ETF comparison

ACWV vs SPLV

Both Low Volatility Factor.

iShares MSCI Global Min Vol Factor ETF · Invesco S&P 500 Low Volatility ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
29.6 %

57 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ACWV and SPLV would leave roughly 29.6% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

ACWV only 70.3% Shared 29.6% SPLV only 70.6%
In ACWV only
324 positions
Shared
57 positions
In SPLV only
43 positions

Side by side

ACWV

iShares MSCI Global Min Vol Factor ETF

iShares · Low Volatility Factor

83 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.20%
Net assets
$3.24B
TTM yield
1.95%
Top-10 conc.
13.1%
SPLV

Invesco S&P 500 Low Volatility ETF

Invesco · Low Volatility Factor

84 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.25%
Net assets
$7.06B
TTM yield
2.13%
Top-10 conc.
13.7%

Sub-score comparison

80
Cost
75
84
Tax efficiency
84
79
Liquidity
93
96
Concentration
95
Tracking quality
ACWV sub-score SPLV

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

ACWV is 5 bps cheaper than SPLV. On a $100,000 position that's about $50/yr more in fees for SPLV.

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 SPLV.

Top shared holdings

57 shared in total
# Holding In ACWV In SPLV Overlap
1 Duke Energy Corp 1.25% 1.27% 1.25%
2 Southern Co/The 1.11% 1.31% 1.11%
3 Johnson & Johnson 1.76% 1.08% 1.08%
4 McDonald's Corp 1.07% 1.14% 1.07%
5 Waste Management Inc 1.07% 1.07% 1.07%
6 Republic Services Inc 1.04% 1.09% 1.04%
7 Motorola Solutions Inc 1.34% 0.99% 0.99%
8 Chubb Ltd 0.96% 1.05% 0.96%
9 Cencora Inc 1.42% 0.92% 0.92%
10 Berkshire Hathaway Inc 0.92% 1.10% 0.92%
11 McKesson Corp 1.40% 0.91% 0.91%
12 PepsiCo Inc 1.01% 0.89% 0.89%

Only in ACWV

324 total
  • Cisco Systems Inc 1.56%
  • Deutsche Telekom AG 1.10%
  • T-Mobile US Inc 1.02%
  • Novartis AG 1.00%
  • Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 1.00%
  • KDDI Corp 0.98%
  • Kroger Co/The 0.88%
  • Verizon Communications Inc 0.85%
  • Microsoft Corp 0.84%
  • Orange SA 0.83%

Only in SPLV

43 total
  • Evergy, Inc. 1.29%
  • DTE Energy Co. 1.26%
  • Pinnacle West Capital Corp. 1.26%
  • Alliant Energy Corp. 1.25%
  • Realty Income Corp. 1.22%
  • VICI Properties Inc. 1.18%
  • Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. 1.12%
  • Regency Centers Corp. 1.08%
  • NiSource Inc. 1.07%
  • Public Service Enterprise Group Inc. 1.03%

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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/.

Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.