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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWX returned +14.3% and VO +12.8%.

Which is cheaper, ACWX or VO?

VO 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 VO overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of ACWX and 91% of VO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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ACWX vs VO: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, ACWX returned +14.3% to VO's +12.8%; 2% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $17.9bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF, and $103.4bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap ETF.

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At a glance

+14.3%

ACWX total return, 1 year

+12.8%

VO total return, 1 year

0.32%

ACWX expense ratio

0.03%

VO expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VO costs 0.29 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.5 points; VO is 6.0 times larger.

ACWX vs VO: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	ACWX	VO
Return
Measure	ACWX	VO
Total return, 1 year	+14.3%	+12.8%
Drawdown
Measure	ACWX	VO
Below its high	4.9%, high on Sep 4, 2026	3.1%, high on Aug 14, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	ACWX	VO
What it tracks	MSCI ACWI ex USA Index	Morningstar US Mid Cap Index (formerly CRSP US Mid Cap Index)
Cost and size
Measure	ACWX	VO
Expense ratio	0.32%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$17.3bn	$103.4bn
Holdings
Measure	ACWX	VO
Holdings in common	2%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	15.6%	9.7%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, ACWX and VO hold 2% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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2% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first ACWX VO

ROCHE PS PAR AG 0.95% 0.34%

DEUTSCHE TELEKOM N AG 0.27% 0.25%

ESSILORLUXOTTICA SA 0.17% 0.23%

VINCI SA 0.16% 0.26%

RECKITT BENCKISER GROUP PLC 0.12% 0.22%

LOBLAW COMPANIES LTD 0.08% 0.17%

PEMBINA PIPELINE 0.08% 0.23%

PRUDENTIAL PLC 0.08% 0.39%

ARISTOCRAT LEISURE 0.07% 0.55%

HEIDELBERG MATERIALS AG 0.06% 0.12%

HELVETIA BALOISE HOLDING N AG 0.06% 0.30%

ADMIRAL GROUP PLC 0.04% 0.38%

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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%

TENCENT HOLDINGS 0.85%

SHELL 0.84%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.81%

NOVARTIS AG 0.80%

Only in VO

Cloudflare Inc 1.11%

Valero Energy Corp 1.10%

Marathon Petroleum Corp 1.10%

Phillips 66 1.01%

Quanta Services Inc 0.95%

Vertiv Holdings Co 0.92%

Datadog Inc 0.91%

Howmet Aerospace Inc 0.89%

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Side by side

ACWX iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF VO Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks the MSCI ACWI ex U.S. Tracks an index of Mid-Cap

Total return, 1 year +14.3% +12.8%

Expense ratio 0.32% 0.03%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 91.1%

Holdings 1939 273

Net assets, ACWX as of Oct 27, 2026 and VO as of Sep 30, 2026 $17.9bn $103.4bn

ACWX and VO 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.

VO tracks an index of Mid-Cap. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +12.8% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 91% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 273 positions, with the top ten at 9.7%. It sat 3.1% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ACWX or VO?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWX returned +14.3% and VO +12.8%.
Which is cheaper, ACWX or VO?: VO 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 VO overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of ACWX and 91% of VO 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 ↗

VO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VO ↗

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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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