ETF comparison
ACWV vs SPY
Low Volatility Factor vs US Large Cap.
iShares MSCI Global Min Vol Factor ETF · State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
Holdings overlap
136 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ACWV and SPY would leave roughly 19.9% 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
SPY is 11 bps cheaper than ACWV. On a $100,000 position that's about $106/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 SPY.
Top shared holdings
136 shared in total| # | Holding | In ACWV | In SPY | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MICROSOFT CORPORATION | 1.13% | 5.77% | 1.13% |
| 2 | BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. | 1.03% | 1.41% | 1.03% |
| 3 | JOHNSON & JOHNSON | 1.41% | 0.93% | 0.93% |
| 4 | CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. | 2.13% | 0.66% | 0.66% |
| 5 | WALMART INC. | 0.61% | 0.70% | 0.61% |
| 6 | VISA INC. | 0.55% | 0.92% | 0.55% |
| 7 | THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY | 0.78% | 0.51% | 0.51% |
| 8 | THE COCA-COLA COMPANY | 0.75% | 0.50% | 0.50% |
| 9 | MERCK & CO., INC. | 0.50% | 0.53% | 0.50% |
| 10 | COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION | 0.44% | 0.61% | 0.44% |
| 11 | ABBVIE INC. | 0.41% | 0.70% | 0.41% |
| 12 | NVIDIA CORPORATION | 0.41% | 8.50% | 0.41% |
Only in ACWV
249 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 1.22%
- United Microelectronics Corporation 1.08%
- KDDI CORPORATION 1.01%
- EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION 0.89%
- Novartis AG 0.87%
- ORANGE SA 0.83%
- SoftBank Corp. 0.82%
- BANK OF CHINA LIMITED 0.73%
- NTT, Inc. 0.60%
- KYOCERA CORPORATION 0.59%
Only in SPY
369 total- AMAZON.COM INC 3.71%
- ALPHABET INC CL A 3.03%
- BROADCOM INC 2.54%
- META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A 2.41%
- MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 1.82%
- TESLA INC 1.57%
- ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.55%
- JPMORGAN CHASE + CO 1.33%
- EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 1.01%
- INTEL CORP 0.89%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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