ETF comparison
EFAV vs VYM
Low Volatility Factor vs Dividend.
iShares MSCI EAFE Min Vol Factor ETF · Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EFAV and VYM would leave roughly 0.0% 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
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.
Cost difference
VYM is 16 bps cheaper than EFAV. On a $100,000 position that's about $160/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 VYM.
Top shared holdings
0 shared in totalNo 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 VYM
604 total- Broadcom Inc 7.35%
- JPMorgan Chase & Co 3.82%
- ExxonMobil Holdings Corp 2.63%
- Johnson & Johnson 2.51%
- Cisco Systems Inc 1.86%
- AbbVie Inc 1.80%
- Bank of America Corp 1.66%
- UnitedHealth Group Inc 1.52%
- Caterpillar Inc 1.50%
- Chevron Corp 1.48%
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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/.
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.