ETF comparison
ACWV vs USMV
Both Low Volatility Factor.
iShares MSCI Global Min Vol Factor ETF · iShares MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF
Holdings overlap
134 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ACWV and USMV would leave roughly 53.5% 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
USMV is 5 bps cheaper than ACWV. On a $100,000 position that's about $50/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 USMV.
Top shared holdings
134 shared in total| # | Holding | In ACWV | In USMV | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JOHNSON & JOHNSON | 1.60% | 1.54% | 1.54% |
| 2 | CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. | 1.37% | 1.46% | 1.37% |
| 3 | MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC. | 1.33% | 1.39% | 1.33% |
| 4 | MICROSOFT CORPORATION | 1.30% | 1.62% | 1.30% |
| 5 | CENCORA, INC. | 1.16% | 1.25% | 1.16% |
| 6 | DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION | 1.13% | 1.45% | 1.13% |
| 7 | BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. | 1.05% | 1.47% | 1.05% |
| 8 | THE SOUTHERN COMPANY | 0.99% | 1.44% | 0.99% |
| 9 | WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC. | 0.96% | 1.38% | 0.96% |
| 10 | Chubb Limited | 0.94% | 1.54% | 0.94% |
| 11 | EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORPORATION | 0.94% | 1.39% | 0.94% |
| 12 | MCKESSON CORPORATION | 0.90% | 1.32% | 0.90% |
Only in ACWV
246 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 USMV
31 total- ELECTRONIC ARTS INC. 0.85%
- REALTY INCOME CORPORATION 0.69%
- GE VERNOVA INC. 0.63%
- ARISTA NETWORKS, INC. 0.52%
- SNOWFLAKE INC. 0.51%
- SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.39%
- ARTHUR J. GALLAGHER & CO. 0.34%
- FIRST CITIZENS BANCSHARES, INC. 0.34%
- SYNOPSYS, INC. 0.31%
- Dominion Energy, Inc. 0.26%
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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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