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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWX returned +14.3% and IWF +0.9%.

Which is cheaper, ACWX or IWF?

IWF is cheaper, by 0.14 percentage points a year. That is about $14 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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ACWX vs IWF: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, ACWX returned +14.3% to IWF's +0.9%; 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 $124.7bn for iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF.

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At a glance

+14.3%

ACWX total return, 1 year

+0.9%

IWF total return, 1 year

0.32%

ACWX expense ratio

0.18%

IWF expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IWF costs 0.14 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 13.4 points; IWF is 7.0 times larger.

ACWX vs IWF: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	ACWX	IWF
Return
Measure	ACWX	IWF
Total return, 1 year	+14.3%	+0.9%
Drawdown
Measure	ACWX	IWF
Below its high	4.9%, high on Sep 4, 2026	4.8%, high on Oct 6, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	ACWX	IWF
What it tracks	MSCI ACWI ex USA Index	Russell 1000 Growth Index
Cost and size
Measure	ACWX	IWF
Expense ratio	0.32%	0.18%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$17.9bn	$124.7bn
Holdings
Measure	ACWX	IWF
Holdings in common	1%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	15.6%	57.5%

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

What they share

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

SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY 0.23% 0.26%

NU HOLDINGS CLASS A 0.13% 0.13%

ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI PLC 0.12% 0.12%

BROOKFIELD ASSET MANAGEMENT VOTING 0.05% 0.05%

RESTAURANTS BRANDS INTERNATIONAL 0.06% 0.04%

HEIDELBERG MATERIALS AG 0.06% 0.04%

ANGLO AMERICAN PLC 0.15% 0.03%

HYDRO ONE 0.03% 0.02%

ESSILORLUXOTTICA SA 0.17% 0.01%

MTN GROUP 0.06% 0.01%

SOUTHERN COPPER CORP 0.05% 0.01%

AEROPORTS DE PARIS SA 0.01% 0.13%

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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 IWF

NVIDIA 15.30%

APPLE 8.18%

MICROSOFT 5.94%

ALPHABET CLASS A 5.62%

BROADCOM INC 4.79%

ALPHABET CLASS C 4.53%

TESLA INC 3.58%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 3.36%

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Side by side

ACWX iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF IWF iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks the MSCI ACWI ex U.S. Tracks the Russell 1000 growth

Total return, 1 year +14.3% +0.9%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +1.1% (VONG)

Gap to its benchmark not measured −0.2 pts vs VONG

Expense ratio 0.32% 0.18%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 93.5%

Holdings 1939 374

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $17.9bn $124.7bn

ACWX and IWF 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.

IWF

IWF tracks the Russell 1000 growth. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +0.9% with distributions reinvested, against +1.1% for its benchmark, the Russell 1000 Growth Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.18% 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 374 positions, with the top ten at 57.5%. It sat 4.8% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ACWX or IWF?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWX returned +14.3% and IWF +0.9%.
Which is cheaper, ACWX or IWF?: IWF is cheaper, by 0.14 percentage points a year. That is about $14 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ACWX and IWF overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of ACWX and 94% of IWF by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

ACWX and IWF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ACWX prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for ACWX ↗

IWF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IWF ↗

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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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