ETF comparison
ACWXvsCWI
Both International Total.
iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF · State Street SPDR MSCI ACWI ex-US ETF
Holdings overlap
1,056 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ACWX and CWI would leave roughly73.3%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
CWI is 2 bps cheaper than ACWX. On a $100,000 position that's about $20/yr more in fees for ACWX.
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open thecost calculator pre-filled with ACWX vs CWI.
Top shared holdings
1,056 shared in total| # | Holding | In ACWX | In CWI | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASML Holding N.V. | 1.54% | 2.12% | 1.54% |
| 2 | SK hynix Inc. | 1.33% | 2.56% | 1.33% |
| 3 | Tencent Holdings Limited | 1.07% | 0.89% | 0.89% |
| 4 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 0.86% | 0.95% | 0.86% |
| 5 | Roche Holding AG | 0.78% | 0.82% | 0.78% |
| 6 | Novartis AG | 0.76% | 0.79% | 0.76% |
| 7 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 0.80% | 0.76% | 0.76% |
| 8 | Nestle S.A. | 0.71% | 0.72% | 0.71% |
| 9 | ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | 0.69% | 0.90% | 0.69% |
| 10 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 0.62% | 0.69% | 0.62% |
| 11 | SHELL PLC | 0.71% | 0.60% | 0.60% |
| 12 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 0.57% | 0.61% | 0.57% |
Only in ACWX
672 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited4.67%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.1.95%
- HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.0.25%
- RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED0.25%
- ICICI BANK LIMITED0.19%
- Itau Unibanco Holding S.A.0.13%
- Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras)0.12%
- INFOSYS LIMITED0.11%
- Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras)0.11%
- MAHINDRA AND MAHINDRA LIMITED0.08%
Only in CWI
77 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd5.38%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd2.90%
- Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd0.30%
- Reliance Industries Ltd0.25%
- United Microelectronics Corp0.24%
- ICICI Bank Ltd0.19%
- Itau Unibanco Holding SA0.16%
- Petroleo Brasileiro SA - Petrobras0.16%
- Vale SA0.14%
- Delta Electronics Thailand PCL0.11%
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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see/methodology/.
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