | N/A | 0.05% |
| VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT | N/A | 0.05% |
| CREDICORP LTD. | BAP | 0.05% |
Largest positions only in VEU
| Company | Ticker | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| PDD Holdings Inc | PDD | 0.19% |
| Air Liquide SA | N/A | 0.19% |
| L'Oreal SA | N/A | 0.17% |
| Goodman Group | N/A | 0.11% |
| Waste Connections Inc | WCN | 0.11% |
| Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd | N/A | 0.10% |
| Engie SA | N/A | 0.08% |
| Transurban Group | N/A | 0.08% |
| Delta Electronics Thailand PCL | N/A | 0.07% |
| Amrize Ltd | N/A | 0.07% |
FAQ
How much do IXUS and VEU overlap?
IXUS and VEU have 86.7% overlap by weight, sharing 2434 equity positions (out of 3982 in IXUS and 3790 in VEU). The official holdings files used are dated 2026-04-30 for IXUS and 2026-04-30 for VEU.
What does 86.7% overlap mean?
IXUS and VEU share most of their portfolio weight in the same underlying stocks. OverlapCheck labels this "high holdings overlap" using house ranges of 70% or more, 30% to under 70%, and under 30%. These descriptive ranges are not industry standards or investment guidance. Holdings overlap does not measure correlation, volatility, geographic or factor exposure, fees, or suitability.
Which stocks do IXUS and VEU both hold?
The largest shared positions are Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., ASML Holding N.V., SK hynix Inc., Tencent Holdings Limited. The top shared holdings with weights in each fund are shown on this page.
What holdings are different between IXUS and VEU?
IXUS has 1548 positions not found in VEU, while VEU has 1356 positions not found in IXUS. The largest fund-only positions and their weights are shown on this page.