ETF comparison
ACWV vs VIG
Low Volatility Factor vs Dividend.
iShares MSCI Global Min Vol Factor ETF · Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
66 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ACWV and VIG would leave roughly 23.1% 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
VIG is 16 bps cheaper than ACWV. On a $100,000 position that's about $160/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 VIG.
Top shared holdings
66 shared in total| # | Holding | In ACWV | In VIG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JOHNSON & JOHNSON | 1.60% | 2.67% | 1.60% |
| 2 | CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. | 1.37% | 1.98% | 1.37% |
| 3 | MICROSOFT CORPORATION | 1.30% | 4.34% | 1.30% |
| 4 | EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORPORATION | 0.94% | 2.78% | 0.94% |
| 5 | PEPSICO, INC. | 0.83% | 0.82% | 0.82% |
| 6 | MCDONALD'S CORPORATION | 0.81% | 0.83% | 0.81% |
| 7 | THE COCA-COLA COMPANY | 0.81% | 1.47% | 0.81% |
| 8 | THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY | 0.76% | 1.45% | 0.76% |
| 9 | VISA INC. | 0.62% | 2.45% | 0.62% |
| 10 | MERCK & CO., INC. | 0.59% | 1.39% | 0.59% |
| 11 | GILEAD SCIENCES, INC. | 0.56% | 0.70% | 0.56% |
| 12 | Chubb Limited | 0.94% | 0.55% | 0.55% |
Only in ACWV
314 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 1.20%
- DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION 1.13%
- BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 1.05%
- KDDI CORPORATION 1.04%
- THE SOUTHERN COMPANY 0.99%
- AT&T INC. 0.86%
- Novartis AG 0.85%
- VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. 0.84%
- SoftBank Corp. 0.83%
- BANK OF CHINA LIMITED 0.79%
Only in VIG
267 total- JPMorgan Chase & Co 4.07%
- Bank of America Corp 1.75%
- Caterpillar Inc 1.62%
- Lam Research Corp 1.58%
- Home Depot Inc/The 1.43%
- Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The 1.24%
- Morgan Stanley 1.09%
- KLA Corp 1.03%
- Oracle Corp 0.95%
- NextEra Energy Inc 0.78%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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