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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWI returned +13.4% and VBK +10.3%.

Which is cheaper, ACWI or VBK?

VBK is cheaper, by 0.27 percentage points a year. That is about $27 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 61% of ACWI and 10% of VBK by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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ACWI vs VBK: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, ACWI returned +13.4% to VBK's +10.3%; 1% 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 $22.8bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap Growth ETF.

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At a glance

+13.4%

ACWI total return, 1 year

+10.3%

VBK total return, 1 year

0.32%

ACWI expense ratio

0.05%

VBK expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VBK costs 0.27 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.1 points; ACWI is 1.4 times larger.

ACWI vs VBK: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	ACWI	VBK
Return
Measure	ACWI	VBK
Total return, 1 year	+13.4%	+10.3%
Drawdown
Measure	ACWI	VBK
Below its high		8.0%, high on Aug 17, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	ACWI	VBK
What it tracks	MSCI ACWI	Morningstar US Small Cap Growth Index
Cost and size
Measure	ACWI	VBK
Expense ratio	0.32%	0.05%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$32.8bn	$22.8bn
Holdings
Measure	ACWI	VBK
Holdings in common	1%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	24.9%	12.2%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, ACWI and VBK hold 1% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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1% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first ACWI VBK

LVMH 0.10% 0.12%

CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY 0.06% 0.12%

COMPASS GROUP PLC 0.05% 0.10%

NATERA 0.05% 1.61%

LAIR LIQUIDE SOCIETE ANONYME POUR 0.12% 0.04%

EVERPURE INC CLASS A 0.04% 1.18%

ILLUMINA INC 0.04% 1.18%

OKTA CLASS A 0.04% 1.00%

TWILIO CLASS A 0.04% 1.28%

CASEYS GENERAL STORES INC 0.03% 0.64%

CREDO TECHNOLOGY GROUP HOLDING LTD 0.03% 0.94%

EMCOR GROUP 0.03% 0.95%

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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 VBK

SLCMT1142 2.09%

Guardant Health Inc 0.65%

MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings Inc 0.59%

Roku Inc 0.57%

Royal Gold Inc 0.57%

Woodward Inc 0.55%

Nutanix Inc 0.52%

ITT Inc 0.52%

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Side by side

ACWI iShares MSCI ACWI ETF VBK Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap Growth ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks the MSCI ACWI Tracks an index of Small-Cap Growth

Total return, 1 year +13.4% +10.3%

Expense ratio 0.32% 0.05%

Already in the S&P 500 60.9% 10.2%

Holdings 2197 554

Net assets, ACWI as of Oct 28, 2026 and VBK as of Sep 30, 2026 $33.0bn $22.8bn

ACWI and VBK 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%.

VBK

VBK tracks an index of Small-Cap Growth. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +10.3% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 10% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 554 positions, with the top ten at 12.2%. It sat 8.0% below its high of Aug 17, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ACWI or VBK?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWI returned +13.4% and VBK +10.3%.
Which is cheaper, ACWI or VBK?: VBK is cheaper, by 0.27 percentage points a year. That is about $27 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ACWI and VBK overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 61% of ACWI and 10% of VBK 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 ↗

VBK filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VBK prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VBK ↗

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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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