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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWX returned +18.2% and INTF +18.0%.

Which is cheaper, ACWX or INTF?

INTF is cheaper, by 0.16 percentage points a year. That is about $16 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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ACWX vs INTF: Differences, Returns & Fees

ACWX and INTF hold 43% of their weight in the same names. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $17.6bn for iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF and $3.7bn for iShares International Equity Factor ETF.

INTF costs 0.16 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.2 points; ACWX is 4.8 times larger.

	ACWX	INTF
Expense ratio	0.32%	0.16%
Net assets	$17.6bn	$3.7bn
Total return, 1 year	+18.2%	+18.0%
What it tracks	MSCI ACWI ex USA Index	not read by ETFIQ
Holdings in common	43%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	16.6%	12.7%
Below its high	3.9%, high on Sep 4, 2026	4.9%, high on Sep 4, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+18.2%

ACWX total return, 1 year

+18.0%

INTF total return, 1 year

0.32%

ACWX expense ratio

0.16%

INTF expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ACWX and INTF hold 43% 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 Oct 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

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43% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding ACWX INTF

ASML HOLDING 1.95% 2.62%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.86% 1.11%

ROCHE PS PAR AG 0.82% 1.07%

SHELL 0.80% 0.74%

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.73% 1.14%

NOVARTIS AG 0.71% 1.99%

MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP 0.66% 1.04%

ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.65% 0.82%

NESTLE SA 0.65% 0.88%

BHP GROUP LTD 0.60% 0.96%

SIEMENS N AG 0.60% 0.71%

SAP 0.58% 0.75%

Only in ACWX

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 5.41%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 2.52%

SK HYNIX 1.91%

TENCENT HOLDINGS 0.89%

ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING 0.62%

MEDIATEK 0.60%

DELTA ELECTRONICS 0.33%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS NON VOTING PRE 0.33%

Only in INTF

BALFOUR BEATTY PLC 0.41%

HOKUHOKU FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.38%

JB HI-FI LTD 0.37%

AL SYDBANK 0.35%

ISS A S 0.35%

USS 0.34%

SAIPEM 0.30%

ABERDEEN GROUP PLC 0.29%

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On the same fields

ACWX

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF

INTF

iShares International Equity Factor ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

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

Total return, 1 year +18.2% +18.0%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +1.0 pts +0.8 pts

Expense ratio 0.32% 0.16%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 1908 486

Net assets $17.6bn $3.7bn

ACWX and INTF 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.

INTF in plain words

INTF tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +18.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.16% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 486 positions, with the top ten at 12.7%. It sat 4.9% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ACWX or INTF?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWX returned +18.2% and INTF +18.0%.
Which is cheaper, ACWX or INTF?: INTF is cheaper, by 0.16 percentage points a year. That is about $16 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ACWX and INTF overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of ACWX and 0% of INTF by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

ACWX and INTF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗ACWX and INTF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for ACWX ↗iShares page for INTF ↗

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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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