Which returned more over the last year, IDEV or SPDW?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IDEV returned +14.5% and SPDW +19.7%.

Which is cheaper, IDEV or SPDW?

SPDW is cheaper, by 0.01 percentage points a year. That is about $1 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do IDEV and SPDW overlap with the S&P 500?

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

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IDEV vs SPDW: Differences, Returns & Fees

IDEV and SPDW hold 79% of their weight in the same names, and SPDW returned +19.7% over the year. Net assets: $33.1bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF, and $40.5bn on Oct 8, 2026 for State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF.

SPDW costs 0.01 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.2 points; SPDW is 1.2 times larger.

	IDEV	SPDW
Expense ratio	0.04%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026	$32.6bn	$40.5bn
Total return, 1 year	+14.5%	+19.7%
What it tracks	MSCI World ex USA Investable Market Index	S&P Developed Ex-U.S. BMI Index ?
Holdings in common	79%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	10.8%	12.9%
Below its high	4.9%, high on Aug 25, 2026	4.5%, high on Sep 4, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026.

+14.5%

IDEV total return, 1 year

+19.7%

SPDW total return, 1 year

0.04%

IDEV expense ratio

0.03%

SPDW expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IDEV and SPDW hold 79% 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 Oct 8, 2026.

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79% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding IDEV SPDW

ASML HOLDING 2.52% 2.15%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.11% 0.95%

ROCHE PS PAR AG 1.05% 0.90%

SHELL 1.02% 0.88%

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.93% 0.81%

NOVARTIS AG 0.92% 0.79%

ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.84% 0.74%

NESTLE SA 0.83% 0.72%

BHP GROUP LTD 0.77% 0.66%

SIEMENS N AG 0.76% 0.66%

SAP 0.75% 0.64%

SHOPIFY SUBORDINATE VOTING CLASS A 0.71% 0.61%

Only in IDEV

MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP 0.84%

SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP 0.54%

NOVO NORDISK CLASS B 0.43%

MUENCHENER RUECKVERSICHERUNGS-GESE 0.27%

INVESTOR CLASS B 0.25%

NORDEA BANK 0.20%

ATLAS COPCO CLASS A 0.18%

VOLVO CLASS B 0.17%

Only in SPDW

SAMSUNG ELECTR GDR REG S 2.68%

SK HYNIX INC 2.21%

MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GRO 0.82%

SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GR 0.49%

NOVO NORDISK A/S B 0.36%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS PREF 0.35%

MUENCHENER RUECKVER AG REG 0.23%

INVESTOR AB B SHS 0.23%

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On the same fields

IDEV

iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF

SPDW

State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares State Street

What it is Tracks the MSCI International Developed Markets Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +14.5% +19.7%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 −2.7 pts +2.4 pts

Expense ratio 0.04% 0.03%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 2287 2448

Net assets, IDEV as of Oct 9, 2026 and SPDW as of Oct 8, 2026 $33.1bn $40.5bn

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

IDEV in plain words

IDEV tracks the MSCI International Developed Markets. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +14.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% 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 2,287 positions, with the top ten at 10.8%. It sat 4.9% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

SPDW in plain words

SPDW tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +19.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% 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 2,448 positions, with the top ten at 12.9%. It sat 4.5% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IDEV or SPDW?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IDEV returned +14.5% and SPDW +19.7%.
Which is cheaper, IDEV or SPDW?: SPDW is cheaper, by 0.01 percentage points a year. That is about $1 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IDEV and SPDW overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IDEV and 0% of SPDW by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

IDEV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IDEV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IDEV ↗SPDW filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SPDW prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗State Street 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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