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

In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWI returned +15.0% and AVGE +22.0%.

Which is cheaper, ACWI or AVGE?

AVGE is cheaper, by 0.09 percentage points a year. That is about $9 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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ACWI vs AVGE: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, ACWI returned +15.0% to AVGE's +22.0%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $32.8bn on Nov 4, 2026 for iShares MSCI ACWI ETF, and $1.2bn on Aug 31, 2026 for Avantis All Equity Markets ETF.

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At a glance

+15.0%

ACWI total return, 1 year

+22.0%

AVGE total return, 1 year

0.32%

ACWI expense ratio

0.23%

AVGE expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AVGE costs 0.09 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 7.0 points.

ACWI vs AVGE: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	ACWI	AVGE
Return
Measure	ACWI	AVGE
Total return, 1 year	+15.0%	+22.0%
Benchmark
Measure	ACWI	AVGE
What it tracks	MSCI ACWI	No index, actively managed
Cost and size
Measure	ACWI	AVGE
Expense ratio	0.32%	0.23%
Net assets, ACWI as of Nov 4, 2026 and AVGE as of Aug 31, 2026	$32.8bn	$1.2bn
Holdings
Measure	ACWI	AVGE
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	24.2%	95.5%

Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, ACWI and AVGE hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 2, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first ACWI AVGE

Only in one fund ↓

Only in ACWI

APPLE 4.83%

NVIDIA 4.71%

MICROSOFT 3.64%

AMAZON.COM INC 2.40%

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 1.70%

ALPHABET CLASS A 1.63%

BROADCOM INC 1.49%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 1.35%

Only in AVGE

AVANTIS US EQUITY ETF AVANTIS U.S. EQUITY ETF 43.27%

AVANTIS US LARGE CAP VALUE ETF AVANTIS US LARGE CAP VALUE 15.78%

AVANTIS INTERNATIONAL EQUITY E AVANTIS INTERNATIONAL EQUITY 10.45%

AVANTIS EMERGING MARKETS EQUIT AVANTIS EMERGING MARKETS EQ 6.13%

AVANTIS INTERNATIONAL LARGE CA AVANTIS INTL LRG CAP VAL ETF 5.38%

AVANTIS U.S. SMALL CAP VALUE E AVANTIS US SMALL CAP VALUE 3.58%

AVANTIS US SMALL CAP EQUITY ET AVANTIS US SMALL CAP EQUITY 3.52%

AVANTIS EMERGING MARKETS VALUE AVANTIS EMERGING MARKETS VAL 3.09%

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Side by side

ACWI iShares MSCI ACWI ETF AVGE Avantis All Equity Markets ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Avantis

What it is Tracks the MSCI ACWI Actively managed

Total return, 1 year +15.0% +22.0%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +15.9% (SPGM)

Gap to its benchmark not measured +6.1 pts vs SPGM

Expense ratio 0.32% 0.23%

Already in the S&P 500 60.9% 0.0%

Holdings 2197 15

Net assets, ACWI as of Nov 4, 2026 and AVGE as of Aug 31, 2026 $32.8bn $1.2bn

ACWI and AVGE on the fields both publish, as of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

ACWI

ACWI tracks the MSCI ACWI. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 it returned +15.0% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.32% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Nov 3, 2026, 61% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,197 positions, with the top ten at 24.2%.

AVGE

AVGE is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 it returned +22.0% with distributions reinvested, against +15.9% for its benchmark, the MSCI ACWI IMI. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.23% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Nov 2, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 15 positions, with the top ten at 95.5%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ACWI or AVGE?: In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWI returned +15.0% and AVGE +22.0%.
Which is cheaper, ACWI or AVGE?: AVGE is cheaper, by 0.09 percentage points a year. That is about $9 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ACWI and AVGE overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 61% of ACWI and 0% of AVGE 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 ↗

AVGE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AVGE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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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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