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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWX returned +14.3% and GARP +18.0%.

Which is cheaper, ACWX or GARP?

GARP is cheaper, by 0.17 percentage points a year. That is about $17 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of ACWX and 94% of GARP by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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ACWX vs GARP: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, ACWX returned +14.3% to GARP's +18.0%; 0% 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 $3.6bn for iShares MSCI USA Quality GARP ETF.

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At a glance

+14.3%

ACWX total return, 1 year

+18.0%

GARP total return, 1 year

0.32%

ACWX expense ratio

0.15%

GARP expense ratio

Pair scorecard

GARP costs 0.17 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.7 points; ACWX is 5.0 times larger.

ACWX vs GARP: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	ACWX	GARP
Return
Measure	ACWX	GARP
Total return, 1 year	+14.3%	+18.0%
Drawdown
Measure	ACWX	GARP
Below its high	4.9%, high on Sep 4, 2026	7.0%, high on Oct 6, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	ACWX	GARP
What it tracks	MSCI ACWI ex USA Index	MSCI USA Quality GARP Select Index
Cost and size
Measure	ACWX	GARP
Expense ratio	0.32%	0.15%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$17.9bn	$3.6bn
Holdings
Measure	ACWX	GARP
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	15.6%	43.5%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, ACWX and GARP hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first ACWX GARP

HEIDELBERG MATERIALS AG 0.06% 0.07%

RECKITT BENCKISER GROUP PLC 0.12% 0.04%

NEMETSCHEK 0.01% 0.21%

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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 GARP

MICROSOFT 5.67%

APPLE 5.66%

NVIDIA 5.18%

VISA CLASS A 5.13%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 4.72%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 4.61%

LAM RESEARCH 3.31%

CATERPILLAR INC 3.29%

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Side by side

ACWX iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF GARP iShares MSCI USA Quality GARP ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks the MSCI ACWI ex U.S. Tracks the MSCI USA Quality GARP

Total return, 1 year +14.3% +18.0%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +13.3% (PBUS)

Gap to its benchmark not measured +4.7 pts vs PBUS

Expense ratio 0.32% 0.15%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 94.4%

Holdings 1939 131

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $17.9bn $3.6bn

ACWX and GARP 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.

GARP

GARP tracks the MSCI USA Quality GARP. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +18.0% with distributions reinvested, against +13.3% for its benchmark, the MSCI USA Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 94% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 131 positions, with the top ten at 43.5%. It sat 7.0% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ACWX or GARP?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWX returned +14.3% and GARP +18.0%.
Which is cheaper, ACWX or GARP?: GARP is cheaper, by 0.17 percentage points a year. That is about $17 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ACWX and GARP overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of ACWX and 94% of GARP by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

ACWX and GARP filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ACWX prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for ACWX ↗

GARP prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for GARP ↗

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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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