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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWI returned +13.4% and IJR +17.5%.

Which is cheaper, ACWI or IJR?

IJR is cheaper, by 0.26 percentage points a year. That is about $26 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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ACWI vs IJR: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, ACWI returned +13.4% to IJR's +17.5%; 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 $104.6bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF.

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At a glance

+13.4%

ACWI total return, 1 year

+17.5%

IJR total return, 1 year

0.32%

ACWI expense ratio

0.06%

IJR expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IJR costs 0.26 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.1 points; IJR is 3.2 times larger.

ACWI vs IJR: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	ACWI	IJR
Return
Measure	ACWI	IJR
Total return, 1 year	+13.4%	+17.5%
Drawdown
Measure	ACWI	IJR
Below its high		6.8%, high on Aug 14, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	ACWI	IJR
What it tracks	MSCI ACWI	S&P SmallCap 600
Cost and size
Measure	ACWI	IJR
Expense ratio	0.32%	0.06%
Net assets, as of Oct 26, 2026	$32.6bn	$104.0bn
Holdings
Measure	ACWI	IJR
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	24.9%	5.3%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, ACWI and IJR 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 IJR

AIRBUS GROUP 0.12% 0.23%

LVMH 0.10% 0.24%

SIEMENS ENERGY N AG 0.11% 0.08%

CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY 0.06% 0.26%

UCB SA 0.04% 0.25%

MTU AERO ENGINES HOLDING AG 0.02% 0.11%

TERNA RETE ELETTRICA NAZIONALE 0.02% 0.12%

ABSA GROUP 0.01% 0.20%

CONTINENTAL AG 0.01% 0.27%

FINECOBANK BANCA FINECO 0.01% 0.15%

SIGMA HEALTHCARE 0.01% 0.26%

HELLENIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS ORGANI 0.00% 0.13%

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 IJR

GLAUKOS 0.61%

PAYCOM SOFTWARE 0.57%

MATCH GROUP INC 0.57%

VIASAT INC 0.55%

PROTAGONIST THERAPEUTICS 0.52%

RYMAN HOSPITALITY PROPERTIES REIT 0.51%

JACKSON FINANCIAL CLASS A 0.48%

LIFE TIME GROUP HOLDINGS 0.48%

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Side by side

ACWI iShares MSCI ACWI ETF IJR iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks the MSCI ACWI Tracks the S&P SmallCap 600

Total return, 1 year +13.4% +17.5%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +17.6% (SPSM)

Gap to its benchmark not measured −0.1 pts vs SPSM

Expense ratio 0.32% 0.06%

Already in the S&P 500 60.9% 0.0%

Holdings 2197 642

Net assets, ACWI as of Oct 28, 2026 and IJR as of Oct 27, 2026 $33.0bn $104.6bn

ACWI and IJR 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%.

IJR

IJR tracks the S&P SmallCap 600. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +17.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.6% for its benchmark, the S&P SmallCap 600. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% 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 642 positions, with the top ten at 5.3%. It sat 6.8% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ACWI or IJR?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWI returned +13.4% and IJR +17.5%.
Which is cheaper, ACWI or IJR?: IJR is cheaper, by 0.26 percentage points a year. That is about $26 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ACWI and IJR overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 61% of ACWI and 0% of IJR by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

ACWI and IJR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ACWI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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IJR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IJR ↗

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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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