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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWX returned +18.2% and DFSI +12.2%.

Which is cheaper, ACWX or DFSI?

DFSI is cheaper, by 0.08 percentage points a year. That is about $8 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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ACWX vs DFSI: Differences, Returns & Fees

ACWX and DFSI hold 34% 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 $1.1bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional International Sustainability Core 1 ETF.

DFSI costs 0.08 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 6.0 points; ACWX is 10.0 times larger.

	ACWX	DFSI
Expense ratio	0.32%	0.24%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026	$11.5bn	$1.1bn
Total return, 1 year	+18.2%	+12.2%
What it tracks	MSCI ACWI ex USA Index	No index, actively managed
Holdings in common	34%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	16.6%	9.7%
Below its high	3.9%, high on Sep 4, 2026	5.4%, high on Aug 25, 2026

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

+18.2%

ACWX total return, 1 year

+12.2%

DFSI total return, 1 year

0.32%

ACWX expense ratio

0.24%

DFSI expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ACWX and DFSI hold 34% 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 Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

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34% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding ACWX DFSI

ASML HOLDING 1.95% 2.48%

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.73% 0.81%

NOVARTIS AG 0.71% 1.09%

ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.65% 0.66%

ADVANTEST 0.52% 0.55%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.86% 0.52%

TOYOTA MOTOR 0.48% 0.56%

ALLIANZ 0.47% 0.61%

TOKYO ELECTRON 0.47% 0.50%

BANCO SANTANDER 0.53% 0.46%

SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC 0.45% 0.77%

HITACHI 0.44% 0.53%

Only in ACWX

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 5.41%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 2.52%

SK HYNIX 1.91%

TENCENT HOLDINGS 0.89%

ROCHE PS PAR AG 0.82%

SHELL 0.80%

NESTLE SA 0.65%

ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING 0.62%

Only in DFSI

LVMH MOET HENNESSY LOUIS VUITTON SE 0.59%

Siemens Energy AG 0.54%

THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK 0.54%

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 0.54%

NOVO NORDISK A/S 0.52%

L'OREAL SA 0.48%

E.ON SE 0.42%

Nordea Bank Abp 0.38%

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On the same fields

ACWX

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF

DFSI

Dimensional International Sustainability Core 1 ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Dimensional

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

Total return, 1 year +18.2% +12.2%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +1.0 pts −5.1 pts

Expense ratio 0.32% 0.24%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.1%

Holdings 1908 2798

Net assets, ACWX as of Oct 9, 2026 and DFSI as of Jul 31, 2026 $17.6bn $1.1bn

ACWX and DFSI 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.

DFSI in plain words

DFSI is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +12.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.24% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,798 positions, with the top ten at 9.7%. It sat 5.4% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ACWX or DFSI?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWX returned +18.2% and DFSI +12.2%.
Which is cheaper, ACWX or DFSI?: DFSI is cheaper, by 0.08 percentage points a year. That is about $8 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ACWX and DFSI overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of ACWX and 0% of DFSI 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 ↗DFSI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DFSI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Dimensional 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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