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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWI returned +13.4% and VDC +12.7%.

Which is cheaper, ACWI or VDC?

VDC is cheaper, by 0.23 percentage points a year. That is about $23 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 61% of ACWI and 86% of VDC by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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ACWI vs VDC: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, ACWI returned +13.4% to VDC's +12.7%; 3% 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 $7.4bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF.

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At a glance

+13.4%

ACWI total return, 1 year

+12.7%

VDC total return, 1 year

0.32%

ACWI expense ratio

0.09%

VDC expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VDC costs 0.23 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.7 points; ACWI is 4.4 times larger.

ACWI vs VDC: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	ACWI	VDC
Return
Measure	ACWI	VDC
Total return, 1 year	+13.4%	+12.7%
Drawdown
Measure	ACWI	VDC
Below its high		3.1%, high on Oct 22, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	ACWI	VDC
What it tracks	MSCI ACWI	MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Consumer Staples 25/50
Cost and size
Measure	ACWI	VDC
Expense ratio	0.32%	0.09%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$32.8bn	$7.4bn
Holdings
Measure	ACWI	VDC
Holdings in common	3%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	24.9%	66.0%

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 VDC hold 3% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first ACWI VDC

WALMART 0.51% 13.86%

COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP 0.43% 12.12%

PROCTER & GAMBLE 0.36% 9.90%

COCA-COLA 0.34% 9.80%

PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL 0.31% 4.83%

PEPSICO 0.18% 4.28%

ALTRIA GROUP INC 0.12% 3.86%

SIEMENS ENERGY N AG 0.11% 0.16%

MONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL CLASS A 0.08% 2.58%

COLGATE-PALMOLIVE 0.07% 2.28%

TARGET CORP 0.07% 2.50%

ESSILORLUXOTTICA SA 0.06% 0.90%

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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 VDC

US Foods Holding Corp 0.80%

Performance Food Group Co 0.61%

J M Smucker Co 0.56%

BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings Inc 0.54%

Coca-Cola Consolidated Inc 0.47%

Darling Ingredients Inc 0.46%

Clorox Co 0.44%

elf Beauty Inc 0.34%

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Side by side

ACWI iShares MSCI ACWI ETF VDC Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks the MSCI ACWI Tracks an index of Consumer Staples

Total return, 1 year +13.4% +12.7%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +12.7% (FSTA)

Gap to its benchmark not measured 0.0 pts vs FSTA

Expense ratio 0.32% 0.09%

Already in the S&P 500 60.9% 86.4%

Holdings 2197 105

Net assets, ACWI as of Oct 28, 2026 and VDC as of Sep 30, 2026 $33.0bn $7.4bn

ACWI and VDC 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%.

VDC

VDC tracks an index of Consumer Staples. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +12.7% with distributions reinvested, against +12.7% for its benchmark, the MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Consumer Staples 25/50. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 86% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 105 positions, with the top ten at 66.0%. It sat 3.1% below its high of Oct 22, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ACWI or VDC?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWI returned +13.4% and VDC +12.7%.
Which is cheaper, ACWI or VDC?: VDC is cheaper, by 0.23 percentage points a year. That is about $23 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ACWI and VDC overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 61% of ACWI and 86% of VDC 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 ↗

VDC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VDC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VDC ↗

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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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