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
73 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ACWV and EFAV would leave roughly 17.7% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.
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
73 shared in total| # | Holding | In ACWV | In EFAV | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KDDI CORPORATION | 1.04% | 1.07% | 1.04% |
| 2 | Novartis AG | 0.85% | 1.41% | 0.85% |
| 3 | SoftBank Corp. | 0.83% | 1.05% | 0.83% |
| 4 | ORANGE SA | 0.65% | 1.07% | 0.65% |
| 5 | NTT, Inc. | 0.63% | 0.77% | 0.63% |
| 6 | Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited | 0.59% | 1.41% | 0.59% |
| 7 | Deutsche Telekom AG | 0.50% | 0.55% | 0.50% |
| 8 | argenx SE | 0.48% | 0.49% | 0.48% |
| 9 | KYOCERA CORPORATION | 0.52% | 0.48% | 0.48% |
| 10 | CANON INC. | 0.45% | 0.48% | 0.45% |
| 11 | Otsuka Holdings Co., Ltd. | 0.43% | 0.68% | 0.43% |
| 12 | East Japan Railway Company | 0.41% | 0.94% | 0.41% |
Only in ACWV
307 total- JOHNSON & JOHNSON 1.60%
- CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. 1.37%
- MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC. 1.33%
- MICROSOFT CORPORATION 1.30%
- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 1.20%
- CENCORA, INC. 1.16%
- DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION 1.13%
- BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 1.05%
- THE SOUTHERN COMPANY 0.99%
- WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC. 0.96%
Only in EFAV
180 total- SHELL PLC 1.51%
- EQUINOR ASA 1.47%
- TOTALENERGIES SE 1.38%
- Zurich Insurance Group AG 1.36%
- OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED 1.34%
- UNILEVER PLC 1.18%
- JAPAN TOBACCO INC. 1.07%
- Swiss Prime Site AG 1.00%
- POSTE ITALIANE - SOCIETA PER AZIONI 0.83%
- BAE SYSTEMS PLC 0.78%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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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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