ETF comparison
ACWXvsVSGX
Both International Total.
iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF · Vanguard ESG International Stock ETF
Holdings overlap
1,220 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ACWX and VSGX would leave roughly68.9%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VSGX is 22 bps cheaper than ACWX. On a $100,000 position that's about $220/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 VSGX.
Top shared holdings
1,220 shared in total| # | Holding | In ACWX | In VSGX | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 4.67% | 5.46% | 4.67% |
| 2 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 1.95% | 3.00% | 1.95% |
| 3 | ASML Holding N.V. | 1.54% | 1.90% | 1.54% |
| 4 | SK hynix Inc. | 1.33% | 2.55% | 1.33% |
| 5 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 0.80% | 0.84% | 0.80% |
| 6 | Alibaba Group Holding Limited | 0.79% | 0.84% | 0.79% |
| 7 | Roche Holding AG | 0.78% | 0.90% | 0.78% |
| 8 | Novartis AG | 0.76% | 0.87% | 0.76% |
| 9 | Nestle S.A. | 0.71% | 0.79% | 0.71% |
| 10 | ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | 0.69% | 0.81% | 0.69% |
| 11 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 0.62% | 0.70% | 0.62% |
| 12 | COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA | 0.57% | 0.60% | 0.57% |
Only in ACWX
508 total- Tencent Holdings Limited1.07%
- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC0.86%
- SHELL PLC0.71%
- BHP GROUP LIMITED0.55%
- TOTALENERGIES SE0.50%
- THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK0.50%
- SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SE0.47%
- Siemens Energy AG0.45%
- ABB Ltd0.44%
- Hitachi, Ltd.0.41%
Only in VSGX
5,343 total- L'Oreal SA0.18%
- Waste Connections Inc0.12%
- Delta Electronics Thailand PCL0.09%
- Sampo Oyj0.07%
- Furukawa Electric Co Ltd0.07%
- Resonac Holdings Corp0.06%
- Investor AB0.06%
- MPI Corp0.05%
- Winbond Electronics Corp0.05%
- PLS Group Ltd0.04%
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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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