iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF
$75.21+0.06 (+0.08%)
- 0.32%
- $17.6B
- +20.7%
- 2.53%
- 2.9M sh
- $75.26
- low $56.39high $78.78
The ETF.net ACWX Grade
B
Score 59 out of 100
- 5 of 8
Score 59 of 100 falls in the B band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.
Cost
The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.F23 out of 100Rank 7 of 8Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A100 out of 100Rank 1 of 7Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.C54 out of 100Rank 1 of 8Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.A81 out of 100Rank 1 of 8Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.C43 out of 100Rank 7 of 8Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.B62 out of 100Rank 4 of 8
Our read on ACWX
BOne ticker for everything outside America: roughly 1,900 large and mid-cap stocks across developed and emerging markets, running since 2008. The convenience is real, and so is the price tag next to its cheaper index cousins.
The Fund seeks to track an index of large- and mid-capitalization non-U.S. equities. Its index covers developed and emerging markets excluding the United States, and the Fund uses representative sampling while generally investing at least 80% in index components or substantially identical instruments.
Why people hold it
- Owns the world minus the US in a single trade: developed and emerging markets, large and mid caps, roughly 1,900 stocks.
- Trading since 2008 and now a multi-billion-dollar fund that changes hands actively, which matters when you want in or out without friction.
- No style drift. It keeps at least 80% in index components and stays a plain vanilla ex-US index fund, one of the cleaner implementations in its peer group.ishares.com
Worth knowing
- 0.32% a year sits above the peer median of 0.28%, and well above iShares' own IXUS (0.07%) or VEU (0.04%), which cover similar ground.
- Representative sampling means it holds a slice of the index rather than every name, so results can diverge somewhat from the benchmark.ishares.com
- Payouts land once or twice a year rather than quarterly, and the basket mixes emerging markets in with developed ones.
ACWX Holdings
- Stocks
- 1,897
- 17%
- 2330.TW
Sectors
- Financials24.5%
- Information Technology22.5%
- Industrials13.7%
- Consumer Discretionary7.4%
- Materials6.8%
- Health Care6.7%
- Energy5.0%
- Consumer Staples4.9%
- Communication4.3%
- Utilities3.0%
- Real Estate1.1%
Geography
- Japan16.21%
- Taiwan11.10%
- United Kingdom9.23%
- Canada9.15%
- Korea (South)7.91%
- China7.23%
- France5.97%
- Switzerland5.92%
- 27.29%
Developed 68% · Emerging 32%
ACWX Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
ACWX$12,065
Returns run to the Oct 12, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | ACWX |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +13.2% |
| 1 month | −2.7% |
| 3 months | −0.8% |
| 1 year | +20.7% |
| 3 years | +20.2% |
| 5 years | +9.3% |
| 10 years | +9.2% |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | ACWX |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +13.2% | |
| 2025 | +32.6% | |
| 2024 | +5.2% | |
| 2023 | +15.7% | |
| 2022 | −16.0% | |
| 2021 | +7.7% | |
| 2020 | +10.3% |
ACWX in the news
ACWX Dividends
- 2.53%
- $1.90
- $0.85 per share
- Twice a year
Distribution history
ACWX Risk
- 11.9%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- 1.26
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −29.1%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 0.84
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
ACWX Cost
0.32%
ACWX0.32%
- The middle half of Total International Market funds
- Median 0.23%
6 of the 8 Total International Market funds charge less.
Other funds in Total International Market
- AVEUVanguard FTSE All-World ex-US ETFExpense ratio 0.04%1 year return +20.6%
- AIXUSiShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETFExpense ratio 0.07%1 year return +20.2%
- BDFAXDimensional World ex U.S. Core Equity 2 ETFExpense ratio 0.28%1 year return +23.3%
- BCWIState Street SPDR MSCI ACWI ex-US ETFExpense ratio 0.30%1 year return +20.1%
- BGXUSGoldman Sachs MarketBeta Total International Equity ETFExpense ratio 0.18%1 year return +21.3%