SMCWX vs VT (2026)
American Funds Smallcap World Fund Class A and Vanguard Total World Stock ETF side by side. VT is the cheaper fund (0.06% vs 1.03% expense ratio). Over the last five years VT returned more (+60.22% vs +0.06%, total return). Their portfolios overlap by about 2% of weight. Not investment advice.
Fund facts#
Data provided bySource: Twelve DataReturns as of market close, Oct 30, 2026. The charts run through the Oct 30 close.
| SMCWX | VT | |
|---|---|---|
| Focus | International Stock Funds | Global Equity |
| Expense ratio | 1.03% | 0.06% |
| AUM | $94.6B | $73.8B |
| Distribution yield | — | 1.55% |
| Holdings | 809 | 9762 |
| 1M total | -3.4% | -1.6% |
| YTD total | +7.2% | +11.1% |
| 1Y total | +9.5% | +12.5% |
| 3Y total | +51.2% | +82.5% |
| 5Y total | +0.1% | +60.2% |
| 10Y total | — | +221% |
| 3Y total CAGR | +14.8%/yr | +22.2%/yr |
| 5Y total CAGR | +0.0%/yr | +9.9%/yr |
| 10Y total CAGR | — | +12.4%/yr |
| Issuer | Capital Group | Vanguard |
| Inception | — | 2008-06-24 |
All returns are total returns (dividends reinvested), through the latest price during the session. CAGR = compound annual growth rate. '—' means the fund's history doesn't span the horizon. A mutual fund's AUM is its whole fund's, every share class together (its SEC filing); an ETF's is its own. Returns run to Oct 30, 2026, the last month-end, as fund companies report a mutual fund's: a fund that pays monthly books each month's income on its last business day, so a return to a later day would leave that month's income out.
Annualized returns (CAGR)#
Data provided bySource: Twelve DataCompound annual growth rate per holding period, total return, from weekly adjusted closes. Horizons a fund's history can't span show no bar; horizons no fund spans are omitted.
Performance, rebased#
Data provided bySource: Twelve DataReturns by year#
Data provided bySource: Twelve Data| Year | SMCWX | VT |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | — | +24.5% |
| 2018 | — | -9.8% |
| 2019 | — | +26.8% |
| 2020 | +37.5% | +16.6% |
| 2021 | +10.3% | +18.3% |
| 2022 | -29.9% | -18.0% |
| 2023 | +18.9% | +22.0% |
| 2024 | +2.3% | +16.5% |
| 2025 | +14.1% | +22.4% |
| 2026 YTD | +7.2% | +11.1% |
Total returns (dividends reinvested), calendar years.
Returns by year, charted#
Holdings overlap#
SMCWX and VT overlap by about 2% of portfolio weight — 259 shared holdings out of 809 in SMCWX and 9762 in VT, from each fund's latest SEC filing (Jun 30, 2026 / Jul 31, 2026).
Top 10 holdings, side by side#
Merged top 10 across the funds — each column is the holding's % of that fund.
Sector weights#
| Sector | SMCWX | VT |
|---|---|---|
| Technology | 8.0% | 24.0% |
| Industrials | 11.6% | 6.1% |
| Consumer Discretionary | 10.7% | 7.3% |
| Financials | 5.9% | 10.0% |
| Healthcare | 7.1% | 7.6% |
| Communication Services | 0.3% | 5.1% |
| Consumer Staples | 1.0% | 3.3% |
| Energy | 0.9% | 2.6% |
| Materials | 0.5% | 1.7% |
| Utilities | 1.5% | 1.5% |
| Real Estate | 0.4% | 1.4% |
| Not on ChartRow | 52.0% | 29.3% |
Sector weights, charted#
Growth from any starting date#
Data provided bySource: Twelve DataHover to move the starting point — every fund rebases to 1× at that date, so the comparison holds from any entry point back to 2019 (the earliest date all 2 funds existed). Log scale, weekly total returns.
Fund flows#
| Period | SMCWX | VT |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 2026 | — | +$1.7B |
| Jun 2026 | −$496.9M | +$2.1B |
| May 2026 | +$175M | +$1.2B |
| Apr 2026 | −$1.1B | +$3.1B |
| Mar 2026 | — | +$1.3B |
| Feb 2026 | — | +$1.6B |
Net creations minus redemptions, derived from consecutive SEC N-PORT filings. The form only exists since mid-2019.
Fund flows, charted#
Methodology#
Returns are total returns (dividends reinvested) from daily adjusted closes. Holdings, overlap, sector weights and flows derive from each fund's public SEC filings (Form N-PORT), anchored on the latest filing and rolled forward daily by price moves. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight across shared holdings. See each fund's full holdings: SMCWX holdings · VT holdings. Past performance does not predict future returns; not investment advice.
FAQ#
- SMCWX or VT — which is better?
- VT is the cheaper fund (0.06% vs 1.03% expense ratio). Over the last five years VT returned more (+60.22% vs +0.06%, total return). Their portfolios overlap by about 2% of weight. SMCWX, a managed fund, against VT, the index it is measured by — what the manager added, or cost, after fees.
- How much do SMCWX and VT overlap?
- SMCWX and VT overlap by about 2% of portfolio weight, sharing 259 holdings (per each fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing, weights rolled forward to today).
- Is ChartRow affiliated with any of these funds?
- No. ChartRow is independent and not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Capital Group, Vanguard. Comparisons are derived independently from public SEC filings and market data; not investment advice.