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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWI returned +13.4% and VOE +22.8%.

Which is cheaper, ACWI or VOE?

VOE 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 VOE overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 61% of ACWI and 96% of VOE by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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ACWI vs VOE: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, ACWI returned +13.4% to VOE's +22.8%; 7% 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 Mid-Cap Value ETF.

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At a glance

+13.4%

ACWI total return, 1 year

+22.8%

VOE total return, 1 year

0.32%

ACWI expense ratio

0.05%

VOE expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VOE costs 0.27 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 9.4 points; ACWI is 1.4 times larger.

ACWI vs VOE: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	ACWI	VOE
Return
Measure	ACWI	VOE
Total return, 1 year	+13.4%	+22.8%
Benchmark
Measure	ACWI	VOE
What it tracks	MSCI ACWI	Morningstar US Mid Cap Value Index
Cost and size
Measure	ACWI	VOE
Expense ratio	0.32%	0.05%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$32.8bn	$22.8bn
Holdings
Measure	ACWI	VOE
Holdings in common	7%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	24.9%	14.0%

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 VOE hold 7% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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7% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first ACWI VOE

ROCHE PS PAR AG 0.33% 0.59%

MARATHON PETROLEUM 0.12% 1.89%

NEWMONT 0.12% 1.03%

VALERO ENERGY CORP 0.11% 1.90%

PHILLIPS 66 0.10% 1.73%

DEUTSCHE TELEKOM N AG 0.09% 0.43%

JOHNSON CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL PLC 0.09% 0.77%

WILLIAMS 0.09% 0.71%

HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE 0.08% 1.37%

REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS 0.08% 0.65%

SLB 0.08% 1.23%

TRAVELERS COMPANIES 0.08% 0.63%

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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 VOE

Warner Bros Discovery Inc 1.25%

Moderna Inc 0.59%

MKTLIQ 0.33%

Ingersoll Rand Inc 0.25%

Southwest Airlines Co 0.17%

Lennar Corp 0.03%

SLCMT1142 0.00%

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Side by side

ACWI iShares MSCI ACWI ETF VOE Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap Value ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

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

Total return, 1 year +13.4% +22.8%

Expense ratio 0.32% 0.05%

Already in the S&P 500 60.9% 96.0%

Holdings 2197 169

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

ACWI and VOE 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%.

VOE

VOE tracks an index of Mid-Cap Value. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +22.8% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 96% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 169 positions, with the top ten at 14.0%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ACWI or VOE?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWI returned +13.4% and VOE +22.8%.
Which is cheaper, ACWI or VOE?: VOE 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 VOE overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 61% of ACWI and 96% of VOE 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 ↗

VOE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VOE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VOE ↗

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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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