ETF comparison
ACWX vs IXUS
Both International Total.
iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF
Holdings overlap
1,788 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ACWX and IXUS would leave roughly 86.4% 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
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 the cost calculator pre-filled with ACWX vs IXUS.
Top shared holdings
1,788 shared in total| # | Holding | In ACWX | In IXUS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 4.93% | 4.29% | 4.29% |
| 2 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 2.20% | 1.92% | 1.92% |
| 3 | ASML Holding N.V. | 1.73% | 1.51% | 1.51% |
| 4 | SK hynix Inc. | 1.70% | 1.48% | 1.48% |
| 5 | Tencent Holdings Limited | 1.02% | 0.88% | 0.88% |
| 6 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 0.98% | 0.86% | 0.86% |
| 7 | Roche Holding AG | 0.83% | 0.72% | 0.72% |
| 8 | ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | 0.79% | 0.69% | 0.69% |
| 9 | Novartis AG | 0.77% | 0.68% | 0.68% |
| 10 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 0.70% | 0.60% | 0.60% |
| 11 | Nestle S.A. | 0.70% | 0.60% | 0.60% |
| 12 | Alibaba Group Holding Limited | 0.69% | 0.60% | 0.60% |
Only in ACWX
81 total- ORIENT SECURITIES COMPANY LIMITED 0.00%
- BANK OF HANGZHOU CO., LTD. 0.00%
- APT Medical Inc 0.00%
- Yunnan Aluminium Co., Ltd. 0.00%
- Chifeng Jilong Gold Mining Group Limited 0.00%
- GUOSEN SECURITIES CO., LTD. 0.00%
- BANK OF CHENGDU CO., LTD. 0.00%
- Everbright Securities Company Limited 0.00%
- Raytron Technology Co., Ltd. 0.00%
- YUTONG BUS CO., LTD. 0.00%
Only in IXUS
2,701 total- NANYA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0.03%
- DIPLOMA PLC 0.03%
- Winbond Electronics Corporation 0.03%
- BEAZLEY PLC 0.02%
- Hudbay Minerals Inc. 0.02%
- BLUESCOPE STEEL LIMITED 0.02%
- KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION 0.02%
- IMI PLC 0.02%
- Aritzia Inc. 0.02%
- Accelleron Industries AG 0.02%
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- ACWX vs VEA · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares 71.3%
- ACWX vs VSGX · Vanguard ESG International Stock ETF 70.3%
- ACWX vs IEFA · iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF 59.5%
- ACWX vs DFAX · Dimensional World ex U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF 47.6%
More comparisons with IXUS
- IXUS vs VEA · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares 71.7%
- IXUS vs VSGX · Vanguard ESG International Stock ETF 70.9%
- IXUS vs SPDW · State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF 68.6%
- IXUS vs SCHF · Schwab International Equity ETF 67.9%
- IXUS vs CWI · State Street SPDR MSCI ACWI ex-US ETF 67.7%
- IXUS vs IDEV · iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF 67.6%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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