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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWI returned +13.4% and IJT +15.4%.

Which is cheaper, ACWI or IJT?

IJT is cheaper, by 0.14 percentage points a year. That is about $14 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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ACWI vs IJT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, ACWI returned +13.4% to IJT's +15.4%; 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 $7.5bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF.

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At a glance

+13.4%

ACWI total return, 1 year

+15.4%

IJT total return, 1 year

0.32%

ACWI expense ratio

0.18%

IJT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IJT costs 0.14 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.0 points; ACWI is 4.3 times larger.

ACWI vs IJT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	ACWI	IJT
Return
Measure	ACWI	IJT
Total return, 1 year	+13.4%	+15.4%
Drawdown
Measure	ACWI	IJT
Below its high		8.2%, high on Aug 4, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	ACWI	IJT
What it tracks	MSCI ACWI	S&P SmallCap 600 Growth Index
Cost and size
Measure	ACWI	IJT
Expense ratio	0.32%	0.18%
Net assets, as of Oct 26, 2026	$32.6bn	$7.6bn
Holdings
Measure	ACWI	IJT
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	24.9%	9.6%

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

What they share

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

AIRBUS GROUP 0.12% 0.48%

LVMH 0.10% 0.29%

CONTINENTAL AG 0.01% 0.29%

FINECOBANK BANCA FINECO 0.01% 0.14%

OUTSURANCE GROUP 0.00% 0.46%

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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 IJT

VIASAT INC 1.18%

PROTAGONIST THERAPEUTICS 1.11%

RYMAN HOSPITALITY PROPERTIES REIT 1.10%

TG THERAPEUTICS 0.97%

ETSY 0.91%

ALKERMES 0.90%

GLAUKOS 0.90%

ZURN ELKAY WATER SOLUTIONS CORP 0.88%

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Side by side

ACWI iShares MSCI ACWI ETF IJT iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks the MSCI ACWI Tracks the S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth

Total return, 1 year +13.4% +15.4%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +15.6% (SLYG)

Gap to its benchmark not measured −0.2 pts vs SLYG

Expense ratio 0.32% 0.18%

Already in the S&P 500 60.9% 0.0%

Holdings 2197 369

Net assets, ACWI as of Oct 28, 2026 and IJT as of Oct 27, 2026 $33.0bn $7.5bn

ACWI and IJT 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%.

IJT

IJT tracks the S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +15.4% with distributions reinvested, against +15.6% for its benchmark, the S&P SmallCap 600 Growth Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.18% 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 369 positions, with the top ten at 9.6%. It sat 8.2% below its high of Aug 4, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ACWI or IJT?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWI returned +13.4% and IJT +15.4%.
Which is cheaper, ACWI or IJT?: IJT is cheaper, by 0.14 percentage points a year. That is about $14 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ACWI and IJT overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 61% of ACWI and 0% of IJT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

ACWI and IJT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ACWI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for ACWI ↗

IJT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IJT ↗

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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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