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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWX returned +18.2% and VIGI +7.3%.

Which is cheaper, ACWX or VIGI?

VIGI is cheaper, by 0.25 percentage points a year. That is about $25 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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ACWX vs VIGI: Differences, Returns & Fees

ACWX and VIGI hold 14% of their weight in the same names, and ACWX returned +18.2% over the year. Net assets: $17.6bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF, and $8.8bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF.

VIGI costs 0.25 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 10.9 points; ACWX is 2.0 times larger.

	ACWX	VIGI
Expense ratio	0.32%	0.07%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$17.3bn	$8.8bn
Total return, 1 year	+18.2%	+7.3%
What it tracks	MSCI ACWI ex USA Index	not read by ETFIQ
Holdings in common	14%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	16.6%	35.4%
Below its high	3.9%, high on Sep 4, 2026	4.8%, high on Sep 3, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

+18.2%

ACWX total return, 1 year

+7.3%

VIGI total return, 1 year

0.32%

ACWX expense ratio

0.07%

VIGI expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ACWX and VIGI hold 14% 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 Aug 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

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Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding ACWX VIGI

ROCHE PS PAR AG 0.82% 3.40%

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.73% 4.61%

NOVARTIS AG 0.71% 3.35%

MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP 0.66% 4.63%

NESTLE SA 0.65% 3.52%

SAP 0.58% 3.84%

TORONTO DOMINION 0.52% 3.46%

SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC 0.45% 3.18%

HITACHI 0.44% 2.63%

SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP 0.43% 2.81%

IBERDROLA 0.40% 2.48%

SONY GROUP 0.38% 2.60%

Only in ACWX

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 5.41%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 2.52%

ASML HOLDING 1.95%

SK HYNIX 1.91%

TENCENT HOLDINGS 0.89%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.86%

SHELL 0.80%

ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.65%

Only in VIGI

Novo Nordisk A/S 2.47%

Waste Connections Inc 0.72%

Assa Abloy AB 0.63%

SLBBH1142 0.41%

Hexagon AB 0.38%

GULF DEVELOPMENT PCL-FOREIGN 0.24%

Finning International Inc 0.15%

PSP Swiss Property AG 0.14%

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On the same fields

ACWX

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF

VIGI

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

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

Total return, 1 year +18.2% +7.3%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +1.0 pts −10.0 pts

Expense ratio 0.32% 0.07%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 1908 343

Net assets, ACWX as of Oct 9, 2026 and VIGI as of Sep 30, 2026 $17.6bn $8.8bn

ACWX and VIGI 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.

VIGI in plain words

VIGI tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +7.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.07% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Aug 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 343 positions, with the top ten at 35.4%. It sat 4.8% below its high of Sep 3, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ACWX or VIGI?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWX returned +18.2% and VIGI +7.3%.
Which is cheaper, ACWX or VIGI?: VIGI is cheaper, by 0.25 percentage points a year. That is about $25 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ACWX and VIGI overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of ACWX and 0% of VIGI 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 ↗VIGI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VIGI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VIGI ↗

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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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