Which returned more over the last year, ACWX or AVLV?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWX returned +14.3% and AVLV +29.6%.

Which is cheaper, ACWX or AVLV?

AVLV is cheaper, by 0.17 percentage points a year. That is about $17 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do ACWX and AVLV overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of ACWX and 84% of AVLV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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ACWX vs AVLV: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, ACWX returned +14.3% to AVLV's +29.6%; 1% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $17.9bn for iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF and $22.4bn for Avantis U.S. Large Cap Value ETF.

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At a glance

+14.3%

ACWX total return, 1 year

+29.6%

AVLV total return, 1 year

0.32%

ACWX expense ratio

0.15%

AVLV expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AVLV costs 0.17 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 15.3 points; AVLV is 1.3 times larger.

ACWX vs AVLV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	ACWX	AVLV
Return
Measure	ACWX	AVLV
Total return, 1 year	+14.3%	+29.6%
Drawdown
Measure	ACWX	AVLV
Below its high	4.9%, high on Sep 4, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	ACWX	AVLV
What it tracks	MSCI ACWI ex USA Index	No index, actively managed
Cost and size
Measure	ACWX	AVLV
Expense ratio	0.32%	0.15%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$17.9bn	$22.4bn
Holdings
Measure	ACWX	AVLV
Holdings in common	1%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	15.6%	26.8%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, ACWX and AVLV hold 1% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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1% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first ACWX AVLV

ALLIANZ 0.51% 0.17%

ESSILORLUXOTTICA SA 0.17% 0.25%

VINCI SA 0.16% 0.45%

TESCO PLC 0.12% 0.26%

PRUDENTIAL PLC 0.08% 0.55%

ARISTOCRAT LEISURE 0.07% 0.90%

ORANGE SA 0.08% 0.05%

EQT 0.04% 0.34%

APA GROUP UNITS 0.03% 0.38%

HINDUSTAN AERONAUTICS LTD 0.03% 0.31%

DASSAULT AVIATION SA 0.02% 0.11%

SANLAM LIMITED LTD 0.02% 0.03%

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Only in ACWX

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 5.07%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 2.19%

ASML HOLDING 1.77%

SK HYNIX 1.56%

ROCHE PS PAR AG 0.95%

TENCENT HOLDINGS 0.85%

SHELL 0.84%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.81%

Only in AVLV

MICROSOFT CORP COMMON STOCK USD.00000625 3.48%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC COMMON STOCK USD.1 2.96%

AMAZON.COM INC COMMON STOCK USD.01 2.92%

META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A COMMON STOCK USD.000006 2.91%

APPLE INC COMMON STOCK USD.00001 2.85%

JPMORGAN CHASE + CO COMMON STOCK USD1.0 2.66%

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP COMMON STOCK 2.56%

ELI LILLY + CO COMMON STOCK 2.51%

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Side by side

ACWX iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF AVLV Avantis U.S. Large Cap Value ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Avantis

What it is Tracks the MSCI ACWI ex U.S. Actively managed

Total return, 1 year +14.3% +29.6%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +27.5% (IWD)

Gap to its benchmark not measured +2.1 pts vs IWD

Expense ratio 0.32% 0.15%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 84.3%

Holdings 1939 298

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $17.9bn $22.4bn

ACWX and AVLV on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

ACWX

ACWX tracks the MSCI ACWI ex U.S.. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +14.3% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.32% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,939 positions, with the top ten at 15.6%. It sat 4.9% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

AVLV

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +29.6% with distributions reinvested, against +27.5% for its benchmark, the Russell 1000 Value.

AVLV is actively managed and tracks no index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 84% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 298 positions, with the top ten at 26.8%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ACWX or AVLV?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWX returned +14.3% and AVLV +29.6%.
Which is cheaper, ACWX or AVLV?: AVLV is cheaper, by 0.17 percentage points a year. That is about $17 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ACWX and AVLV overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of ACWX and 84% of AVLV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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

Sources and dates

ACWX filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ACWX prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for ACWX ↗

AVLV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AVLV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Avantis website ↗

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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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