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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWI returned +13.4% and EMXC +33.8%.

Which is cheaper, ACWI or EMXC?

EMXC 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 EMXC overlap with the S&P 500?

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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ACWI vs EMXC: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, ACWI returned +13.4% to EMXC's +33.8%; 9% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 28, 2026: $33.0bn for iShares MSCI ACWI ETF and $26.9bn for iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF.

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At a glance

+13.4%

ACWI total return, 1 year

+33.8%

EMXC total return, 1 year

0.32%

ACWI expense ratio

0.25%

EMXC expense ratio

Pair scorecard

EMXC costs 0.07 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 20.4 points; ACWI is 1.2 times larger.

ACWI vs EMXC: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	ACWI	EMXC
Return
Measure	ACWI	EMXC
Total return, 1 year	+13.4%	+33.8%
Drawdown
Measure	ACWI	EMXC
Below its high		11.3%, high on Jun 22, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	ACWI	EMXC
What it tracks	MSCI ACWI	MSCI Emerging Markets ex China Index
Cost and size
Measure	ACWI	EMXC
Expense ratio	0.32%	0.25%
Net assets	$33.0bn	$26.9bn
Holdings
Measure	ACWI	EMXC
Holdings in common	9%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	24.9%	42.2%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, ACWI and EMXC hold 9% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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9% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first ACWI EMXC

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 1.77% 19.91%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 0.76% 8.58%

SK HYNIX 0.55% 6.12%

MEDIATEK 0.17% 1.92%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS NON VOTING PRE 0.11% 1.14%

DELTA ELECTRONICS 0.09% 0.99%

HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY 0.09% 1.02%

HDFC BANK 0.08% 0.89%

ICICI BANK 0.07% 0.84%

RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LTD 0.07% 0.79%

ASE TECHNOLOGY HOLDING 0.06% 0.73%

SK SQUARE 0.06% 0.63%

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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%

BROADCOM INC 1.51%

ALPHABET CLASS C 1.44%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 1.33%

Only in EMXC

GRUPO CIBEST SA 0.07%

ITAU UNIBANCO HOLDING SA 0.05%

KASIKORNBANK PUBLIC NON-VOTING DR 0.05%

KRUNG THAI BANK PUBLIC NON-VOTING 0.05%

BUMRUNGRAD HOSPITAL NON-VOTING DR 0.04%

SCB X PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED NON-V 0.04%

CAIXA SEGURIDADE PARTICIPACOES SA 0.03%

IOI CORPORATION 0.03%

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Side by side

ACWI iShares MSCI ACWI ETF EMXC iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks the MSCI ACWI Tracks the MSCI Emerging Markets ex China

Total return, 1 year +13.4% +33.8%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +37.0% (KEMX)

Gap to its benchmark not measured −3.2 pts vs KEMX

Expense ratio 0.32% 0.25%

Already in the S&P 500 60.9% 0.0%

Holdings 2197 696

Net assets $33.0bn $26.9bn

ACWI and EMXC 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%.

EMXC

EMXC tracks the MSCI Emerging Markets ex China. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +33.8% with distributions reinvested, against +37.0% for its benchmark, the MSCI Emerging Markets ex China 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 696 positions, with the top ten at 42.2%. It sat 11.3% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ACWI or EMXC?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWI returned +13.4% and EMXC +33.8%.
Which is cheaper, ACWI or EMXC?: EMXC 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 EMXC overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 61% of ACWI and 0% of EMXC 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 ↗

EMXC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

EMXC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for EMXC ↗

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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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