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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWX returned +14.3% and RDVY +17.6%.

Which is cheaper, ACWX or RDVY?

ACWX is cheaper, by 0.15 percentage points a year. That is about $15 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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ACWX vs RDVY: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, ACWX returned +14.3% to RDVY's +17.6%; 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 $25.4bn for First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF.

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At a glance

+14.3%

ACWX total return, 1 year

+17.6%

RDVY total return, 1 year

0.32%

ACWX expense ratio

0.47%

RDVY expense ratio

Pair scorecard

ACWX costs 0.15 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.3 points; RDVY is 1.4 times larger.

ACWX vs RDVY: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	ACWX	RDVY
Return
Measure	ACWX	RDVY
Total return, 1 year	+14.3%	+17.6%
Drawdown
Measure	ACWX	RDVY
Below its high	4.9%, high on Sep 4, 2026	5.3%, high on Aug 13, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	ACWX	RDVY
What it tracks	MSCI ACWI ex USA Index	Nasdaq US Rising Dividend Achievers Index
Cost and size
Measure	ACWX	RDVY
Expense ratio	0.32%	0.47%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$17.9bn	$25.4bn
Holdings
Measure	ACWX	RDVY
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	15.6%	22.1%

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

What they share

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

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first ACWX RDVY

ARISTOCRAT LEISURE 0.07% 2.17%

AEROPORTS DE PARIS SA 0.01% 2.32%

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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 RDVY

The Travelers Companies, Inc. 2.42%

Visa Inc. (Class A) 2.26%

Microsoft Corporation 2.22%

Accenture plc 2.19%

The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 2.14%

Expedia Group, Inc. 2.13%

NVIDIA Corporation 2.13%

Chubb Limited 2.12%

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Side by side

ACWX iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF RDVY First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares First Trust

What it is Tracks the MSCI ACWI ex U.S. Tracks an index of Rising Dividend Achievers

Total return, 1 year +14.3% +17.6%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +13.7% (VOO)

Gap to its benchmark not measured +3.9 pts vs VOO

Expense ratio 0.32% 0.47%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 94.3%

Holdings 1939 72

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $17.9bn $25.4bn

ACWX and RDVY 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.

RDVY

RDVY tracks an index of Rising Dividend Achievers. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +17.6% with distributions reinvested, against +13.7% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.47% 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 72 positions, with the top ten at 22.1%. It sat 5.3% below its high of Aug 13, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ACWX or RDVY?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWX returned +14.3% and RDVY +17.6%.
Which is cheaper, ACWX or RDVY?: ACWX is cheaper, by 0.15 percentage points a year. That is about $15 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ACWX and RDVY overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of ACWX and 94% of RDVY by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

ACWX filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ACWX prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for ACWX ↗

RDVY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

RDVY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

First Trust page for RDVY ↗

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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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