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ETF comparison

EFAV vs QQQ

Low Volatility Factor vs US Large Cap Growth.

iShares MSCI EAFE Min Vol Factor ETF · Invesco QQQ Trust

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.2 %

1 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EFAV and QQQ would leave roughly 0.2% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

EFAV unmatched 99.0% Shared 0.2% QQQ unmatched 99.7%

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 QQQ only
101 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%
QQQ

Invesco QQQ Trust

Invesco · US Large Cap Growth

83 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.18%
Net assets
$498.95B
TTM yield
0.44%
Top-10 conc.
45.0%

Sub-score comparison

80
Cost
82
82
Tax efficiency
90
88
Liquidity
100
93
Concentration
50
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Tracking quality
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EFAV sub-score QQQ

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

Cost difference

QQQ 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 QQQ.

Top shared holdings

1 shared in total
# Holding In EFAV In QQQ Overlap
1 COCA-COLA EUROPACIFIC PARTNERS PLC 0.19% 0.19% 0.19%

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 QQQ

101 total
  • NVIDIA Corp. 7.60%
  • Apple Inc. 6.67%
  • Micron Technology, Inc. 5.64%
  • Microsoft Corp. 4.35%
  • Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 4.10%
  • Amazon.com, Inc. 4.02%
  • Tesla, Inc. 3.30%
  • Alphabet Inc. 3.27%
  • Intel Corp. 3.04%
  • Alphabet Inc. 3.02%

Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.

Open EFAV or QQQ at a brokerage

Both funds trade commission-free at major US brokerages.

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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.