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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWI returned +13.4% and VBR +17.6%.

Which is cheaper, ACWI or VBR?

VBR 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 VBR overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 61% of ACWI and 30% of VBR by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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ACWI vs VBR: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, ACWI returned +13.4% to VBR's +17.6%; 2% 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 $35.1bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap Value ETF.

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At a glance

+13.4%

ACWI total return, 1 year

+17.6%

VBR total return, 1 year

0.32%

ACWI expense ratio

0.05%

VBR expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VBR costs 0.27 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.2 points; VBR is 1.1 times larger.

ACWI vs VBR: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	ACWI	VBR
Return
Measure	ACWI	VBR
Total return, 1 year	+13.4%	+17.6%
Drawdown
Measure	ACWI	VBR
Below its high		3.9%, high on Aug 14, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	ACWI	VBR
What it tracks	MSCI ACWI	Morningstar US Small Cap Value Index
Cost and size
Measure	ACWI	VBR
Expense ratio	0.32%	0.05%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$32.8bn	$35.1bn
Holdings
Measure	ACWI	VBR
Holdings in common	2%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	24.9%	5.9%

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 VBR hold 2% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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2% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first ACWI VBR

COMPAGNIE FINANCIERE RICHEMONT SA 0.10% 0.20%

AIRBUS GROUP 0.12% 0.09%

CSL 0.07% 0.29%

ANGLO AMERICAN PLC 0.05% 0.20%

COMPASS GROUP PLC 0.05% 0.08%

TESCO PLC 0.05% 0.37%

UCB SA 0.04% 0.09%

ASSICURAZIONI GENERALI 0.03% 0.12%

ATMOS ENERGY 0.03% 0.60%

CENTENE CORP 0.03% 0.35%

EQT 0.03% 0.35%

F5 0.03% 0.57%

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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 VBR

Moderna Inc 0.79%

SLCMT1142 0.62%

Tenet Healthcare Corp 0.47%

Viatris Inc 0.46%

US Foods Holding Corp 0.45%

TD SYNNEX Corp 0.42%

Zebra Technologies Corp 0.40%

WESCO International Inc 0.40%

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Side by side

ACWI iShares MSCI ACWI ETF VBR Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap Value ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

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

Total return, 1 year +13.4% +17.6%

Expense ratio 0.32% 0.05%

Already in the S&P 500 60.9% 30.4%

Holdings 2197 822

Net assets, ACWI as of Oct 28, 2026 and VBR as of Sep 30, 2026 $33.0bn $35.1bn

ACWI and VBR 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%.

VBR

VBR tracks an index of Small-Cap Value. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +17.6% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 30% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 822 positions, with the top ten at 5.9%. It sat 3.9% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ACWI or VBR?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWI returned +13.4% and VBR +17.6%.
Which is cheaper, ACWI or VBR?: VBR 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 VBR overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 61% of ACWI and 30% of VBR by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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ACWI on its own →VBR on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →ACWI dividend history →ACWI holdings →VBR dividend history →VBR holdings →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

ACWI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ACWI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for ACWI ↗

VBR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VBR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VBR ↗

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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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