ETF comparison
ACWX vs VEA
International Total vs International Developed.
iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
839 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ACWX and VEA would leave roughly 71.3% 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
VEA is 29 bps cheaper than ACWX. On a $100,000 position that's about $290/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 VEA.
Top shared holdings
839 shared in total| # | Holding | In ACWX | In VEA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASML Holding N.V. | 1.73% | 2.36% | 1.73% |
| 2 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 2.20% | 1.55% | 1.55% |
| 3 | SK hynix Inc. | 1.70% | 1.39% | 1.39% |
| 4 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 0.98% | 1.00% | 0.98% |
| 5 | Roche Holding AG | 0.83% | 0.89% | 0.83% |
| 6 | ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | 0.79% | 0.90% | 0.79% |
| 7 | Novartis AG | 0.77% | 0.90% | 0.77% |
| 8 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 0.70% | 0.87% | 0.70% |
| 9 | Nestle S.A. | 0.70% | 0.82% | 0.70% |
| 10 | SHELL PLC | 0.69% | 0.67% | 0.67% |
| 11 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 0.66% | 0.73% | 0.66% |
| 12 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 0.65% | 0.67% | 0.65% |
Only in ACWX
1,030 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 4.93%
- Tencent Holdings Limited 1.02%
- Alibaba Group Holding Limited 0.69%
- MediaTek Inc. 0.42%
- CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION 0.27%
- DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. 0.26%
- HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0.25%
- HDFC BANK LIMITED 0.24%
- RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED 0.22%
- ICICI BANK LIMITED 0.22%
Only in VEA
3,023 total- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.61%
- Air Liquide SA 0.22%
- L'Oreal SA 0.18%
- Waste Connections Inc 0.13%
- Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd 0.12%
- Engie SA 0.09%
- Amrize Ltd 0.08%
- Sampo Oyj 0.08%
- Investor AB 0.05%
- Kokusai Electric Corp 0.05%
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- ACWX vs VT · Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund ETF Shares 31.9%
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- VEA vs VXUS · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares 71.1%
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- VEA vs DBEF · Xtrackers MSCI EAFE Hedged Equity ETF 65.7%
- VEA vs EFA · iShares MSCI EAFE ETF 65.5%
- VEA vs VSGX · Vanguard ESG International Stock ETF 64.8%
- VEA vs CWI · State Street SPDR MSCI ACWI ex-US ETF 64.7%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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