ETF comparison
ACWV vs SCHD
Low Volatility Factor vs Dividend.
iShares MSCI Global Min Vol Factor ETF · Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF
Holdings overlap
17 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ACWV and SCHD would leave roughly 6.3% 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
SCHD is 14 bps cheaper than ACWV. On a $100,000 position that's about $140/yr more in fees for ACWV.
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 SCHD.
Top shared holdings
17 shared in total| # | Holding | In ACWV | In SCHD | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. | 0.84% | 3.96% | 0.84% |
| 2 | PEPSICO, INC. | 0.83% | 3.64% | 0.83% |
| 3 | THE COCA-COLA COMPANY | 0.81% | 4.16% | 0.81% |
| 4 | THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY | 0.76% | 3.82% | 0.76% |
| 5 | MERCK & CO., INC. | 0.59% | 4.76% | 0.59% |
| 6 | ABBOTT LABORATORIES | 0.45% | 4.68% | 0.45% |
| 7 | AMGEN INC. | 0.36% | 4.70% | 0.36% |
| 8 | THE HERSHEY COMPANY | 0.32% | 0.64% | 0.32% |
| 9 | LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION | 0.31% | 2.77% | 0.31% |
| 10 | GENERAL MILLS, INC. | 0.25% | 0.54% | 0.25% |
| 11 | ACCENTURE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY | 0.24% | 2.84% | 0.24% |
| 12 | UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED | 0.14% | 3.82% | 0.14% |
Only in ACWV
363 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%
- KDDI CORPORATION 1.04%
- THE SOUTHERN COMPANY 0.99%
Only in SCHD
82 total- ConocoPhillips 3.93%
- Home Depot Inc/The 3.87%
- Automatic Data Processing Inc 2.78%
- Blackstone Inc 2.59%
- QUALCOMM Inc 2.52%
- Comcast Corp 2.31%
- SLB Ltd 2.19%
- United Parcel Service Inc 1.89%
- EOG Resources Inc 1.88%
- Target Corp 1.78%
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- ACWV vs IJH · iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF 0.6%
- ACWV vs IJR · iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF 0.0%
- ACWV vs IWM · iShares Russell 2000 ETF 0.0%
- ACWV vs USMV · iShares MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF 53.5%
- ACWV vs DGRO · iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF 26.0%
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- SCHD vs MOAT · VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF 6.0%
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- SCHD vs IWR · iShares Russell Mid-Cap ETF 5.5%
- SCHD vs RDVY · First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF 5.4%
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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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