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
123 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ACWV and USMV would leave roughly 53.3% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
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
123 shared in total| # | Holding | In ACWV | In USMV | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cisco Systems Inc | 1.56% | 1.80% | 1.56% |
| 2 | Johnson & Johnson | 1.76% | 1.43% | 1.43% |
| 3 | Motorola Solutions Inc | 1.34% | 1.45% | 1.34% |
| 4 | McKesson Corp | 1.40% | 1.30% | 1.30% |
| 5 | Cencora Inc | 1.42% | 1.28% | 1.28% |
| 6 | Duke Energy Corp | 1.25% | 1.55% | 1.25% |
| 7 | Southern Co/The | 1.11% | 1.53% | 1.11% |
| 8 | McDonald's Corp | 1.07% | 1.24% | 1.07% |
| 9 | Waste Management Inc | 1.07% | 1.47% | 1.07% |
| 10 | Republic Services Inc | 1.04% | 1.26% | 1.04% |
| 11 | T-Mobile US Inc | 1.02% | 1.16% | 1.02% |
| 12 | PepsiCo Inc | 1.01% | 1.01% | 1.01% |
Only in ACWV
258 total- Deutsche Telekom AG 1.10%
- Novartis AG 1.00%
- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 1.00%
- KDDI Corp 0.98%
- Orange SA 0.83%
- SoftBank Corp 0.82%
- Bank of China Ltd 0.63%
- Singapore Telecommunications Ltd 0.62%
- NTT Inc 0.61%
- Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd 0.56%
Only in USMV
47 total- TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED 0.77%
- REALTY INCOME CORPORATION 0.72%
- SUN COMMUNITIES, INC. 0.54%
- ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 0.53%
- ARISTA NETWORKS, INC. 0.52%
- Philip Morris International Inc. 0.52%
- BROADCOM INC. 0.50%
- PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0.49%
- THE WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC. 0.49%
- ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 0.43%
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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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