ETF comparison

CWIvsIXUS

Both International Total.

State Street SPDR MSCI ACWI ex-US ETF · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
66.2%

1,064 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of CWI and IXUS would leave roughly66.2%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

CWI only 32.9%Shared 66.2%IXUS only 33.3%
In CWI only
69 positions
Shared
1,064 positions
In IXUS only
3,090 positions

Side by side

CWI

State Street SPDR MSCI ACWI ex-US ETF

State Street · International Total

76composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.30%
Net assets
$2.88B
TTM yield
2.67%
Top-10 conc.
19.0%
IXUS

iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF

iShares · International Total

92composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.070%
Net assets
$60.64B
TTM yield
2.91%
Top-10 conc.
12.5%

Sub-score comparison

70
Cost
93
78
Tax efficiency
77
77
Liquidity
100
87
Concentration
96
Tracking quality
CWIsub-scoreIXUS

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Cost difference

IXUS is 23 bps cheaper than CWI. On a $100,000 position that's about $230/yr more in fees for CWI.

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 CWI vs IXUS.

Top shared holdings

1,064 shared in total
#HoldingIn CWIIn IXUSOverlap
1ASML Holding NV2.12%1.32%1.32%
2SK hynix Inc2.56%1.15%1.15%
3Tencent Holdings Ltd0.89%0.91%0.89%
4HSBC Holdings PLC0.95%0.74%0.74%
5AstraZeneca PLC0.76%0.69%0.69%
6Roche Holding AG0.82%0.68%0.68%
7Novartis AG0.79%0.66%0.66%
8Nestle SA0.72%0.61%0.61%
9Shell PLC0.60%0.61%0.60%
10Royal Bank of Canada0.90%0.59%0.59%
11Siemens AG0.69%0.53%0.53%
12Alibaba Group Holding Ltd0.52%0.67%0.52%

Only in CWI

69 total
  • Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd5.38%
  • Samsung Electronics Co Ltd2.90%
  • Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd0.30%
  • Reliance Industries Ltd0.25%
  • United Microelectronics Corp0.24%
  • ICICI Bank Ltd0.19%
  • Itau Unibanco Holding SA0.16%
  • Petroleo Brasileiro SA - Petrobras0.16%
  • Vale SA0.14%
  • Delta Electronics Thailand PCL0.11%

Only in IXUS

3,090 total
  • Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited4.02%
  • Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.1.68%
  • RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED0.22%
  • HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.0.21%
  • ICICI BANK LIMITED0.17%
  • Itau Unibanco Holding S.A.0.11%
  • Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras)0.11%
  • Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras)0.10%
  • INFOSYS LIMITED0.10%
  • Delta Electronics (Thailand) Public Company Limited0.07%

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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/.

Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.