ETF comparison
ACWV vs USMV
Both Low Volatility Factor.
iShares MSCI Global Min Vol Factor ETF · iShares MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF
Holdings overlap
121 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ACWV and USMV would leave roughly 49.6% 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
USMV is 5 bps cheaper than ACWV. On a $100,000 position that's about $50/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 USMV.
Top shared holdings
121 shared in total| # | Holding | In ACWV | In USMV | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. | 2.13% | 1.46% | 1.46% |
| 2 | JOHNSON & JOHNSON | 1.41% | 1.54% | 1.41% |
| 3 | DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION | 1.22% | 1.45% | 1.22% |
| 4 | MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC. | 1.16% | 1.39% | 1.16% |
| 5 | MICROSOFT CORPORATION | 1.13% | 1.62% | 1.13% |
| 6 | THE SOUTHERN COMPANY | 1.08% | 1.44% | 1.08% |
| 7 | CENCORA, INC. | 1.06% | 1.25% | 1.06% |
| 8 | BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. | 1.03% | 1.47% | 1.03% |
| 9 | WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC. | 0.97% | 1.38% | 0.97% |
| 10 | REPUBLIC SERVICES, INC. | 0.92% | 1.22% | 0.92% |
| 11 | MCDONALD'S CORPORATION | 0.91% | 1.10% | 0.91% |
| 12 | Chubb Limited | 0.90% | 1.54% | 0.90% |
Only in ACWV
264 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 USMV
44 total- EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORPORATION 1.39%
- BROADCOM INC. 1.02%
- PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0.85%
- TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED 0.73%
- REALTY INCOME CORPORATION 0.69%
- ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 0.69%
- APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 0.65%
- MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0.64%
- GE VERNOVA INC. 0.63%
- ARISTA NETWORKS, INC. 0.52%
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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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