ETF comparison
EFAV vs IWD
Low Volatility Factor vs US Value.
iShares MSCI EAFE Min Vol Factor ETF · iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF
Holdings overlap
1 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EFAV and IWD would leave roughly 0.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
IWD is 2 bps cheaper than EFAV. On a $100,000 position that's about $20/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 IWD.
Top shared holdings
1 shared in total| # | Holding | In EFAV | In IWD | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qiagen N.V. | 0.37% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
Only in EFAV
243 total- ENI S.P.A. 1.68%
- TOTALENERGIES SE 1.67%
- EQUINOR ASA 1.59%
- SHELL PLC 1.57%
- Iberdrola, S.A. 1.51%
- DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD 1.47%
- ORANGE SA 1.43%
- Swisscom AG 1.41%
- Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited 1.40%
- Novartis AG 1.36%
Only in IWD
865 total- BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 2.91%
- JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 2.63%
- EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION 2.36%
- ALPHABET INC. 1.95%
- JOHNSON & JOHNSON 1.94%
- AMAZON.COM, INC. 1.81%
- WALMART INC. 1.60%
- ALPHABET INC. 1.59%
- CHEVRON CORPORATION 1.28%
- MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1.24%
Open EFAV or IWD at a brokerage
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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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