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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWX returned +18.2% and CGIE +8.5%.

Which is cheaper, ACWX or CGIE?

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 CGIE overlap with the S&P 500?

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

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ACWX vs CGIE: Differences, Returns & Fees

ACWX and CGIE hold 21% of their weight in the same names, and ACWX returned +18.2% over the year. Net assets: $17.6bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF, and $2.4bn on Oct 8, 2026 for Capital Group International Equity ETF.

ACWX costs 0.22 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 9.7 points; ACWX is 7.2 times larger.

	ACWX	CGIE
Expense ratio	0.32%	0.54%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026	$17.5bn	$2.4bn
Total return, 1 year	+18.2%	+8.5%
What it tracks	MSCI ACWI ex USA Index	No index, actively managed
Holdings in common	21%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	16.6%	27.7%
Below its high	3.9%, high on Sep 4, 2026	5.0%, high on Aug 13, 2026

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

+18.2%

ACWX total return, 1 year

+8.5%

CGIE total return, 1 year

0.32%

ACWX expense ratio

0.54%

CGIE expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ACWX and CGIE hold 21% 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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21% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding ACWX CGIE

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 5.41% 2.92%

ASML HOLDING 1.95% 4.72%

SK HYNIX 1.91% 1.97%

ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.65% 2.69%

NESTLE SA 0.65% 1.43%

TENCENT HOLDINGS 0.89% 0.65%

SAP 0.58% 1.72%

BANCO SANTANDER 0.53% 1.27%

TOKYO ELECTRON 0.47% 1.62%

TOTALENERGIES 0.46% 3.55%

SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC 0.45% 1.15%

HITACHI 0.44% 1.36%

Only in ACWX

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 2.52%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.86%

ROCHE PS PAR AG 0.82%

SHELL 0.80%

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.73%

NOVARTIS AG 0.71%

MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP 0.66%

ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING 0.62%

Only in CGIE

Capital Group Central Cash Fund 3.12%

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB 2.14%

UniCredit SpA 1.99%

DSV A/S 1.77%

Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd 1.63%

L'Oreal SA 1.18%

Shopify Inc 1.05%

Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG in Muenchen 1.03%

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On the same fields

ACWX

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF

CGIE

Capital Group International 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% +8.5%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +1.0 pts −8.8 pts

Expense ratio 0.32% 0.54%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 1908 73

Net assets, ACWX as of Oct 9, 2026 and CGIE as of Oct 8, 2026 $17.6bn $2.4bn

ACWX and CGIE 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.

CGIE in plain words

CGIE is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +8.5% 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, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 73 positions, with the top ten at 27.7%. It sat 5.0% below its high of Aug 13, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ACWX or CGIE?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWX returned +18.2% and CGIE +8.5%.
Which is cheaper, ACWX or CGIE?: 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 CGIE overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of ACWX and 0% of CGIE 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 ↗CGIE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗CGIE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Capital Group page for CGIE ↗

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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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