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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWX returned +18.2% and SPDW +19.7%.

Which is cheaper, ACWX or SPDW?

SPDW 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 SPDW overlap with the S&P 500?

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

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ACWX vs SPDW: Differences, Returns & Fees

ACWX and SPDW hold 65% of their weight in the same names, and SPDW returned +19.7% over the year. Net assets: $17.6bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF, and $40.5bn on Oct 8, 2026 for State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF.

SPDW costs 0.29 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.5 points; SPDW is 2.3 times larger.

	ACWX	SPDW
Expense ratio	0.32%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026	$17.5bn	$40.5bn
Total return, 1 year	+18.2%	+19.7%
What it tracks	MSCI ACWI ex USA Index	S&P Developed Ex-U.S. BMI Index ?
Holdings in common	65%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	16.6%	12.9%
Below its high	3.9%, high on Sep 4, 2026	4.5%, high on Sep 4, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026.

+18.2%

ACWX total return, 1 year

+19.7%

SPDW total return, 1 year

0.32%

ACWX expense ratio

0.03%

SPDW expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ACWX and SPDW hold 65% 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.

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65% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding ACWX SPDW

ASML HOLDING 1.95% 2.15%

SK HYNIX 1.91% 2.21%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.86% 0.95%

ROCHE PS PAR AG 0.82% 0.90%

SHELL 0.80% 0.88%

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.73% 0.81%

NOVARTIS AG 0.71% 0.79%

ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.65% 0.74%

NESTLE SA 0.65% 0.72%

BHP GROUP LTD 0.60% 0.66%

SIEMENS N AG 0.60% 0.66%

SAP 0.58% 0.64%

Only in ACWX

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 5.41%

TENCENT HOLDINGS 0.89%

MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP 0.66%

ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING 0.62%

MEDIATEK 0.60%

SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP 0.43%

DELTA ELECTRONICS 0.33%

NOVO NORDISK CLASS B 0.33%

Only in SPDW

SAMSUNG ELECTR GDR REG S 2.68%

MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GRO 0.82%

SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GR 0.49%

NOVO NORDISK A/S B 0.36%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS PREF 0.35%

MUENCHENER RUECKVER AG REG 0.23%

INVESTOR AB B SHS 0.23%

NORDEA BANK ABP 0.19%

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On the same fields

ACWX

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF

SPDW

State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares State Street

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

Total return, 1 year +18.2% +19.7%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +1.0 pts +2.4 pts

Expense ratio 0.32% 0.03%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 1908 2448

Net assets, ACWX as of Oct 9, 2026 and SPDW as of Oct 8, 2026 $17.6bn $40.5bn

ACWX and SPDW 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.

SPDW in plain words

SPDW tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +19.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% 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 2,448 positions, with the top ten at 12.9%. It sat 4.5% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ACWX or SPDW?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWX returned +18.2% and SPDW +19.7%.
Which is cheaper, ACWX or SPDW?: SPDW 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 SPDW overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of ACWX and 0% of SPDW 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 ↗SPDW filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SPDW prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗State Street 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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