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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWX returned +18.2% and SEIE +18.9%.

Which is cheaper, ACWX or SEIE?

ACWX is cheaper, by 0.18 percentage points a year. That is about $18 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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ACWX vs SEIE: Differences, Returns & Fees

ACWX and SEIE hold 21% of their weight in the same names, and SEIE returned +18.9% over the year. Net assets: $17.6bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF, and $1.1bn on Jun 30, 2026 for SEI Select International Equity ETF.

ACWX costs 0.18 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.7 points; ACWX is 10.2 times larger.

	ACWX	SEIE
Expense ratio	0.32%	0.50%
Net assets, as of Jun 30, 2026	$11.6bn	$1.1bn
Total return, 1 year	+18.2%	+18.9%
What it tracks	MSCI ACWI ex USA Index	No index, actively managed
Holdings in common	21%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	16.6%	13.0%
Below its high	3.9%, high on Sep 4, 2026	5.2%, high on Aug 25, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

+18.2%

ACWX total return, 1 year

+18.9%

SEIE total return, 1 year

0.32%

ACWX expense ratio

0.50%

SEIE expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ACWX and SEIE hold 21% 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 Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

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21% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding ACWX SEIE

ASML HOLDING 1.95% 1.61%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.86% 2.00%

NOVARTIS AG 0.71% 1.17%

ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.65% 0.97%

SHELL 0.80% 0.59%

BANCO SANTANDER 0.53% 0.83%

TOTALENERGIES 0.46% 0.72%

MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP 0.66% 0.45%

UBS GROUP AG 0.41% 0.52%

BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA SA 0.39% 0.76%

ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC 0.41% 0.37%

SAP 0.58% 0.37%

Only in ACWX

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 5.41%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 2.52%

SK HYNIX 1.91%

TENCENT HOLDINGS 0.89%

ROCHE PS PAR AG 0.82%

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.73%

ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING 0.62%

BHP GROUP LTD 0.60%

Only in SEIE

GSK PLC 1.21%

UNICREDIT, SOCIETA PER AZIONI 0.92%

AIB GROUP PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.87%

Siemens Energy AG 0.83%

EQUINOR ASA 0.71%

BANK OF IRELAND GROUP PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.70%

DANSKE BANK A/S 0.70%

COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN SCA 0.67%

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On the same fields

ACWX

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF

SEIE

SEI Select International Equity ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares SEI

What it is Tracks the MSCI ACWI ex U.S. Actively managed

Total return, 1 year +18.2% +18.9%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +1.0 pts +1.7 pts

Expense ratio 0.32% 0.50%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 1908 342

Net assets, ACWX as of Oct 9, 2026 and SEIE as of Jun 30, 2026 $17.6bn $1.1bn

ACWX and SEIE 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.

SEIE in plain words

SEIE is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +18.9% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.50% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 342 positions, with the top ten at 13.0%. It sat 5.2% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ACWX or SEIE?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWX returned +18.2% and SEIE +18.9%.
Which is cheaper, ACWX or SEIE?: ACWX is cheaper, by 0.18 percentage points a year. That is about $18 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ACWX and SEIE overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of ACWX and 0% of SEIE 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 ↗SEIE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SEIE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗SEI 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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