iShares MSCI ACWI ETF vs Msci Inc — how do they compare? iShares MSCI ACWI ETF trades at $161.26, while Msci Inc trades at $562 (market cap $40.84B). The key difference: Msci Inc pays a 1.46% dividend while iShares MSCI ACWI ETF pays none, and iShares MSCI ACWI ETF is trading nearer its 52-week high, Msci Inc nearer its low. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| ACWI | MSCI | |
|---|---|---|
52-Week High | $161.44 | $643.83 |
52-Week Low | $132.04 | $511.84 |
Market Cap | — | $40.84B |
Sector | — | Financials |
Enterprise Value | — | $47.00B |
Dividend Yield | — | 1.46% |
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The fund generally will invest at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of its underlying index and in investments that have economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the component securities of its underlying index. The index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index designed to measure the combined equity market performance of developed and emerging markets countries.
Read more on ACWI →MSCI describes its mission as enabling investors to build better portfolios for a better world. MSCI's largest and most profitable segment is its index segment, where it provides benchmarking to asset managers and asset owners. In addition, it boasts over $1 trillion in ETF assets linked to MSCI indexes. The MSCI analytics segment provides portfolio management and risk management analytics software to asset managers and asset owners. MSCI's all other segment was broken out into ESG and climate and private assets segments in 2021. In ESG and climate, MSCI provides ESG data to the investment industry. In the private assets side, MSCI provides real restate reporting, market data, benchmarking, and analytics to investors and real estate managers.
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