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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWX returned +18.2% and VSGX +19.5%.

Which is cheaper, ACWX or VSGX?

VSGX is cheaper, by 0.22 percentage points a year. That is about $22 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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ACWX vs VSGX: Differences, Returns & Fees

ACWX and VSGX hold 66% of their weight in the same names, and VSGX returned +19.5% over the year. Net assets: $17.6bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF, and $6.7bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard ESG International Stock ETF.

VSGX costs 0.22 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.3 points; ACWX is 2.6 times larger.

	ACWX	VSGX
Expense ratio	0.32%	0.10%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$17.3bn	$6.7bn
Total return, 1 year	+18.2%	+19.5%
What it tracks	MSCI ACWI ex USA Index	FTSE Global All Cap ex US Choice Index
Holdings in common	66%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	16.6%	17.1%
Below its high	3.9%, high on Sep 4, 2026	3.6%, high on Sep 4, 2026

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

+18.2%

ACWX total return, 1 year

+19.5%

VSGX total return, 1 year

0.32%

ACWX expense ratio

0.10%

VSGX expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ACWX and VSGX hold 66% 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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66% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding ACWX VSGX

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 5.41% 5.37%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 2.52% 2.56%

ASML HOLDING 1.95% 1.93%

SK HYNIX 1.91% 1.98%

ROCHE PS PAR AG 0.82% 0.90%

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.73% 0.85%

NOVARTIS AG 0.71% 0.84%

MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP 0.66% 0.73%

ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.65% 0.71%

NESTLE SA 0.65% 0.74%

ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING 0.62% 0.80%

SIEMENS N AG 0.60% 0.72%

Only in ACWX

TENCENT HOLDINGS 0.89%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.86%

SHELL 0.80%

BHP GROUP LTD 0.60%

TORONTO DOMINION 0.52%

TOTALENERGIES 0.46%

SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC 0.45%

HITACHI 0.44%

Only in VSGX

SLCMT1142 1.18%

Novo Nordisk A/S 0.42%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS-PREF 0.32%

Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd 0.23%

Investor AB 0.22%

Nordea Bank Abp 0.19%

Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd 0.19%

L'Oreal SA 0.17%

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On the same fields

ACWX

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF

VSGX

Vanguard ESG International Stock 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% +19.5%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +1.0 pts +2.2 pts

Expense ratio 0.32% 0.10%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 1908 6631

Net assets, ACWX as of Oct 9, 2026 and VSGX as of Sep 30, 2026 $17.6bn $6.7bn

ACWX and VSGX 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.

VSGX in plain words

VSGX tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +19.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.10% 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 6,631 positions, with the top ten at 17.1%. It sat 3.6% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ACWX or VSGX?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWX returned +18.2% and VSGX +19.5%.
Which is cheaper, ACWX or VSGX?: VSGX is cheaper, by 0.22 percentage points a year. That is about $22 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ACWX and VSGX overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of ACWX and 0% of VSGX 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 ↗VSGX filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VSGX prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VSGX ↗

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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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