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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWI returned +13.4% and HDV +29.4%.

Which is cheaper, ACWI or HDV?

HDV is cheaper, by 0.24 percentage points a year. That is about $24 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 61% of ACWI and 90% of HDV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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ACWI vs HDV: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, ACWI returned +13.4% to HDV's +29.4%; 6% 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 $15.9bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Core High Dividend ETF.

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At a glance

+13.4%

ACWI total return, 1 year

+29.4%

HDV total return, 1 year

0.32%

ACWI expense ratio

0.08%

HDV expense ratio

Pair scorecard

HDV costs 0.24 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 16.0 points; ACWI is 2.0 times larger.

ACWI vs HDV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	ACWI	HDV
Return
Measure	ACWI	HDV
Total return, 1 year	+13.4%	+29.4%
Benchmark
Measure	ACWI	HDV
What it tracks	MSCI ACWI	Morningstar Dividend Yield Focus Index
Cost and size
Measure	ACWI	HDV
Expense ratio	0.32%	0.08%
Net assets, as of Oct 26, 2026	$32.6bn	$16.0bn
Holdings
Measure	ACWI	HDV
Holdings in common	6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	24.9%	55.6%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, ACWI and HDV hold 6% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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6% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first ACWI HDV

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 0.73% 9.48%

ABBVIE 0.49% 6.77%

CHEVRON 0.41% 7.22%

PROCTER & GAMBLE 0.36% 5.46%

COCA-COLA 0.34% 4.26%

HOME DEPOT 0.31% 4.57%

PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL 0.31% 5.04%

AMGEN INC 0.23% 2.78%

PEPSICO 0.18% 3.89%

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 0.18% 5.12%

ABBOTT LABORATORIES 0.17% 2.06%

CONOCOPHILLIPS 0.17% 2.21%

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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 HDV

VIPER ENERGY INC CLASS A 0.27%

HASBRO 0.22%

ESSENTIAL UTILITIES INC 0.21%

DT MIDSTREAM 0.18%

OGE ENERGY 0.18%

PROSPERITY BANCSHARES 0.14%

AMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP 0.13%

DOMINOS PIZZA 0.11%

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Side by side

ACWI iShares MSCI ACWI ETF HDV iShares Core High Dividend ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks the MSCI ACWI Tracks an index of High Dividend

Total return, 1 year +13.4% +29.4%

Expense ratio 0.32% 0.08%

Already in the S&P 500 60.9% 89.5%

Holdings 2197 77

Net assets, ACWI as of Oct 28, 2026 and HDV as of Oct 27, 2026 $33.0bn $15.9bn

ACWI and HDV 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%.

HDV

HDV tracks an index of High Dividend. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +29.4% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 90% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 77 positions, with the top ten at 55.6%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ACWI or HDV?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWI returned +13.4% and HDV +29.4%.
Which is cheaper, ACWI or HDV?: HDV is cheaper, by 0.24 percentage points a year. That is about $24 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ACWI and HDV overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 61% of ACWI and 90% of HDV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

ACWI and HDV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ACWI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for ACWI ↗

HDV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for HDV ↗

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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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