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CWI vs VIGI: Differences, Returns & Fees

CWI and VIGI hold 15% of their weight in the same names, and CWI returned +17.8% over the year. Net assets: $2.9bn on Oct 8, 2026 for State Street SPDR MSCI ACWI ex-US ETF, and $8.8bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF.

VIGI costs 0.23 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 10.5 points.

CWIVIGI
Expense ratio0.30%0.07%
Net assets, CWI as of Oct 8, 2026 and VIGI as of Sep 30, 2026$2.9bn$8.8bn
Total return, 1 year+17.8%+7.3%
What it tracksnot read by ETFIQnot read by ETFIQ
Holdings in common15%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund16.1%35.4%
Below its high3.9%, high on Sep 4, 20264.8%, high on Sep 3, 2026

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

+17.8%
CWI total return, 1 year
+7.3%
VIGI total return, 1 year
0.30%
CWI expense ratio
0.07%
VIGI expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CWI and VIGI hold 15% 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.

half

15% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding CWI VIGI
ROCHE HOLDING AG 0.85% 3.40%
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.84% 4.61%
NOVARTIS AG REG 0.72% 3.35%
MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GRO 0.69% 4.63%
NESTLE SA REG 0.65% 3.52%
TORONTO DOMINION BANK 0.63% 3.46%
SAP SE 0.62% 3.84%
IBERDROLA SA 0.52% 2.48%
HITACHI LTD 0.48% 2.63%
SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SE 0.48% 3.18%
SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GR 0.42% 2.81%
SONY GROUP CORP 0.38% 2.60%
Only in CWI
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFAC 3.38%
SAMSUNG ELECTR GDR REG S 2.64%
ASML HOLDING NV 2.00%
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR SP ADR 1.96%
SK HYNIX INC 1.88%
HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.93%
TENCENT HOLDINGS LTD 0.85%
SHELL PLC 0.78%
Only in VIGI
Reliance Industries Ltd 1.55%
Waste Connections Inc 0.72%
Infosys Ltd 0.70%
SLBBH1142 0.41%
Sumitomo Realty & Development Co Ltd 0.33%
Halma PLC 0.32%
Computershare Ltd 0.26%
Sekisui House Ltd 0.24%

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On the same fields

CWI
State Street SPDR MSCI ACWI ex-US ETF
VIGI
Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer State Street Vanguard
What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +17.8% +7.3%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 +0.6 pts −10.0 pts
Expense ratio 0.30% 0.07%
Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%
Holdings 1110 343
Net assets, CWI as of Oct 8, 2026 and VIGI as of Sep 30, 2026 $2.9bn $8.8bn

CWI and VIGI on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

CWI in plain words

CWI tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.30% 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 1,110 positions, with the top ten at 16.1%. 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, CWI or VIGI?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CWI returned +17.8% and VIGI +7.3%.
Which is cheaper, CWI or VIGI?
VIGI is cheaper, by 0.23 percentage points a year. That is about $23 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do CWI and VIGI overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of CWI and 0% of VIGI by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
CWI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗CWI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗State Street website ↗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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