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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWX returned +14.3% and FXI −19.1%.

Which is cheaper, ACWX or FXI?

ACWX is cheaper, by 0.41 percentage points a year. That is about $41 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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ACWX vs FXI: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, ACWX returned +14.3% to FXI's −19.1%; 4% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $17.9bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF, and $3.7bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares China Large-Cap ETF.

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At a glance

+14.3%

ACWX total return, 1 year

−19.1%

FXI total return, 1 year

0.32%

ACWX expense ratio

0.73%

FXI expense ratio

Pair scorecard

ACWX costs 0.41 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 33.4 points; ACWX is 4.7 times larger.

ACWX vs FXI: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	ACWX	FXI
Return
Measure	ACWX	FXI
Total return, 1 year	+14.3%	−19.1%
Drawdown
Measure	ACWX	FXI
Below its high	4.9%, high on Sep 4, 2026	32.7%, high on Feb 17, 2021
Benchmark
Measure	ACWX	FXI
What it tracks	MSCI ACWI ex USA Index	FTSE China 50 Index
Cost and size
Measure	ACWX	FXI
Expense ratio	0.32%	0.73%
Net assets, as of Oct 23, 2026	$17.5bn	$3.7bn
Holdings
Measure	ACWX	FXI
Holdings in common	4%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	15.6%	58.4%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, ACWX and FXI hold 4% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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4% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first ACWX FXI

TENCENT HOLDINGS 0.85% 8.60%

ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING 0.59% 8.63%

CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORP H 0.30% 9.81%

INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF 0.19% 6.69%

BANK OF CHINA LTD H 0.16% 4.76%

XIAOMI 0.16% 4.86%

MEITUAN 0.13% 4.58%

NETEASE 0.12% 3.85%

PING AN INSURANCE (GROUP) CO OF CH 0.12% 3.49%

BYD H 0.10% 3.08%

JD.COM CLASS A 0.09% 2.90%

PETROCHINA H 0.08% 2.50%

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%

ROCHE PS PAR AG 0.95%

SHELL 0.84%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.81%

NOVARTIS AG 0.80%

Only in FXI

GIGADEVICE SEMICONDUCTOR INC CLASS 0.13%

JIANGSU HENGRUI PHARMACEUTICALS LT 0.12%

CHINA EVERBRIGHT BANK LTD H 0.10%

MONTAGE TECHNOLOGY CLASS H 0.10%

FTSE CHINA H50 NOV 26 0.00%

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Side by side

ACWX iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF FXI iShares China Large-Cap 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 China Large-Cap

Total return, 1 year +14.3% −19.1%

Expense ratio 0.32% 0.73%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 1939 51

Net assets, ACWX as of Oct 27, 2026 and FXI as of Oct 28, 2026 $17.9bn $3.7bn

ACWX and FXI 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.

FXI

FXI tracks an index of China Large-Cap. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −19.1% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.73% 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 51 positions, with the top ten at 58.4%. It sat 32.7% below its high of Feb 17, 2021 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ACWX or FXI?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWX returned +14.3% and FXI −19.1%.
Which is cheaper, ACWX or FXI?: ACWX is cheaper, by 0.41 percentage points a year. That is about $41 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ACWX and FXI overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of ACWX and 0% of FXI by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

ACWX and FXI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ACWX and FXI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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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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