Which returned more over the last year, ACWV or URTH?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWV returned +6.8% and URTH +16.2%.

Which is cheaper, ACWV or URTH?

ACWV is cheaper, by 0.04 percentage points a year. That is about $4 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do ACWV and URTH overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 55% of ACWV and 70% of URTH by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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ACWV vs URTH: Differences, Returns & Fees

ACWV and URTH hold 25% of their weight in the same names, and URTH returned +16.2% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $3.3bn for iShares MSCI Global Min Vol Factor ETF and $8.3bn for iShares MSCI World ETF.

ACWV costs 0.04 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 9.4 points; URTH is 2.5 times larger.

	ACWV	URTH
Expense ratio	0.20%	0.24%
Net assets	$3.3bn	$8.3bn
Total return, 1 year	+6.8%	+16.2%
What it tracks	not read by ETFIQ	MSCI World Index
Holdings in common	25%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	12.2%	28.0%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+6.8%

ACWV total return, 1 year

+16.2%

URTH total return, 1 year

0.20%

ACWV expense ratio

0.24%

URTH expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ACWV and URTH hold 25% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Oct 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

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25% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding ACWV URTH

MICROSOFT 1.38% 4.12%

NVIDIA 1.05% 5.75%

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CLASS B 1.09% 0.79%

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 1.00% 0.76%

JOHNSON & JOHNSON 1.42% 0.68%

VISA CLASS A 0.63% 0.70%

WALMART 0.57% 0.53%

ABBVIE 0.51% 0.53%

CISCO SYSTEMS INC 1.46% 0.51%

PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES CLASS A 0.50% 0.50%

APPLE 0.48% 5.39%

ASML HOLDING 0.46% 0.76%

Only in ACWV

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 1.30%

BANK OF CHINA LTD H 0.83%

BHARTI AIRTEL LTD 0.58%

CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORP H 0.43%

BEONE MEDICINES AG 0.39%

E.SUN FINANCIAL HOLDING 0.39%

SAUDI ARABIAN OIL 0.36%

SAUDI TELECOM 0.35%

Only in URTH

AMAZON.COM INC 2.77%

ALPHABET CLASS A 2.25%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 1.72%

TESLA INC 1.19%

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.96%

INTEL CORPORATION 0.50%

LAM RESEARCH 0.43%

CATERPILLAR INC 0.40%

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On the same fields

ACWV

iShares MSCI Global Min Vol Factor ETF

URTH

iShares MSCI World ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks an index Tracks the MSCI World

Total return, 1 year +6.8% +16.2%

S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 −10.5 pts −1.1 pts

Expense ratio 0.20% 0.24%

Already in the S&P 500 54.8% 70.0%

Holdings 382 1255

Net assets $3.3bn $8.3bn

ACWV and URTH on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

ACWV in plain words

ACWV tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +6.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.20% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 55% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 382 positions, with the top ten at 12.2%.

URTH in plain words

URTH tracks the MSCI World. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +16.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.24% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 70% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,255 positions, with the top ten at 28.0%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ACWV or URTH?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWV returned +6.8% and URTH +16.2%.
Which is cheaper, ACWV or URTH?: ACWV is cheaper, by 0.04 percentage points a year. That is about $4 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ACWV and URTH overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 55% of ACWV and 70% of URTH by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

ACWV and URTH filings on SEC EDGAR ↗ACWV and URTH prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for ACWV ↗iShares page for URTH ↗

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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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