ETF comparison
ACWX vs VWO
International Total vs International Emerging.
iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF · Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
970 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ACWX and VWO would leave roughly 24.3% 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
VWO is 26 bps cheaper than ACWX. On a $100,000 position that's about $260/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 VWO.
Top shared holdings
970 shared in total| # | Holding | In ACWX | In VWO | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 4.93% | 15.56% | 4.93% |
| 2 | Tencent Holdings Limited | 1.02% | 3.31% | 1.02% |
| 3 | Alibaba Group Holding Limited | 0.69% | 2.41% | 0.69% |
| 4 | MediaTek Inc. | 0.42% | 1.36% | 0.42% |
| 5 | CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION | 0.27% | 0.90% | 0.27% |
| 6 | DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. | 0.26% | 0.82% | 0.26% |
| 7 | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 0.25% | 0.81% | 0.25% |
| 8 | HDFC BANK LIMITED | 0.24% | 0.78% | 0.24% |
| 9 | RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED | 0.22% | 0.80% | 0.22% |
| 10 | ICICI BANK LIMITED | 0.22% | 0.69% | 0.22% |
| 11 | INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED | 0.17% | 0.66% | 0.17% |
| 12 | XIAOMI CORPORATION | 0.17% | 0.55% | 0.17% |
Only in ACWX
899 total- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 2.20%
- ASML Holding N.V. 1.73%
- SK hynix Inc. 1.70%
- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.98%
- Roche Holding AG 0.83%
- ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.79%
- Novartis AG 0.77%
- ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.70%
- Nestle S.A. 0.70%
- SHELL PLC 0.69%
Only in VWO
4,010 total- Delta Electronics Thailand PCL 0.20%
- PTT PCL 0.12%
- Nanya Technology Corp 0.11%
- Winbond Electronics Corp 0.10%
- Kasikornbank PCL 0.09%
- Advanced Info Service PCL 0.09%
- Phison Electronics Corp 0.08%
- Banca Transilvania SA 0.07%
- Taiwan Union Technology Corp 0.07%
- Gulf Development PCL 0.07%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with ACWX
- ACWX vs VEU · Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Index Fund ETF Shares 88.9%
- ACWX vs IXUS · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF 86.4%
- ACWX vs VXUS · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares 81.3%
- ACWX vs CWI · State Street SPDR MSCI ACWI ex-US ETF 74.7%
- ACWX vs VEA · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares 71.3%
- ACWX vs VSGX · Vanguard ESG International Stock ETF 70.3%
More comparisons with VWO
- VWO vs IXUS · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF 24.1%
- VWO vs DFAX · Dimensional World ex U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF 23.2%
- VWO vs MCHI · iShares MSCI China ETF 20.3%
- VWO vs AVES · Avantis Emerging Markets Value ETF 20.2%
- VWO vs CWI · State Street SPDR MSCI ACWI ex-US ETF 15.4%
- VWO vs FLIN · Franklin FTSE India ETF 14.7%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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