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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWI returned +13.4% and AVUV +25.1%.

Which is cheaper, ACWI or AVUV?

AVUV is cheaper, by 0.07 percentage points a year. That is about $7 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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ACWI vs AVUV: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, ACWI returned +13.4% to AVUV's +25.1%; 0% 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 $32.1bn on Oct 27, 2026 for Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value ETF.

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At a glance

+13.4%

ACWI total return, 1 year

+25.1%

AVUV total return, 1 year

0.32%

ACWI expense ratio

0.25%

AVUV expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AVUV costs 0.07 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 11.7 points.

ACWI vs AVUV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	ACWI	AVUV
Return
Measure	ACWI	AVUV
Total return, 1 year	+13.4%	+25.1%
Drawdown
Measure	ACWI	AVUV
Below its high		4.4%, high on Aug 4, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	ACWI	AVUV
What it tracks	MSCI ACWI	No index, actively managed
Cost and size
Measure	ACWI	AVUV
Expense ratio	0.32%	0.25%
Net assets, as of Oct 26, 2026	$32.6bn	$32.0bn
Holdings
Measure	ACWI	AVUV
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	24.9%	7.9%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, ACWI and AVUV hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first ACWI AVUV

CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY 0.06% 0.25%

ERSTE GROUP BANK AG 0.04% 0.06%

UCB SA 0.04% 0.18%

KONINKLIJKE AHOLD DELHAIZE 0.03% 0.08%

ORANGE SA 0.03% 0.18%

COMMERZBANK AG 0.02% 0.02%

FIRST FINANCIAL HOLDING LTD 0.02% 0.09%

TERNA RETE ELETTRICA NAZIONALE 0.02% 0.35%

VALTERRA PLATINUM LTD 0.02% 0.04%

ABSA GROUP 0.01% 0.13%

CAPITALAND ASCENDAS REIT 0.01% 0.01%

ORION CLASS B 0.01% 0.06%

Only in one fund ↓

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 AVUV

MATSON INC COMMON STOCK 0.99%

GATX CORP COMMON STOCK USD.625 0.89%

ABERCROMBIE + FITCH CO CL A COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.79%

LYFT INC A COMMON STOCK USD.00001 0.77%

MACY S INC COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.77%

MURPHY OIL CORP COMMON STOCK USD1.0 0.73%

SKYWEST INC COMMON STOCK 0.73%

VIASAT INC COMMON STOCK USD.0001 0.72%

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Side by side

ACWI iShares MSCI ACWI ETF AVUV Avantis U.S. 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% +25.1%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +21.1% (IWN)

Gap to its benchmark not measured +4.0 pts vs IWN

Expense ratio 0.32% 0.25%

Already in the S&P 500 60.9% 0.0%

Holdings 2197 791

Net assets, ACWI as of Oct 28, 2026 and AVUV as of Oct 27, 2026 $33.0bn $32.1bn

ACWI and AVUV 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%.

AVUV

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +25.1% with distributions reinvested, against +21.1% for its benchmark, the Russell 2000 Value.

AVUV is actively managed and tracks no index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.25% 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 791 positions, with the top ten at 7.9%. It sat 4.4% below its high of Aug 4, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ACWI or AVUV?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWI returned +13.4% and AVUV +25.1%.
Which is cheaper, ACWI or AVUV?: AVUV is cheaper, by 0.07 percentage points a year. That is about $7 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ACWI and AVUV overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 61% of ACWI and 0% of AVUV 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 ↗

AVUV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AVUV 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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