ETF comparison
EFAV vs SCHD
Low Volatility Factor vs Dividend.
iShares MSCI EAFE Min Vol Factor ETF · Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF
Holdings overlap
0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EFAV and SCHD would leave roughly 0.0% 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
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.
Cost difference
SCHD is 14 bps cheaper than EFAV. On a $100,000 position that's about $140/yr more in fees for EFAV.
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 EFAV vs SCHD.
Top shared holdings
0 shared in totalNo shared holdings between these funds.
Only in EFAV
253 total- SECOM CO., LTD. 1.55%
- Iberdrola, S.A. 1.53%
- SHELL PLC 1.51%
- EQUINOR ASA 1.47%
- ENI S.P.A. 1.46%
- DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD 1.45%
- Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited 1.41%
- Novartis AG 1.41%
- TOTALENERGIES SE 1.38%
- BOC HONG KONG (HOLDINGS) LIMITED 1.38%
Only in SCHD
99 total- Merck & Co Inc 4.76%
- Amgen Inc 4.70%
- Abbott Laboratories 4.68%
- Coca-Cola Co/The 4.16%
- Chevron Corp 4.01%
- Verizon Communications Inc 3.96%
- ConocoPhillips 3.93%
- Home Depot Inc/The 3.87%
- Procter & Gamble Co/The 3.82%
- UnitedHealth Group Inc 3.82%
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- SCHD vs INTF · iShares International Equity Factor ETF 0.0%
- SCHD vs IQLT · iShares MSCI Intl Quality Factor ETF 0.0%
- SCHD vs MGK · Vanguard Morningstar Mega Cap Growth ETF 0.0%
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/.
Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.