ACWI vs. IXUS, IUSG, VXUS, IUSV, MCHI, ACWX, and AAXJ
Should you be buying iShares MSCI ACWI ETF stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of iShares MSCI ACWI ETF include iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF (IXUS), iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF (IUSG), Vanguard Total Intl Stock Idx Fund (VXUS), iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF (IUSV), iShares MSCI China ETF (MCHI), iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (ACWX), and iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF (AAXJ).
iShares MSCI ACWI ETF vs.
iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:IXUS) and iShares MSCI ACWI ETF (NASDAQ:ACWI) are both large-cap manufacturing companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, valuation and profitability.
iShares MSCI ACWI ETF received 33 more outperform votes than iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.38% of users gave iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF an outperform vote while only 61.07% of users gave iShares MSCI ACWI ETF an outperform vote.
In the previous week, iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF and iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF both had 6 articles in the media. iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat iShares MSCI ACWI ETF's score of 1.05 indicating that iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF is being referred to more favorably in the media.
iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, iShares MSCI ACWI ETF has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
35.5% of iShares MSCI ACWI ETF shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF pays an annual dividend of $1.43 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. iShares MSCI ACWI ETF pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%.
Summary
iShares MSCI ACWI ETF beats iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF on 4 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.
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