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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWX returned +18.2% and GSID +14.0%.

Which is cheaper, ACWX or GSID?

GSID is cheaper, by 0.12 percentage points a year. That is about $12 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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ACWX vs GSID: Differences, Returns & Fees

ACWX and GSID hold 53% 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 $965m on Oct 8, 2026 for Goldman Sachs MarketBeta International Equity ETF.

GSID costs 0.12 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.2 points; ACWX is 18.1 times larger.

	ACWX	GSID
Expense ratio	0.32%	0.20%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026	$17.5bn	$965m
Total return, 1 year	+18.2%	+14.0%
What it tracks	MSCI ACWI ex USA Index	Solactive GBS Developed Markets ex North America Large & Mid Cap Index
Holdings in common	53%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	16.6%	13.2%
Below its high	3.9%, high on Sep 4, 2026	5.0%, high on Aug 25, 2026

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

+18.2%

ACWX total return, 1 year

+14.0%

GSID total return, 1 year

0.32%

ACWX expense ratio

0.20%

GSID expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ACWX and GSID hold 53% 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 May 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

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53% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding ACWX GSID

ASML HOLDING 1.95% 2.75%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.86% 1.44%

ROCHE PS PAR AG 0.82% 1.32%

SHELL 0.80% 1.05%

NOVARTIS AG 0.71% 1.22%

MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP 0.66% 0.95%

ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.65% 1.25%

NESTLE SA 0.65% 1.17%

BHP GROUP LTD 0.60% 1.00%

SIEMENS N AG 0.60% 1.01%

SAP 0.58% 0.83%

BANCO SANTANDER 0.53% 0.81%

Only in ACWX

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 5.41%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 2.52%

SK HYNIX 1.91%

TENCENT HOLDINGS 0.89%

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.73%

ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING 0.62%

MEDIATEK 0.60%

SHOPIFY SUBORDINATE VOTING CLASS A 0.55%

Only in GSID

NOVO NORDISK A/S 0.64%

INVESTOR AB 0.32%

MUENCHENER RUECKVERSICHERUNGS-GESELLSCHAFT AG 0.31%

NORDEA BANK ABP 0.27%

VOLVO AB 0.23%

ATLAS COPCO AB 0.21%

TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 0.17%

ASSA ABLOY AB 0.15%

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On the same fields

ACWX

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF

GSID

Goldman Sachs MarketBeta International Equity ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Goldman Sachs

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

Total return, 1 year +18.2% +14.0%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +1.0 pts −3.2 pts

Expense ratio 0.32% 0.20%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 1908 892

Net assets, ACWX as of Oct 9, 2026 and GSID as of Oct 8, 2026 $17.6bn $965m

ACWX and GSID 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.

GSID in plain words

GSID tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +14.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.20% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 892 positions, with the top ten at 13.2%. It sat 5.0% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ACWX or GSID?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWX returned +18.2% and GSID +14.0%.
Which is cheaper, ACWX or GSID?: GSID is cheaper, by 0.12 percentage points a year. That is about $12 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ACWX and GSID overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of ACWX and 0% of GSID 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 ↗GSID filings on SEC EDGAR ↗GSID prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Goldman Sachs 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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