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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWI returned +13.4% and IYR +3.4%.

Which is cheaper, ACWI or IYR?

ACWI is cheaper, by 0.05 percentage points a year. That is about $5 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 61% of ACWI and 80% of IYR by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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ACWI vs IYR: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, ACWI returned +13.4% to IYR's +3.4%; 1% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 28, 2026: $33.0bn for iShares MSCI ACWI ETF and $3.9bn for iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF.

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At a glance

+13.4%

ACWI total return, 1 year

+3.4%

IYR total return, 1 year

0.32%

ACWI expense ratio

0.37%

IYR expense ratio

Pair scorecard

ACWI costs 0.05 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 10.0 points; ACWI is 8.5 times larger.

ACWI vs IYR: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	ACWI	IYR
Return
Measure	ACWI	IYR
Total return, 1 year	+13.4%	+3.4%
Drawdown
Measure	ACWI	IYR
Below its high		8.6%, high on Jul 28, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	ACWI	IYR
What it tracks	MSCI ACWI	Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Capped Index
Cost and size
Measure	ACWI	IYR
Expense ratio	0.32%	0.37%
Net assets	$33.0bn	$3.9bn
Holdings
Measure	ACWI	IYR
Holdings in common	1%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	24.9%	52.5%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, ACWI and IYR hold 1% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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1% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first ACWI IYR

WELLTOWER 0.16% 9.85%

PROLOGIS REIT 0.11% 8.77%

EQUINIX REIT 0.10% 4.57%

AMERICAN TOWER REIT 0.08% 4.96%

SIMON PROPERTY GROUP REIT INC 0.07% 4.71%

DIGITAL REALTY TRUST REIT 0.06% 4.54%

PUBLIC STORAGE REIT 0.05% 4.10%

REALTY INCOME REIT 0.05% 4.19%

CBRE GROUP CLASS A 0.04% 2.71%

CROWN CASTLE INC 0.04% 2.92%

VENTAS REIT 0.04% 3.34%

VIVMARK RESIDENTIAL 0.04% 3.51%

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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 IYR

HOST HOTELS & RESORTS REIT 1.35%

OMEGA HEALTHCARE INVESTORS REIT 1.09%

JONES LANG LASALLE 1.08%

LAMAR ADVERTISING COMPANY CLAS 1.05%

HEALTHPEAK PROPERTIES INC 1.02%

COSTAR GROUP 1.01%

EQUITY LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES REIT I 0.90%

GAMING AND LEISURE PROPERTIES REIT 0.88%

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Side by side

ACWI iShares MSCI ACWI ETF IYR iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks the MSCI ACWI Tracks an index of U.S. Real Estate

Total return, 1 year +13.4% +3.4%

Expense ratio 0.32% 0.37%

Already in the S&P 500 60.9% 80.0%

Holdings 2197 59

Net assets $33.0bn $3.9bn

ACWI and IYR 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%.

IYR

IYR tracks an index of U.S. Real Estate. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +3.4% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.37% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 80% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 59 positions, with the top ten at 52.5%. It sat 8.6% below its high of Jul 28, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ACWI or IYR?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWI returned +13.4% and IYR +3.4%.
Which is cheaper, ACWI or IYR?: ACWI is cheaper, by 0.05 percentage points a year. That is about $5 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ACWI and IYR overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 61% of ACWI and 80% of IYR by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

ACWI and IYR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ACWI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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iShares page for IYR ↗

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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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