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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWI returned +13.4% and SPHD +11.0%.

Which is cheaper, ACWI or SPHD?

SPHD is cheaper, by 0.02 percentage points a year. That is about $2 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 61% of ACWI and 95% of SPHD by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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ACWI vs SPHD: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, ACWI returned +13.4% to SPHD's +11.0%; 4% 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 $3.3bn on Oct 27, 2026 for Invesco S&P 500 High Dividend Low Volatility ETF.

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At a glance

+13.4%

ACWI total return, 1 year

+11.0%

SPHD total return, 1 year

0.32%

ACWI expense ratio

0.30%

SPHD expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SPHD costs 0.02 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.4 points; ACWI is 9.6 times larger.

ACWI vs SPHD: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	ACWI	SPHD
Return
Measure	ACWI	SPHD
Total return, 1 year	+13.4%	+11.0%
Drawdown
Measure	ACWI	SPHD
Below its high		4.2%, high on Aug 24, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	ACWI	SPHD
What it tracks	MSCI ACWI	S&P 500 Low Volatility High Dividend Index
Cost and size
Measure	ACWI	SPHD
Expense ratio	0.32%	0.30%
Net assets, as of Oct 26, 2026	$32.6bn	$3.4bn
Holdings
Measure	ACWI	SPHD
Holdings in common	4%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	24.9%	28.2%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, ACWI and SPHD hold 4% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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4% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first ACWI SPHD

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 0.73% 1.62%

CHEVRON 0.41% 2.32%

PEPSICO 0.18% 1.95%

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 0.18% 3.10%

CONOCOPHILLIPS 0.17% 1.84%

PFIZER 0.16% 3.74%

AT&T 0.14% 2.30%

ALTRIA GROUP INC 0.12% 2.80%

BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB 0.12% 2.08%

MEDTRONIC PLC 0.12% 1.95%

DUKE ENERGY CORP 0.09% 1.53%

AMERICAN TOWER REIT 0.08% 2.20%

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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 SPHD

Healthpeak Properties Inc 2.29%

Clorox Co 2.21%

Hasbro Inc 2.10%

J M Smucker Co 1.97%

Hormel Foods Corp 1.84%

BXP Inc 1.80%

Franklin Templeton Inc 1.77%

Pinnacle West Capital Corp 1.58%

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Side by side

ACWI iShares MSCI ACWI ETF SPHD Invesco S&P 500 High Dividend Low Volatility ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Invesco

What it is Tracks the MSCI ACWI Tracks the S&P 500 High Dividend Low Volatility

Total return, 1 year +13.4% +11.0%

Expense ratio 0.32% 0.30%

Already in the S&P 500 60.9% 95.2%

Holdings 2197 59

Net assets, ACWI as of Oct 28, 2026 and SPHD as of Oct 27, 2026 $33.0bn $3.3bn

ACWI and SPHD 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%.

SPHD

SPHD tracks the S&P 500 High Dividend Low Volatility. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +11.0% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.30% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 95% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 59 positions, with the top ten at 28.2%. It sat 4.2% below its high of Aug 24, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ACWI or SPHD?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWI returned +13.4% and SPHD +11.0%.
Which is cheaper, ACWI or SPHD?: SPHD is cheaper, by 0.02 percentage points a year. That is about $2 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ACWI and SPHD overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 61% of ACWI and 95% of SPHD by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

ACWI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ACWI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for ACWI ↗

SPHD filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SPHD prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Invesco page for SPHD ↗

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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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