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

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

Which is cheaper, ACWI or IDEV?

IDEV is cheaper, by 0.28 percentage points a year. That is about $28 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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ACWI vs IDEV: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, ACWI and IDEV finished level, +13.4% against +13.4%, and they share 24% of their weight.

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Net assets on Oct 28, 2026: $33.0bn for iShares MSCI ACWI ETF and $34.0bn for iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF.

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At a glance

+13.4%

ACWI total return, 1 year

+13.4%

IDEV total return, 1 year

0.32%

ACWI expense ratio

0.04%

IDEV expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IDEV costs 0.28 points a year less; both returned +13.4% over a year.

ACWI vs IDEV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	ACWI	IDEV
Return
Measure	ACWI	IDEV
Total return, 1 year	+13.4%	+13.4%
Drawdown
Measure	ACWI	IDEV
Below its high		4.4%, high on Aug 25, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	ACWI	IDEV
What it tracks	MSCI ACWI	MSCI World ex USA Investable Market Index
Cost and size
Measure	ACWI	IDEV
Expense ratio	0.32%	0.04%
Net assets	$33.0bn	$34.0bn
Holdings
Measure	ACWI	IDEV
Holdings in common	24%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	24.9%	10.9%

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

Risk and return

Mar 31, 2017 to Oct 23, 2026 · 499 weekly returns

ACWI IDEV

Return

Total return edge ACWI +195.5% +127.7%

Annualized edge ACWI +12.0% +9.0%

Price return edge ACWI +147.9% +73.6%

Risk

Volatility edge ACWI (slight) 16.6% 17.0%

Max drawdown edge ACWI (slight) −32.1% −34.0%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge ACWI 0.61 0.44

Sortino edge ACWI 0.86 0.61

Calmar edge ACWI 0.37 0.26

Reading

ACWI returned more: +195.5% to +127.7%. ACWI swung slightly less: 16.6% to 17.0%. ACWI fell slightly less at its worst: −32.1% to −34.0%.

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Risk and return: ACWI vs IDEV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	ACWI	IDEV	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+195.5%	+127.7%	ACWI	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+12.0%	+9.0%	ACWI	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+147.9%	+73.6%	ACWI	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	16.6%	17.0%	ACWI (slight)	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	11.7%	12.1%	ACWI (slight)	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−32.1%	−34.0%	ACWI (slight)	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.61	0.44	ACWI	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.86	0.61	ACWI	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.37	0.26	ACWI	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 499 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

24%

By the books each fund has filed, ACWI and IDEV hold 24% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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24% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first ACWI IDEV

ASML HOLDING 0.62% 2.23%

ROCHE PS PAR AG 0.33% 1.18%

SHELL 0.30% 1.06%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.29% 1.03%

NOVARTIS AG 0.28% 1.00%

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.27% 0.98%

ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.25% 0.90%

NESTLE SA 0.25% 0.90%

SAP 0.23% 0.85%

MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP 0.22% 0.80%

SIEMENS N AG 0.21% 0.76%

BHP GROUP LTD 0.20% 0.72%

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 IDEV

BAYCURRENT INC 0.04%

BLUESCOPE STEEL 0.04%

HUDBAY MINERALS 0.04%

IMI PLC 0.04%

ACCELLERON N AG 0.03%

ALS 0.03%

ARITZIA SUBORDINATE VOTING 0.03%

CLAL INSURANCE ENTERPRISES LTD 0.03%

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Side by side

ACWI iShares MSCI ACWI ETF IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks the MSCI ACWI Tracks the MSCI International Developed Markets

Total return, 1 year +13.4% +13.4%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +14.3% (ACWX)

Gap to its benchmark not measured −0.9 pts vs ACWX

Expense ratio 0.32% 0.04%

Already in the S&P 500 60.9% 0.0%

Holdings 2197 2317

Net assets $33.0bn $34.0bn

ACWI and IDEV on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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ACWI and IDEV do different jobs. What does each one do in a portfolio?

What each follows. ACWI follows MSCI ACWI and IDEV follows MSCI World ex USA Investable Market Index.
Holdings in common. 24% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 27, 2026).
Cost. ACWI charges 0.32% of assets a year and IDEV 0.04%, a gap of 0.28 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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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%.

IDEV

IDEV tracks the MSCI International Developed Markets. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.4% with distributions reinvested, against +14.3% for its benchmark, the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% 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 2,317 positions, with the top ten at 10.9%. It sat 4.4% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ACWI or IDEV?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWI returned +13.4% and IDEV +13.4%.
Which is cheaper, ACWI or IDEV?: IDEV is cheaper, by 0.28 percentage points a year. That is about $28 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ACWI and IDEV overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 61% of ACWI and 0% of IDEV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

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Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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