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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWX returned +14.3% and ITOT +13.4%.

Which is cheaper, ACWX or ITOT?

ITOT is cheaper, by 0.29 percentage points a year. That is about $29 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of ACWX and 88% of ITOT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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ACWX vs ITOT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, ACWX returned +14.3% to ITOT's +13.4%; 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 $97.1bn for iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF.

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At a glance

+14.3%

ACWX total return, 1 year

+13.4%

ITOT total return, 1 year

0.32%

ACWX expense ratio

0.03%

ITOT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

ITOT costs 0.29 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.9 points; ITOT is 5.4 times larger.

ACWX vs ITOT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	ACWX	ITOT
Return
Measure	ACWX	ITOT
Total return, 1 year	+14.3%	+13.4%
Drawdown
Measure	ACWX	ITOT
Below its high	4.9%, high on Sep 4, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	ACWX	ITOT
What it tracks	MSCI ACWI ex USA Index	S&P Total Market Index (TMI)
Cost and size
Measure	ACWX	ITOT
Expense ratio	0.32%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$17.9bn	$97.1bn
Holdings
Measure	ACWX	ITOT
Holdings in common	1%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	15.6%	33.9%

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

What they share

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

ARISTOCRAT LEISURE 0.07% 0.09%

MERCK 0.06% 0.47%

ROCHE PS PAR AG 0.95% 0.06%

PRUDENTIAL PLC 0.08% 0.05%

ADMIRAL GROUP PLC 0.04% 0.05%

DEUTSCHE TELEKOM N AG 0.27% 0.04%

EQT 0.04% 0.05%

ESSILORLUXOTTICA SA 0.17% 0.04%

HELVETIA BALOISE HOLDING N AG 0.06% 0.04%

PEMBINA PIPELINE 0.08% 0.04%

VINCI SA 0.16% 0.04%

HINDUSTAN AERONAUTICS LTD 0.03% 0.04%

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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%

TENCENT HOLDINGS 0.85%

SHELL 0.84%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.81%

NOVARTIS AG 0.80%

Only in ITOT

NVIDIA 7.06%

APPLE 6.78%

MICROSOFT 5.28%

AMAZON.COM INC 3.32%

ALPHABET CLASS A 2.52%

BROADCOM INC 2.18%

ALPHABET CLASS C 2.02%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 1.83%

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Side by side

ACWX iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF ITOT iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks the MSCI ACWI ex U.S. Tracks the S&P Total U.S. Stock Market

Total return, 1 year +14.3% +13.4%

Expense ratio 0.32% 0.03%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 88.1%

Holdings 1939 2443

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $17.9bn $97.1bn

ACWX and ITOT 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.

ITOT

ITOT tracks the S&P Total U.S. Stock Market. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.4% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 88% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,443 positions, with the top ten at 33.9%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ACWX or ITOT?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWX returned +14.3% and ITOT +13.4%.
Which is cheaper, ACWX or ITOT?: ITOT is cheaper, by 0.29 percentage points a year. That is about $29 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ACWX and ITOT overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of ACWX and 88% of ITOT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

ACWX and ITOT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ACWX 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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