Which returned more over the last year, ACWI or AVDV?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWI returned +13.4% and AVDV +22.8%.

Which is cheaper, ACWI or AVDV?

ACWI is cheaper, by 0.04 percentage points a year. That is about $4 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do ACWI and AVDV overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 61% of ACWI and 0% of AVDV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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ACWI vs AVDV: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, ACWI returned +13.4% to AVDV's +22.8%; 1% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $33.0bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares MSCI ACWI ETF, and $20.0bn on Oct 27, 2026 for Avantis International Small Cap Value ETF.

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At a glance

+13.4%

ACWI total return, 1 year

+22.8%

AVDV total return, 1 year

0.32%

ACWI expense ratio

0.36%

AVDV expense ratio

Pair scorecard

ACWI costs 0.04 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 9.4 points; ACWI is 1.6 times larger.

ACWI vs AVDV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	ACWI	AVDV
Return
Measure	ACWI	AVDV
Total return, 1 year	+13.4%	+22.8%
Drawdown
Measure	ACWI	AVDV
Below its high		5.7%, high on Sep 4, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	ACWI	AVDV
What it tracks	MSCI ACWI	No index, actively managed
Cost and size
Measure	ACWI	AVDV
Expense ratio	0.32%	0.36%
Net assets, as of Oct 26, 2026	$32.6bn	$19.8bn
Holdings
Measure	ACWI	AVDV
Holdings in common	1%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	24.9%	6.2%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, ACWI and AVDV hold 1% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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1% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first ACWI AVDV

WALT DISNEY 0.19% 0.11%

AXA SA 0.07% 0.07%

AIRBUS GROUP 0.12% 0.06%

HERMES INTERNATIONAL 0.05% 0.37%

REPUBLIC SERVICES INC 0.05% 0.30%

AMERIPRISE FINANCE INC 0.04% 0.08%

PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.04% 0.59%

CARNIVAL CORP LTD 0.03% 0.04%

EMERSON ELECTRIC 0.09% 0.03%

ORANGE SA 0.03% 0.11%

3I GROUP FUND PLC 0.03% 0.02%

EQUIFAX 0.02% 0.15%

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Only in ACWI

APPLE 4.97%

NVIDIA 4.89%

MICROSOFT 3.66%

AMAZON.COM INC 2.39%

ALPHABET CLASS A 1.83%

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 1.77%

BROADCOM INC 1.51%

ALPHABET CLASS C 1.44%

Only in AVDV

AUSTRIA TECHNOLOGIE + SYSTEM COMMON STOCK 0.81%

WHITBREAD PLC COMMON STOCK GBP.767974 0.68%

CLAL INSURANCE ENTERPR HLDGS COMMON STOCK ILS1.0 0.67%

TAMARACK VALLEY ENERGY LTD COMMON STOCK 0.60%

B2GOLD CORP COMMON STOCK 0.58%

LION FINANCE GROUP PLC COMMON STOCK GBP.01 0.58%

JOHNSON MATTHEY PLC COMMON STOCK GBP1.478994 0.56%

BURBERRY GROUP PLC COMMON STOCK GBP.0005 0.55%

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Side by side

ACWI iShares MSCI ACWI ETF AVDV Avantis International Small Cap Value ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Avantis

What it is Tracks the MSCI ACWI Actively managed

Total return, 1 year +13.4% +22.8%

Expense ratio 0.32% 0.36%

Already in the S&P 500 60.9% 0.0%

Holdings 2197 1732

Net assets, ACWI as of Oct 28, 2026 and AVDV as of Oct 27, 2026 $33.0bn $20.0bn

ACWI and AVDV on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

ACWI

ACWI tracks the MSCI ACWI. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.4% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.32% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 61% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,197 positions, with the top ten at 24.9%.

AVDV

AVDV is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +22.8% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.36% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,732 positions, with the top ten at 6.2%. It sat 5.7% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ACWI or AVDV?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWI returned +13.4% and AVDV +22.8%.
Which is cheaper, ACWI or AVDV?: ACWI is cheaper, by 0.04 percentage points a year. That is about $4 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ACWI and AVDV overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 61% of ACWI and 0% of AVDV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

ACWI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ACWI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for ACWI ↗

AVDV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AVDV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Avantis website ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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