ETF comparison
ACWX vs VXUS
Both International Total.
iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
1,803 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ACWX and VXUS would leave roughly 81.3% 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
VXUS is 27 bps cheaper than ACWX. On a $100,000 position that's about $270/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 VXUS.
Top shared holdings
1,803 shared in total| # | Holding | In ACWX | In VXUS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 4.93% | 4.10% | 4.10% |
| 2 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 2.20% | 1.83% | 1.83% |
| 3 | ASML Holding N.V. | 1.73% | 1.45% | 1.45% |
| 4 | SK hynix Inc. | 1.70% | 1.43% | 1.43% |
| 5 | Tencent Holdings Limited | 1.02% | 0.87% | 0.87% |
| 6 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 0.98% | 0.83% | 0.83% |
| 7 | Roche Holding AG | 0.83% | 0.70% | 0.70% |
| 8 | ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | 0.79% | 0.67% | 0.67% |
| 9 | Novartis AG | 0.77% | 0.66% | 0.66% |
| 10 | Alibaba Group Holding Limited | 0.69% | 0.63% | 0.63% |
| 11 | Nestle S.A. | 0.70% | 0.59% | 0.59% |
| 12 | SHELL PLC | 0.69% | 0.58% | 0.58% |
Only in ACWX
66 total- SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S.A. 0.20%
- Nu Holdings Ltd. 0.14%
- TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LIMITED 0.11%
- SEA LIMITED 0.11%
- Nebius Group N.V. 0.10%
- CREDICORP LTD. 0.07%
- Delta Electronics (Thailand) Public Company Limited 0.07%
- AerCap Holdings N.V. 0.07%
- SOUTHERN COPPER CORPORATION 0.04%
- HonPrecision Inc 0.04%
Only in VXUS
6,933 total- Air Liquide SA 0.18%
- L'Oreal SA 0.15%
- Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF 0.12%
- Waste Connections Inc 0.10%
- Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd 0.09%
- Engie SA 0.08%
- Amrize Ltd 0.06%
- Sampo Oyj 0.06%
- Delta Electronics Thailand PCL 0.05%
- Investor AB 0.05%
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- 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%
- ACWX vs VT · Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund ETF Shares 31.9%
More comparisons with VXUS
- VXUS vs VSGX · Vanguard ESG International Stock ETF 71.9%
- VXUS vs VEA · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares 71.1%
- VXUS vs SCHF · Schwab International Equity ETF 65.2%
- VXUS vs SPDW · State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF 64.8%
- VXUS vs CWI · State Street SPDR MSCI ACWI ex-US ETF 63.8%
- VXUS vs IDEV · iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF 62.8%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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