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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWX returned +14.3% and DVY +17.1%.

Which is cheaper, ACWX or DVY?

ACWX is cheaper, by 0.06 percentage points a year. That is about $6 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of ACWX and 80% of DVY by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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ACWX vs DVY: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, ACWX returned +14.3% to DVY's +17.1%; 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 $23.4bn for iShares Select Dividend ETF.

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At a glance

+14.3%

ACWX total return, 1 year

+17.1%

DVY total return, 1 year

0.32%

ACWX expense ratio

0.38%

DVY expense ratio

Pair scorecard

ACWX costs 0.06 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.8 points; DVY is 1.3 times larger.

ACWX vs DVY: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	ACWX	DVY
Return
Measure	ACWX	DVY
Total return, 1 year	+14.3%	+17.1%
Drawdown
Measure	ACWX	DVY
Below its high	4.9%, high on Sep 4, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	ACWX	DVY
What it tracks	MSCI ACWI ex USA Index	Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index
Cost and size
Measure	ACWX	DVY
Expense ratio	0.32%	0.38%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$17.9bn	$23.4bn
Holdings
Measure	ACWX	DVY
Holdings in common	1%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	15.6%	19.7%

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

What they share

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

DEUTSCHE TELEKOM N AG 0.27% 0.95%

PEMBINA PIPELINE 0.08% 0.93%

PRUDENTIAL PLC 0.08% 2.12%

HELVETIA BALOISE HOLDING N AG 0.06% 1.09%

MERCK 0.06% 1.10%

ADMIRAL GROUP PLC 0.04% 1.20%

BAWAG GROUP AG 0.04% 0.68%

APA GROUP UNITS 0.03% 1.43%

KEYERA 0.03% 1.26%

SODEXO SA 0.01% 1.18%

TELUS 0.01% 0.96%

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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 DVY

HP INC 2.54%

PFIZER 2.42%

ALTRIA GROUP INC 2.27%

T ROWE PRICE GROUP 2.00%

ONEOK 1.87%

KIMBERLY CLARK 1.65%

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 1.65%

TARGET CORP 1.61%

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Side by side

ACWX iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF DVY iShares Select Dividend 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 US dividend

Total return, 1 year +14.3% +17.1%

Expense ratio 0.32% 0.38%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 80.1%

Holdings 1939 101

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $17.9bn $23.4bn

ACWX and DVY 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.

DVY

DVY tracks an index of US dividend. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +17.1% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.38% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 80% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 101 positions, with the top ten at 19.7%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ACWX or DVY?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWX returned +14.3% and DVY +17.1%.
Which is cheaper, ACWX or DVY?: ACWX is cheaper, by 0.06 percentage points a year. That is about $6 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ACWX and DVY overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of ACWX and 80% of DVY by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

ACWX and DVY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ACWX prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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DVY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for DVY ↗

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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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