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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWI returned +13.4% and VOX −5.7%.

Which is cheaper, ACWI or VOX?

VOX 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 VOX overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 61% of ACWI and 84% of VOX by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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ACWI vs VOX: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, ACWI returned +13.4% to VOX's −5.7%; 6% 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 $6.0bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Communication Services ETF.

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At a glance

+13.4%

ACWI total return, 1 year

−5.7%

VOX total return, 1 year

0.32%

ACWI expense ratio

0.09%

VOX expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VOX costs 0.23 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 19.1 points; ACWI is 5.5 times larger.

ACWI vs VOX: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	ACWI	VOX
Return
Measure	ACWI	VOX
Total return, 1 year	+13.4%	−5.7%
Drawdown
Measure	ACWI	VOX
Below its high		10.8%, high on Jan 29, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	ACWI	VOX
What it tracks	MSCI ACWI	MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Communication Services 25/50
Cost and size
Measure	ACWI	VOX
Expense ratio	0.32%	0.09%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$32.8bn	$6.0bn
Holdings
Measure	ACWI	VOX
Holdings in common	6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	24.9%	71.1%

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 VOX hold 6% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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6% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first ACWI VOX

ALPHABET CLASS A 1.83% 13.97%

ALPHABET CLASS C 1.44% 7.70%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 1.33% 25.31%

NETFLIX 0.25% 3.77%

WALT DISNEY 0.19% 4.26%

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 0.18% 4.04%

AT&T 0.14% 4.04%

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES COR 0.09% 2.88%

COMCAST CLASS A 0.08% 2.41%

T MOBILE US INC 0.07% 2.44%

APPLOVIN CLASS A 0.06% 2.31%

TAKE TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE 0.04% 1.78%

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Only in ACWI

APPLE 4.97%

NVIDIA 4.89%

MICROSOFT 3.66%

AMAZON.COM INC 2.39%

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 1.77%

BROADCOM INC 1.51%

TESLA INC 1.14%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.02%

Only in VOX

Warner Bros Discovery Inc 2.73%

Roku Inc 1.18%

TKO Group Holdings Inc 0.65%

New York Times Co 0.54%

Match Group Inc 0.52%

SLBBH1142 0.52%

Pinterest Inc 0.49%

MSG Knickerbockers Corp 0.37%

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Side by side

ACWI iShares MSCI ACWI ETF VOX Vanguard Communication Services ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks the MSCI ACWI Tracks an index of Communication Services

Total return, 1 year +13.4% −5.7%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured −5.9% (FCOM)

Gap to its benchmark not measured +0.2 pts vs FCOM

Expense ratio 0.32% 0.09%

Already in the S&P 500 60.9% 84.3%

Holdings 2197 113

Net assets, ACWI as of Oct 28, 2026 and VOX as of Sep 30, 2026 $33.0bn $6.0bn

ACWI and VOX 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%.

VOX

VOX tracks an index of Communication Services. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −5.7% with distributions reinvested, against −5.9% for its benchmark, the MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Communication Services 25/50. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 84% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 113 positions, with the top ten at 71.1%. It sat 10.8% below its high of Jan 29, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ACWI or VOX?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWI returned +13.4% and VOX −5.7%.
Which is cheaper, ACWI or VOX?: VOX 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 VOX overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 61% of ACWI and 84% of VOX 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 ↗

VOX filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VOX prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VOX ↗

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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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