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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWX returned +14.3% and DGRO +18.8%.

Which is cheaper, ACWX or DGRO?

DGRO is cheaper, by 0.24 percentage points a year. That is about $24 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of ACWX and 92% of DGRO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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ACWX vs DGRO: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, ACWX returned +14.3% to DGRO's +18.8%; 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 $44.6bn for iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF.

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At a glance

+14.3%

ACWX total return, 1 year

+18.8%

DGRO total return, 1 year

0.32%

ACWX expense ratio

0.08%

DGRO expense ratio

Pair scorecard

DGRO costs 0.24 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.5 points; DGRO is 2.5 times larger.

ACWX vs DGRO: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	ACWX	DGRO
Return
Measure	ACWX	DGRO
Total return, 1 year	+14.3%	+18.8%
Drawdown
Measure	ACWX	DGRO
Below its high	4.9%, high on Sep 4, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	ACWX	DGRO
What it tracks	MSCI ACWI ex USA Index	Morningstar US Dividend Growth Index
Cost and size
Measure	ACWX	DGRO
Expense ratio	0.32%	0.08%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$17.9bn	$44.6bn
Holdings
Measure	ACWX	DGRO
Holdings in common	1%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	15.6%	27.2%

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

What they share

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

DEUTSCHE TELEKOM N AG 0.27% 0.21%

TESCO PLC 0.12% 0.09%

ROCHE PS PAR AG 0.95% 0.08%

ARISTOCRAT LEISURE 0.07% 0.23%

MERCK 0.06% 1.74%

COMPAGNIE FINANCIERE RICHEMONT SA 0.30% 0.05%

ADMIRAL GROUP PLC 0.04% 0.19%

BAWAG GROUP AG 0.04% 0.07%

CSL 0.19% 0.04%

ASSICURAZIONI GENERALI 0.10% 0.03%

TELENOR 0.02% 0.21%

UCB SA 0.11% 0.02%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in ACWX

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 5.07%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 2.19%

ASML HOLDING 1.77%

SK HYNIX 1.56%

TENCENT HOLDINGS 0.85%

SHELL 0.84%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.81%

NOVARTIS AG 0.80%

Only in DGRO

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 3.24%

MICROSOFT 3.14%

APPLE 3.11%

ABBVIE 3.00%

JOHNSON & JOHNSON 2.77%

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 2.68%

BROADCOM INC 2.55%

PROCTER & GAMBLE 2.42%

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Side by side

ACWX iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF DGRO iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks the MSCI ACWI ex U.S. Tracks an index of Dividend Growth

Total return, 1 year +14.3% +18.8%

Expense ratio 0.32% 0.08%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 91.8%

Holdings 1939 393

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $17.9bn $44.6bn

ACWX and DGRO 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.

DGRO

DGRO tracks an index of Dividend Growth. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +18.8% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 92% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 393 positions, with the top ten at 27.2%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ACWX or DGRO?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWX returned +14.3% and DGRO +18.8%.
Which is cheaper, ACWX or DGRO?: DGRO is cheaper, by 0.24 percentage points a year. That is about $24 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ACWX and DGRO overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of ACWX and 92% of DGRO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

ACWX and DGRO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ACWX prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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DGRO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for DGRO ↗

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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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