ETF comparison
ACWV vs IWF
Low Volatility Factor vs US Large Cap Growth.
iShares MSCI Global Min Vol Factor ETF · iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF
Holdings overlap
50 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ACWV and IWF would leave roughly 7.9% 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
IWF 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 IWF.
Top shared holdings
50 shared in total| # | Holding | In ACWV | In IWF | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MICROSOFT CORPORATION | 1.13% | 4.11% | 1.13% |
| 2 | VISA INC. | 0.55% | 1.68% | 0.55% |
| 3 | COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION | 0.44% | 0.54% | 0.44% |
| 4 | AMPHENOL CORPORATION | 0.44% | 0.64% | 0.44% |
| 5 | NVIDIA CORPORATION | 0.41% | 13.83% | 0.41% |
| 6 | PALO ALTO NETWORKS, INC. | 0.35% | 0.81% | 0.35% |
| 7 | LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION | 0.30% | 0.31% | 0.30% |
| 8 | AMGEN INC. | 0.30% | 0.41% | 0.30% |
| 9 | SERVICENOW, INC. | 0.30% | 0.30% | 0.30% |
| 10 | FORTINET, INC. | 0.28% | 0.28% | 0.28% |
| 11 | ALPHABET INC. | 0.27% | 4.98% | 0.27% |
| 12 | MCKESSON CORPORATION | 0.79% | 0.26% | 0.26% |
Only in ACWV
335 total- CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. 2.13%
- JOHNSON & JOHNSON 1.41%
- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 1.22%
- DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION 1.22%
- United Microelectronics Corporation 1.08%
- THE SOUTHERN COMPANY 1.08%
- BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 1.03%
- KDDI CORPORATION 1.01%
- REPUBLIC SERVICES, INC. 0.92%
- MCDONALD'S CORPORATION 0.91%
Only in IWF
318 total- ALPHABET INC. 6.17%
- BROADCOM INC. 5.21%
- MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3.86%
- TESLA, INC. 3.64%
- META PLATFORMS, INC. 3.00%
- ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 2.80%
- APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 1.70%
- LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION 1.60%
- CATERPILLAR INC. 1.43%
- KLA CORPORATION 1.17%
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- ACWV vs SCHD · Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF 6.0%
- ACWV vs VB · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap ETF 3.5%
- ACWV vs IJH · iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF 0.5%
- ACWV vs IJR · iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF 0.0%
- ACWV vs IWM · iShares Russell 2000 ETF 0.0%
- ACWV vs USMV · iShares MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF 49.6%
More comparisons with IWF
- IWF vs DFUV · Dimensional US Marketwide Value ETF 5.9%
- IWF vs DFLV · Dimensional US Large Cap Value ETF 5.0%
- IWF vs VLUE · iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF 4.7%
- IWF vs VB · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap ETF 4.7%
- IWF vs SCHM · Schwab U.S. Mid-Cap ETF 4.4%
- IWF vs FNDA · Schwab Fundamental U.S. Small Company ETF 4.4%
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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