ETF comparison
ACWX vs VSGX
Both International Total.
iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF · Vanguard ESG International Stock ETF
Holdings overlap
1,215 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ACWX and VSGX would leave roughly 67.4% 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 the cost calculator pre-filled with ACWX vs VSGX.
Top shared holdings
1,215 shared in total| # | Holding | In ACWX | In VSGX | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 4.67% | 4.76% | 4.67% |
| 2 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 1.95% | 2.21% | 1.95% |
| 3 | ASML Holding N.V. | 1.54% | 1.80% | 1.54% |
| 4 | SK hynix Inc. | 1.33% | 1.26% | 1.26% |
| 5 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 0.80% | 0.99% | 0.80% |
| 6 | Alibaba Group Holding Limited | 0.79% | 1.02% | 0.79% |
| 7 | Novartis AG | 0.76% | 1.01% | 0.76% |
| 8 | Nestle S.A. | 0.71% | 0.87% | 0.71% |
| 9 | ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | 0.69% | 0.74% | 0.69% |
| 10 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 0.62% | 0.67% | 0.62% |
| 11 | COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA | 0.57% | 0.65% | 0.57% |
| 12 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 0.57% | 0.64% | 0.57% |
Only in ACWX
513 total- Tencent Holdings Limited 1.07%
- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.86%
- Roche Holding AG 0.78%
- SHELL PLC 0.71%
- BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.55%
- TOTALENERGIES SE 0.50%
- THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK 0.50%
- SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SE 0.47%
- Siemens Energy AG 0.45%
- ABB Ltd 0.44%
Only in VSGX
5,348 total- Roche Holding AG 1.05%
- L'Oreal SA 0.20%
- Waste Connections Inc 0.14%
- Amrize Ltd 0.10%
- Ashtead Group PLC 0.09%
- Delta Electronics Thailand PCL 0.08%
- Sampo Oyj 0.08%
- Investor AB 0.07%
- Toyota Industries Corp 0.07%
- First Majestic Silver Corp 0.05%
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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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