ETF comparison
ACWV vs VTI
Low Volatility Factor vs US Total Market.
iShares MSCI Global Min Vol Factor ETF · Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF
Holdings overlap
152 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ACWV and VTI would leave roughly 21.6% 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
VTI is 17 bps cheaper than ACWV. On a $100,000 position that's about $170/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 VTI.
Top shared holdings
152 shared in total| # | Holding | In ACWV | In VTI | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MICROSOFT CORPORATION | 1.30% | 3.83% | 1.30% |
| 2 | BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. | 1.05% | 1.24% | 1.05% |
| 3 | JOHNSON & JOHNSON | 1.60% | 0.84% | 0.84% |
| 4 | NVIDIA CORPORATION | 0.72% | 6.36% | 0.72% |
| 5 | VISA INC. | 0.62% | 0.77% | 0.62% |
| 6 | CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. | 1.37% | 0.58% | 0.58% |
| 7 | WALMART INC. | 0.53% | 0.69% | 0.53% |
| 8 | THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY | 0.76% | 0.47% | 0.47% |
| 9 | ABBVIE INC. | 0.47% | 0.61% | 0.47% |
| 10 | MERCK & CO., INC. | 0.59% | 0.44% | 0.44% |
| 11 | COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION | 0.42% | 0.57% | 0.42% |
| 12 | APPLE INC. | 0.39% | 5.87% | 0.39% |
Only in ACWV
228 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 1.20%
- KDDI CORPORATION 1.04%
- EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORPORATION 0.94%
- 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%
Only in VTI
3,352 total- Amazon.com Inc 3.19%
- Alphabet Inc 2.90%
- Meta Platforms Inc 1.71%
- Tesla Inc 1.64%
- JPMorgan Chase & Co 1.12%
- Exxon Mobil Corp 0.78%
- Intel Corp 0.78%
- Lam Research Corp 0.75%
- Caterpillar Inc 0.68%
- KLA Corp 0.54%
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- ACWV vs SPLV · Invesco S&P 500 Low Volatility ETF 20.2%
- ACWV vs EFAV · iShares MSCI EAFE Min Vol Factor ETF 17.7%
- ACWV vs EEMV · iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Min Vol Factor ETF 16.6%
- ACWV vs QQQ · Invesco QQQ Trust 13.5%
- ACWV vs VO · Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap ETF 13.0%
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- VTI vs FVD · First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund 18.2%
- VTI vs VO · Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap ETF 16.0%
- VTI vs IWS · iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF 15.3%
- VTI vs MOAT · VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF 14.1%
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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