ETF comparison
ACWV vs SPY
Low Volatility Factor vs US Large Cap.
iShares MSCI Global Min Vol Factor ETF · State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
Holdings overlap
145 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ACWV and SPY would leave roughly 24.7% 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
SPY is 11 bps cheaper than ACWV. On a $100,000 position that's about $106/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 SPY.
Top shared holdings
145 shared in total| # | Holding | In ACWV | In SPY | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MICROSOFT CORPORATION | 1.30% | 6.22% | 1.30% |
| 2 | BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. | 1.05% | 1.63% | 1.05% |
| 3 | JOHNSON & JOHNSON | 1.60% | 1.00% | 1.00% |
| 4 | EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORPORATION | 0.94% | 1.05% | 0.94% |
| 5 | NVIDIA CORPORATION | 0.72% | 7.30% | 0.72% |
| 6 | VISA INC. | 0.62% | 1.12% | 0.62% |
| 7 | CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. | 1.37% | 0.62% | 0.62% |
| 8 | THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY | 0.76% | 0.59% | 0.59% |
| 9 | THE COCA-COLA COMPANY | 0.81% | 0.56% | 0.56% |
| 10 | MERCK & CO., INC. | 0.59% | 0.56% | 0.56% |
| 11 | WALMART INC. | 0.53% | 0.87% | 0.53% |
| 12 | ABBVIE INC. | 0.47% | 0.79% | 0.47% |
Only in ACWV
235 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 1.20%
- KDDI CORPORATION 1.04%
- Novartis AG 0.85%
- SoftBank Corp. 0.83%
- BANK OF CHINA LIMITED 0.79%
- ORANGE SA 0.65%
- NTT, Inc. 0.63%
- Constellation Software Inc. 0.61%
- Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited 0.59%
- KYOCERA CORPORATION 0.52%
Only in SPY
359 total- AMAZON.COM INC 3.94%
- ALPHABET INC CL A 2.56%
- META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A 2.09%
- TESLA INC 1.64%
- JPMORGAN CHASE + CO 1.41%
- HOME DEPOT INC 0.53%
- GENERAL ELECTRIC 0.52%
- BANK OF AMERICA CORP 0.51%
- INTEL CORP 0.44%
- LAM RESEARCH CORP 0.42%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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