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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWX returned +18.2% and CGIC +17.8%.

Which is cheaper, ACWX or CGIC?

ACWX is cheaper, by 0.22 percentage points a year. That is about $22 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of ACWX and 2% of CGIC by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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ACWX vs CGIC: Differences, Returns & Fees

ACWX and CGIC hold 32% of their weight in the same names. Net assets: $17.6bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF, and $2.6bn on Oct 8, 2026 for Capital Group International Core Equity ETF.

ACWX costs 0.22 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.4 points; ACWX is 6.8 times larger.

	ACWX	CGIC
Expense ratio	0.32%	0.54%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026	$17.5bn	$2.6bn
Total return, 1 year	+18.2%	+17.8%
What it tracks	MSCI ACWI ex USA Index	No index, actively managed
Holdings in common	32%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	16.6%	26.0%
Below its high	3.9%, high on Sep 4, 2026	3.8%, high on Aug 25, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

+18.2%

ACWX total return, 1 year

+17.8%

CGIC total return, 1 year

0.32%

ACWX expense ratio

0.54%

CGIC expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ACWX and CGIC hold 32% 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 May 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

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32% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding ACWX CGIC

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 5.41% 5.83%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 2.52% 2.46%

ASML HOLDING 1.95% 2.74%

SK HYNIX 1.91% 2.25%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.86% 0.76%

TENCENT HOLDINGS 0.89% 0.68%

ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.65% 1.83%

NESTLE SA 0.65% 1.03%

MEDIATEK 0.60% 2.83%

SAP 0.58% 0.47%

SHELL 0.80% 0.47%

TOTALENERGIES 0.46% 2.01%

Only in ACWX

ROCHE PS PAR AG 0.82%

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.73%

NOVARTIS AG 0.71%

MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP 0.66%

ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING 0.62%

BHP GROUP LTD 0.60%

SIEMENS N AG 0.60%

SHOPIFY SUBORDINATE VOTING CLASS A 0.55%

Only in CGIC

Capital Group Central Cash Fund 2.98%

UniCredit SpA 1.39%

Philip Morris International Inc 0.94%

BASF SE 0.80%

Deutsche Post AG 0.78%

Broadcom Inc 0.70%

Vale SA 0.66%

ASMPT Ltd 0.65%

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On the same fields

ACWX

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF

CGIC

Capital Group International Core Equity ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Capital Group

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

Total return, 1 year +18.2% +17.8%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +1.0 pts +0.5 pts

Expense ratio 0.32% 0.54%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 2.5%

Holdings 1908 192

Net assets, ACWX as of Oct 9, 2026 and CGIC as of Oct 8, 2026 $17.6bn $2.6bn

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

ACWX in plain words

ACWX tracks the MSCI ACWI ex U.S.. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +18.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.32% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,908 positions, with the top ten at 16.6%. It sat 3.9% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

CGIC in plain words

CGIC is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.54% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 2% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 192 positions, with the top ten at 26.0%. It sat 3.8% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ACWX or CGIC?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWX returned +18.2% and CGIC +17.8%.
Which is cheaper, ACWX or CGIC?: ACWX is cheaper, by 0.22 percentage points a year. That is about $22 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ACWX and CGIC overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of ACWX and 2% of CGIC by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

ACWX filings on SEC EDGAR ↗ACWX prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for ACWX ↗CGIC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗CGIC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Capital Group page for CGIC ↗

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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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