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
858 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ACWX and VEA would leave roughly 70.7% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
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
858 shared in total| # | Holding | In ACWX | In VEA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 1.95% | 1.88% | 1.88% |
| 2 | ASML Holding N.V. | 1.54% | 1.77% | 1.54% |
| 3 | SK hynix Inc. | 1.33% | 1.05% | 1.05% |
| 4 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 0.86% | 0.97% | 0.86% |
| 5 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 0.80% | 1.01% | 0.80% |
| 6 | Roche Holding AG | 0.78% | 0.96% | 0.78% |
| 7 | Novartis AG | 0.76% | 1.01% | 0.76% |
| 8 | Nestle S.A. | 0.71% | 0.87% | 0.71% |
| 9 | SHELL PLC | 0.71% | 0.90% | 0.71% |
| 10 | ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | 0.69% | 0.78% | 0.69% |
| 11 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 0.62% | 0.61% | 0.61% |
| 12 | COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA | 0.57% | 0.67% | 0.57% |
Only in ACWX
870 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 4.67%
- Tencent Holdings Limited 1.07%
- Alibaba Group Holding Limited 0.79%
- DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. 0.37%
- MediaTek Inc. 0.35%
- CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION 0.31%
- HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0.25%
- RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED 0.25%
- HDFC BANK LIMITED 0.25%
- PDD Holdings Inc. 0.19%
Only in VEA
3,023 total- Air Liquide SA 0.23%
- L'Oreal SA 0.19%
- Waste Connections Inc 0.14%
- Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd 0.12%
- Engie SA 0.11%
- Amrize Ltd 0.09%
- Sampo Oyj 0.08%
- Investor AB 0.05%
- Furukawa Electric Co Ltd 0.04%
- Resonac Holdings Corp 0.04%
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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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