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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWI returned +13.4% and SPYD +15.3%.

Which is cheaper, ACWI or SPYD?

SPYD is cheaper, by 0.25 percentage points a year. That is about $25 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 61% of ACWI and 99% of SPYD by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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ACWI vs SPYD: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, ACWI returned +13.4% to SPYD's +15.3%; 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 $7.5bn on Oct 27, 2026 for State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF.

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At a glance

+13.4%

ACWI total return, 1 year

+15.3%

SPYD total return, 1 year

0.32%

ACWI expense ratio

0.07%

SPYD expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SPYD costs 0.25 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.9 points; ACWI is 4.3 times larger.

ACWI vs SPYD: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	ACWI	SPYD
Return
Measure	ACWI	SPYD
Total return, 1 year	+13.4%	+15.3%
Drawdown
Measure	ACWI	SPYD
Below its high		4.1%, high on Aug 24, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	ACWI	SPYD
What it tracks	MSCI ACWI	S&P 500 High Dividend Index
Cost and size
Measure	ACWI	SPYD
Expense ratio	0.32%	0.07%
Net assets, as of Oct 26, 2026	$32.6bn	$7.5bn
Holdings
Measure	ACWI	SPYD
Holdings in common	4%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	24.9%	16.1%

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

What they share

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

CHEVRON 0.41% 1.54%

PEPSICO 0.18% 1.28%

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 0.18% 1.29%

PFIZER 0.16% 1.56%

ACCENTURE PLC CLASS A 0.14% 2.18%

AT&T 0.14% 1.18%

ALTRIA GROUP INC 0.12% 1.32%

BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB 0.12% 1.32%

MEDTRONIC PLC 0.12% 1.49%

DUKE ENERGY CORP 0.09% 1.27%

US BANCORP 0.09% 1.21%

AMERICAN TOWER REIT 0.08% 1.44%

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 SPYD

HASBRO INC 1.73%

STANLEY BLACK + DECKER INC 1.45%

JM SMUCKER CO 1.40%

HOST HOTELS + RESORTS INC 1.34%

AES CORP 1.31%

PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL 1.30%

FRANKLIN TEMPLETON INC 1.25%

BXP INC 1.17%

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Side by side

ACWI iShares MSCI ACWI ETF SPYD State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares State Street

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

Total return, 1 year +13.4% +15.3%

Expense ratio 0.32% 0.07%

Already in the S&P 500 60.9% 99.3%

Holdings 2197 79

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

ACWI and SPYD 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%.

SPYD

SPYD tracks the S&P 500 High Dividend. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +15.3% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.07% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 99% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 79 positions, with the top ten at 16.1%. It sat 4.1% below its high of Aug 24, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ACWI or SPYD?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWI returned +13.4% and SPYD +15.3%.
Which is cheaper, ACWI or SPYD?: SPYD is cheaper, by 0.25 percentage points a year. That is about $25 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ACWI and SPYD overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 61% of ACWI and 99% of SPYD 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 ↗

SPYD filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SPYD prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

State Street website ↗

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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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