ETF comparison
ACWV vs VB
Low Volatility Factor vs US Small Cap.
iShares MSCI Global Min Vol Factor ETF · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap ETF
Holdings overlap
20 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ACWV and VB would leave roughly 3.5% 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
VB is 17 bps cheaper than ACWV. On a $100,000 position that's about $170/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 VB.
Top shared holdings
20 shared in total| # | Holding | In ACWV | In VB | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ATMOS ENERGY CORPORATION | 0.34% | 0.35% | 0.34% |
| 2 | F5, INC. | 0.47% | 0.29% | 0.29% |
| 3 | UNITED THERAPEUTICS CORPORATION | 0.34% | 0.28% | 0.28% |
| 4 | LIBERTY MEDIA CORP - FORMULA ONE GROUP | 0.35% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| 5 | INCYTE CORPORATION | 0.34% | 0.23% | 0.23% |
| 6 | EXPAND ENERGY CORPORATION | 0.23% | 0.27% | 0.23% |
| 7 | CF INDUSTRIES HOLDINGS, INC. | 0.31% | 0.20% | 0.20% |
| 8 | NEUROCRINE BIOSCIENCES, INC. | 0.18% | 0.21% | 0.18% |
| 9 | CENTENE CORPORATION | 0.18% | 0.19% | 0.18% |
| 10 | GEN DIGITAL INC. | 0.17% | 0.16% | 0.16% |
| 11 | PTC INC. | 0.26% | 0.16% | 0.16% |
| 12 | TYLER TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | 0.28% | 0.15% | 0.15% |
Only in ACWV
365 total- CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. 2.13%
- JOHNSON & JOHNSON 1.41%
- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 1.22%
- DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION 1.22%
- MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC. 1.16%
- MICROSOFT CORPORATION 1.13%
- United Microelectronics Corporation 1.08%
- THE SOUTHERN COMPANY 1.08%
- CENCORA, INC. 1.06%
- BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 1.03%
Only in VB
1,289 total- Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd 0.55%
- Jabil Inc 0.49%
- REVOLUTION Medicines Inc 0.46%
- Astera Labs Inc 0.45%
- Natera Inc 0.45%
- EMCOR Group Inc 0.45%
- Twilio Inc 0.38%
- NRG Energy Inc 0.37%
- MKS Instruments Inc 0.37%
- Flex Ltd 0.36%
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- 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%
- ACWV vs IWD · iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF 24.7%
- ACWV vs SPLV · Invesco S&P 500 Low Volatility ETF 24.6%
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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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