Which returned more over the last year, GSWO or SFGV?

In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GSWO returned +17.2% and SFGV +22.4%.

Which is cheaper, GSWO or SFGV?

GSWO is cheaper, by 0.18 percentage points a year. That is about $18 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do GSWO and SFGV overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 66% of GSWO and 48% of SFGV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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GSWO vs SFGV: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, GSWO returned +17.2% to SFGV's +22.4%; 19% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $1.8bn on Nov 3, 2026 for Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta World Equity ETF, and $1.2bn on Aug 31, 2026 for Sequoia Global Value ETF.

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At a glance

+17.2%

GSWO total return, 1 year

+22.4%

SFGV total return, 1 year

0.15%

GSWO expense ratio

0.33%

SFGV expense ratio

Pair scorecard

GSWO costs 0.18 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.2 points.

GSWO vs SFGV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	GSWO	SFGV
Return
Measure	GSWO	SFGV
Total return, 1 year	+17.2%	+22.4%
Benchmark
Measure	GSWO	SFGV
What it tracks	Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta World Equity Index	No index, actively managed
Cost and size
Measure	GSWO	SFGV
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.33%
Net assets, GSWO as of Nov 3, 2026 and SFGV as of Aug 31, 2026	$1.8bn	$1.2bn
Holdings
Measure	GSWO	SFGV
Holdings in common	19%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	27.4%	46.0%

Method

What they share

19%

By the books each fund has filed, GSWO and SFGV hold 19% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Aug 31, 2026.

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19% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first GSWO SFGV

APPLE INC 5.06% 1.84%

JOHNSON & JOHNSON 0.71% 1.42%

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 0.70% 1.41%

JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY 1.05% 0.56%

ABBVIE INC 0.49% 0.54%

CISCO SYSTEMS INC 0.49% 0.96%

CHEVRON CORP 0.39% 1.08%

COCA-COLA COMPANY (THE) 0.39% 1.00%

CATERPILLAR INC 0.39% 0.94%

MERCK & COMPANY INC 0.38% 1.11%

HOME DEPOT INC (THE) 0.36% 0.45%

PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY (THE) 0.33% 0.96%

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Only in GSWO

NVIDIA CORP 5.79%

MICROSOFT CORP 4.02%

AMAZON.COM INC 2.75%

ALPHABET INC 2.19%

ALPHABET INC 1.89%

BROADCOM INC 1.88%

META PLATFORMS INC 1.38%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 1.29%

Only in SFGV

VANGUARD FTSE DEVELOPED ETF 10.04%

iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF 10.01%

Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF 6.01%

Avantis International Small Cap Value ETF 5.24%

Avantis Real Estate ETF 4.85%

Avantis Emerging Markets Value ETF 4.07%

Agilent Technologies Inc 0.37%

Old Dominion Freight Line Inc 0.35%

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Side by side

GSWO Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta World Equity ETF SFGV Sequoia Global Value ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Goldman Sachs Sequoia Financial

What it is Tracks an index Actively managed

Total return, 1 year +17.2% +22.4%

Expense ratio 0.15% 0.33%

Already in the S&P 500 66.1% 47.9%

Holdings 739 523

Net assets, GSWO as of Nov 3, 2026 and SFGV as of Aug 31, 2026 $1.8bn $1.2bn

GSWO and SFGV on the fields both publish, as of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

GSWO

GSWO tracks an index. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 it returned +17.2% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings filed for Aug 31, 2026, 66% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 739 positions, with the top ten at 27.4%.

SFGV

SFGV is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 it returned +22.4% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.33% a year. By its holdings filed for Aug 31, 2026, 48% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 523 positions, with the top ten at 46.0%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, GSWO or SFGV?: In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GSWO returned +17.2% and SFGV +22.4%.
Which is cheaper, GSWO or SFGV?: GSWO is cheaper, by 0.18 percentage points a year. That is about $18 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do GSWO and SFGV overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 66% of GSWO and 48% of SFGV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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GSWO on its own →SFGV on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →GSWO dividend history →GSWO holdings →SFGV dividend history →SFGV holdings →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

GSWO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

GSWO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Goldman Sachs website ↗

SFGV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SFGV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Sequoia Financial 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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