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EFAV vs IJH

Low Volatility Factor vs US Mid Cap.

iShares MSCI EAFE Min Vol Factor ETF · iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EFAV and IJH would leave roughly 0.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

EFAV unmatched 99.2% Shared 0.0% IJH unmatched 99.8%

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.

In EFAV only
253 positions
Shared
0 positions
In IJH only
400 positions

Side by side

EFAV

iShares MSCI EAFE Min Vol Factor ETF

iShares · Low Volatility Factor

84 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.20%
Net assets
$5.28B
TTM yield
2.98%
Top-10 conc.
14.6%
IJH

iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF

iShares · US Mid Cap

95 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.050%
Net assets
$120.93B
TTM yield
1.25%
Top-10 conc.
10.9%

Sub-score comparison

80
Cost
95
82
Tax efficiency
88
88
Liquidity
100
93
Concentration
99
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Tracking quality
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EFAV sub-score IJH

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

IJH is 15 bps cheaper than EFAV. On a $100,000 position that's about $150/yr more in fees for EFAV.

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 EFAV vs IJH.

Top shared holdings

0 shared in total

No shared holdings between these funds.

Only in EFAV

253 total
  • SECOM CO., LTD. 1.55%
  • Iberdrola, S.A. 1.53%
  • SHELL PLC 1.51%
  • EQUINOR ASA 1.47%
  • ENI S.P.A. 1.46%
  • DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD 1.45%
  • Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited 1.41%
  • Novartis AG 1.41%
  • TOTALENERGIES SE 1.38%
  • BOC HONG KONG (HOLDINGS) LIMITED 1.38%

Only in IJH

400 total
  • TWILIO INC 0.86%
  • CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORP 0.84%
  • MKS INC 0.83%
  • CURTISS-WRIGHT CORP 0.77%
  • NVENT ELECTRIC PLC 0.75%
  • ENTEGRIS INC 0.75%
  • ATI INC 0.74%
  • ILLUMINA INC 0.73%
  • TECHNIPFMC PLC 0.73%
  • STERLING INFRASTRUCTURE INC 0.71%

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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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