ETF comparison
ACWVvsEFAV
Both Low Volatility Factor.
iShares MSCI Global Min Vol Factor ETF · iShares MSCI EAFE Min Vol Factor ETF
Holdings overlap
77 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ACWV and EFAV would leave roughly17.6%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — seewhat we don't scorefor why.
Cost difference
Expense ratios are effectively identical (0.20% vs 0.20%).
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open thecost calculator pre-filled with ACWV vs EFAV.
Top shared holdings
77 shared in total| # | Holding | In ACWV | In EFAV | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KDDI CORPORATION | 1.01% | 0.97% | 0.97% |
| 2 | Novartis AG | 0.87% | 1.36% | 0.87% |
| 3 | ORANGE SA | 0.83% | 1.43% | 0.83% |
| 4 | SoftBank Corp. | 0.82% | 1.07% | 0.82% |
| 5 | NTT, Inc. | 0.60% | 0.65% | 0.60% |
| 6 | Deutsche Telekom AG | 0.53% | 0.62% | 0.53% |
| 7 | Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited | 0.50% | 1.40% | 0.50% |
| 8 | Swisscom AG | 0.47% | 1.41% | 0.47% |
| 9 | CANON INC. | 0.49% | 0.45% | 0.45% |
| 10 | East Japan Railway Company | 0.43% | 0.91% | 0.43% |
| 11 | Otsuka Holdings Co., Ltd. | 0.43% | 0.73% | 0.43% |
| 12 | Koninklijke KPN N.V. | 0.42% | 0.86% | 0.42% |
Only in ACWV
308 total- CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.2.13%
- JOHNSON & JOHNSON1.41%
- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited1.22%
- DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION1.22%
- MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.1.16%
- MICROSOFT CORPORATION1.13%
- United Microelectronics Corporation1.08%
- THE SOUTHERN COMPANY1.08%
- CENCORA, INC.1.06%
- BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.1.03%
Only in EFAV
167 total- ENI S.P.A.1.68%
- TOTALENERGIES SE1.67%
- EQUINOR ASA1.59%
- SHELL PLC1.57%
- Zurich Insurance Group AG1.34%
- UNILEVER PLC1.10%
- Swiss Prime Site AG1.08%
- OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED1.05%
- BAE SYSTEMS PLC0.95%
- JAPAN TOBACCO INC.0.91%
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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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