ETF comparison
ACWV vs IWD
Low Volatility Factor vs US Value.
iShares MSCI Global Min Vol Factor ETF · iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF
Holdings overlap
116 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ACWV and IWD would leave roughly 23.9% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
IWD is 2 bps cheaper than ACWV. On a $100,000 position that's about $20/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 IWD.
Top shared holdings
116 shared in total| # | Holding | In ACWV | In IWD | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johnson & Johnson | 1.76% | 1.94% | 1.76% |
| 2 | Cisco Systems Inc | 1.56% | 1.02% | 1.02% |
| 3 | Berkshire Hathaway Inc | 0.92% | 2.91% | 0.92% |
| 4 | Procter & Gamble Co/The | 0.88% | 1.12% | 0.88% |
| 5 | Exxon Mobil Corp | 0.72% | 2.36% | 0.72% |
| 6 | Verizon Communications Inc | 0.85% | 0.70% | 0.70% |
| 7 | McDonald's Corp | 1.07% | 0.69% | 0.69% |
| 8 | AT&T Inc | 0.94% | 0.66% | 0.66% |
| 9 | Walmart Inc | 0.65% | 1.60% | 0.65% |
| 10 | International Business Machines Corp | 0.63% | 0.74% | 0.63% |
| 11 | PepsiCo Inc | 1.01% | 0.60% | 0.60% |
| 12 | Merck & Co Inc | 0.50% | 0.98% | 0.50% |
Only in ACWV
265 total- Cencora Inc 1.42%
- Deutsche Telekom AG 1.10%
- Waste Management Inc 1.07%
- Novartis AG 1.00%
- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 1.00%
- KDDI Corp 0.98%
- Microsoft Corp 0.84%
- Orange SA 0.83%
- SoftBank Corp 0.82%
- Bank of China Ltd 0.63%
Only in IWD
750 total- JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 2.63%
- ALPHABET INC. 1.95%
- AMAZON.COM, INC. 1.81%
- CHEVRON CORPORATION 1.28%
- MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1.24%
- BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION 0.97%
- CATERPILLAR INC. 0.95%
- Philip Morris International Inc. 0.85%
- WELLS FARGO & COMPANY 0.81%
- THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC. 0.77%
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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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