ETF comparison
ACWV vs EFAV
Both Low Volatility Factor.
iShares MSCI Global Min Vol Factor ETF · iShares MSCI EAFE Min Vol Factor ETF
Holdings overlap
72 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ACWV and EFAV would leave roughly 17.2% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
Expense ratios are effectively identical (0.20% vs 0.20%).
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 ACWV vs EFAV.
Top shared holdings
72 shared in total| # | Holding | In ACWV | In EFAV | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Novartis AG | 1.00% | 1.36% | 1.00% |
| 2 | KDDI Corp | 0.98% | 0.97% | 0.97% |
| 3 | Orange SA | 0.83% | 1.43% | 0.83% |
| 4 | SoftBank Corp | 0.82% | 1.07% | 0.82% |
| 5 | Deutsche Telekom AG | 1.10% | 0.62% | 0.62% |
| 6 | NTT Inc | 0.61% | 0.65% | 0.61% |
| 7 | Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd | 0.56% | 1.40% | 0.56% |
| 8 | Swisscom AG | 0.50% | 1.41% | 0.50% |
| 9 | East Japan Railway Co | 0.49% | 0.91% | 0.49% |
| 10 | Central Japan Railway Co | 0.47% | 0.72% | 0.47% |
| 11 | Koninklijke KPN NV | 0.46% | 0.86% | 0.46% |
| 12 | Canon Inc | 0.54% | 0.45% | 0.45% |
Only in ACWV
309 total- Johnson & Johnson 1.76%
- Cisco Systems Inc 1.56%
- Cencora Inc 1.42%
- McKesson Corp 1.40%
- Motorola Solutions Inc 1.34%
- Duke Energy Corp 1.25%
- Southern Co/The 1.11%
- McDonald's Corp 1.07%
- Waste Management Inc 1.07%
- Republic Services Inc 1.04%
Only in EFAV
172 total- ENI S.P.A. 1.68%
- TOTALENERGIES SE 1.67%
- EQUINOR ASA 1.59%
- SHELL PLC 1.57%
- Iberdrola, S.A. 1.51%
- Zurich Insurance Group AG 1.34%
- UNILEVER PLC 1.10%
- Swiss Prime Site AG 1.08%
- OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED 1.05%
- BAE SYSTEMS PLC 0.95%
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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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