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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

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

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.

EFAV unmatched 99.2% Shared 0.0% IWD 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
252 positions
Shared
1 positions
In IWD only
869 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
2.97%
Top-10 conc.
14.6%
IWD

iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF

iShares · US Value

87 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.18%
Net assets
$80.96B
TTM yield
1.37%
Top-10 conc.
27.8%

Sub-score comparison

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Cost
82
82
Tax efficiency
88
88
Liquidity
100
93
Concentration
75
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Tracking quality
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EFAV sub-score IWD

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

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. 0.30% 0.02% 0.02%

Only in EFAV

252 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 IWD

869 total
  • AMAZON.COM, INC. 5.93%
  • APPLE INC. 5.37%
  • MICROSOFT CORPORATION 3.88%
  • BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 2.61%
  • JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 2.45%
  • INTEL CORPORATION 1.72%
  • JOHNSON & JOHNSON 1.71%
  • EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION 1.59%
  • CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. 1.30%
  • WALMART INC. 1.27%

Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.

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/.

Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.