ETF comparison
ACWXvsIXUS
Both International Total.
iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF
Holdings overlap
1,718 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ACWX and IXUS would leave roughly85.3%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — seewhat we don't scorefor why.
Cost difference
IXUS is 25 bps cheaper than ACWX. On a $100,000 position that's about $250/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 IXUS.
Top shared holdings
1,718 shared in total| # | Holding | In ACWX | In IXUS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 4.67% | 4.02% | 4.02% |
| 2 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 1.95% | 1.68% | 1.68% |
| 3 | ASML Holding N.V. | 1.54% | 1.32% | 1.32% |
| 4 | SK hynix Inc. | 1.33% | 1.15% | 1.15% |
| 5 | Tencent Holdings Limited | 1.07% | 0.91% | 0.91% |
| 6 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 0.86% | 0.74% | 0.74% |
| 7 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 0.80% | 0.69% | 0.69% |
| 8 | Roche Holding AG | 0.78% | 0.68% | 0.68% |
| 9 | Alibaba Group Holding Limited | 0.79% | 0.67% | 0.67% |
| 10 | Novartis AG | 0.76% | 0.66% | 0.66% |
| 11 | Nestle S.A. | 0.71% | 0.61% | 0.61% |
| 12 | SHELL PLC | 0.71% | 0.61% | 0.61% |
Only in ACWX
10 total- Suzhou Dongshan Precision Manufacturing Co., Ltd0.01%
- ORIENT SECURITIES COMPANY LIMITED0.01%
- Wus Printed Circuit Kunshan Co Ltd0.01%
- Zabka Group SA0.01%
- Lens Technology Co.,Ltd.0.01%
- Ningbo Deye Technology Co Ltd0.00%
- PORTO SEGURO S.A.0.00%
- Eastroc Beverage (Group) Co Ltd0.00%
- Shandong Hongqiao Aluminum Industry Holding Company Limited0.00%
- APT Medical Inc0.00%
Only in IXUS
2,436 total- Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.0.04%
- Mitsui Kinzoku Company, Limited0.04%
- Resonac Holdings Corporation0.04%
- MPI CORPORATION0.04%
- PLS GROUP LIMITED0.03%
- ENLIGHT RENEWABLE ENERGY LTD0.03%
- DIPLOMA PLC0.03%
- Accelleron Industries AG0.03%
- Phison Electronics Corporation0.03%
- Equinox Gold Corp.0.03%
Open ACWX or IXUS at a brokerage
Both funds trade commission-free at major US brokerages.
Affiliate links — opening an account through these earns PlainIndex a one-time referral. Scoring is computed before any affiliate consideration; see our methodologyand funding disclosure.
Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see/methodology/.
Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.