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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWX returned +14.3% and AVUS +18.0%.

Which is cheaper, ACWX or AVUS?

AVUS 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 AVUS overlap with the S&P 500?

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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ACWX vs AVUS: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, ACWX returned +14.3% to AVUS's +18.0%; 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 $14.8bn for Avantis U.S. Equity ETF.

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At a glance

+14.3%

ACWX total return, 1 year

+18.0%

AVUS total return, 1 year

0.32%

ACWX expense ratio

0.15%

AVUS expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AVUS costs 0.17 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.7 points; ACWX is 1.2 times larger.

ACWX vs AVUS: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	ACWX	AVUS
Return
Measure	ACWX	AVUS
Total return, 1 year	+14.3%	+18.0%
Drawdown
Measure	ACWX	AVUS
Below its high	4.9%, high on Sep 4, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	ACWX	AVUS
What it tracks	MSCI ACWI ex USA Index	No index, actively managed
Cost and size
Measure	ACWX	AVUS
Expense ratio	0.32%	0.15%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$17.9bn	$14.8bn
Holdings
Measure	ACWX	AVUS
Holdings in common	1%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	15.6%	30.0%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, ACWX and AVUS 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 AVUS

VINCI SA 0.16% 0.12%

ESSILORLUXOTTICA SA 0.17% 0.10%

PRUDENTIAL PLC 0.08% 0.17%

ARISTOCRAT LEISURE 0.07% 0.27%

TESCO PLC 0.12% 0.07%

HELVETIA BALOISE HOLDING N AG 0.06% 0.08%

MERCK 0.06% 0.61%

NEXT PLC 0.06% 0.06%

PEMBINA PIPELINE 0.08% 0.06%

ALLIANZ 0.51% 0.05%

DEUTSCHE TELEKOM N AG 0.27% 0.05%

LOBLAW COMPANIES LTD 0.08% 0.05%

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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 AVUS

APPLE INC COMMON STOCK USD.00001 5.90%

NVIDIA CORP COMMON STOCK USD.001 5.54%

MICROSOFT CORP COMMON STOCK USD.00000625 4.71%

AMAZON.COM INC COMMON STOCK USD.01 3.39%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC COMMON STOCK USD.1 2.19%

META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A COMMON STOCK USD.000006 2.13%

ALPHABET INC CL A COMMON STOCK USD.001 1.89%

ALPHABET INC CL C COMMON STOCK USD.001 1.52%

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Side by side

ACWX iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF AVUS Avantis U.S. Equity 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% +18.0%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +13.3% (IWV)

Gap to its benchmark not measured +4.7 pts vs IWV

Expense ratio 0.32% 0.15%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 84.1%

Holdings 1939 1943

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $17.9bn $14.8bn

ACWX and AVUS 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.

AVUS

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +18.0% with distributions reinvested, against +13.3% for its benchmark, the Russell 3000.

AVUS 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 1,943 positions, with the top ten at 30.0%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ACWX or AVUS?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWX returned +14.3% and AVUS +18.0%.
Which is cheaper, ACWX or AVUS?: AVUS 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 AVUS overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of ACWX and 84% of AVUS by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

ACWX filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ACWX prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for ACWX ↗

AVUS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AVUS 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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