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

In the year to Sep 21, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWI returned +17.6% and ETHA returned −42.6%, so ACWI returned more.

Which is cheaper, ACWI or ETHA?

ACWI charges 0.32% a year and ETHA charges 0.25%, so ETHA is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Sep 21, 2026.

ETFIQetfiq.com · independent ETF data

ACWI vs ETHA: how they differ

ACWI and ETHA hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and ACWI returned more over the year.

iShares MSCI ACWI ETF and iShares Ethereum Trust ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ACWI and ETHA hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions ACWI and ETHA both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding	ACWI	ETHA
USD CASH	0.00%	0.00%

Only in each
Only in ACWI	Only in ETHA
NVIDIA 4.99%	ETHER 100.00%
APPLE 4.82%
MICROSOFT 3.40%
AMAZON.COM INC 2.40%
ALPHABET CLASS A 2.01%
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 1.86%
ALPHABET CLASS C 1.57%
BROADCOM INC 1.57%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Sep 18, 2026.

ACWI and ETHA on the fields both publish, as of Sep 21, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	ACWI iShares MSCI ACWI ETF	ETHA iShares Ethereum Trust ETF
Where it sits	Core fund	Core fund
Issuer	iShares	iShares
What it is	Tracks the MSCI ACWI	Holds ether
Total return, 1 year	+17.6%	−42.6%
S&P 500 over the same days	+16.6%	+16.6%
Gap to the S&P 500	+1.0 pts	−59.2 pts
Expense ratio	0.32%	0.25%
Holdings	2238	2
Net assets	$33.0bn	$9.2bn

ACWI in plain words

ACWI tracks the MSCI ACWI. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 it returned +17.6% with distributions reinvested, against +16.6% for the S&P 500 and +21.8% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.32% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Sep 18, 2026, 61% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2238 positions, with the top ten at 25.2%.

ETHA in plain words

ETHA holds ether. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 it returned −42.6% with distributions reinvested, against +16.6% for the S&P 500 and +21.8% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.25% a year. It sat 45.6% below its high of Aug 22, 2025 on Sep 18, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ACWI or ETHA?: In the year to Sep 21, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWI returned +17.6% and ETHA returned −42.6%, so ACWI returned more.
Which is cheaper, ACWI or ETHA?: ACWI charges 0.32% a year and ETHA charges 0.25%, so ETHA is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Other comparisons

Where to next

Where these figures came from

ETFIQ links to the documents behind every figure. It is not affiliated with any issuer, and a link is not an endorsement.

ACWI against ETHA, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 21, 2026. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

Cite this page. ETFIQ, ACWI against ETHA, data as of Sep 21, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/acwi-vs-etha Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.

A comparison is not a recommendation. Standards and sources