ETF comparison
ACWX vs CWI
Both International Total.
iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF · State Street SPDR MSCI ACWI ex-US ETF
Holdings overlap
1,046 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ACWX and CWI would leave roughly 74.7% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.
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 the cost calculator pre-filled with ACWX vs CWI.
Top shared holdings
1,046 shared in total| # | Holding | In ACWX | In CWI | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASML Holding N.V. | 1.73% | 2.12% | 1.73% |
| 2 | SK hynix Inc. | 1.70% | 2.56% | 1.70% |
| 3 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 0.98% | 0.95% | 0.95% |
| 4 | Tencent Holdings Limited | 1.02% | 0.89% | 0.89% |
| 5 | Roche Holding AG | 0.83% | 0.82% | 0.82% |
| 6 | ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | 0.79% | 0.90% | 0.79% |
| 7 | Novartis AG | 0.77% | 0.79% | 0.77% |
| 8 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 0.70% | 0.76% | 0.70% |
| 9 | Nestle S.A. | 0.70% | 0.72% | 0.70% |
| 10 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 0.66% | 0.69% | 0.66% |
| 11 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 0.65% | 0.61% | 0.61% |
| 12 | SHELL PLC | 0.69% | 0.60% | 0.60% |
Only in ACWX
823 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 4.93%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 2.20%
- HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0.25%
- RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED 0.22%
- ICICI BANK LIMITED 0.22%
- Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. 0.13%
- United Microelectronics Corporation 0.11%
- Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) 0.10%
- INFOSYS LIMITED 0.10%
- Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) 0.10%
Only in CWI
86 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 5.38%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 2.90%
- Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd 0.30%
- Reliance Industries Ltd 0.25%
- United Microelectronics Corp 0.24%
- ICICI Bank Ltd 0.19%
- Itau Unibanco Holding SA 0.16%
- Petroleo Brasileiro SA - Petrobras 0.16%
- Vale SA 0.14%
- Delta Electronics Thailand PCL 0.11%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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