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EFAV vs FNDF: Differences, Returns & Fees

EFAV and FNDF hold 23% of their weight in the same names, and FNDF returned +28.5% over the year. Net assets: $5.3bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares MSCI EAFE Min Vol Factor ETF, and $24.6bn on May 31, 2026 for Schwab Fundamental International Equity ETF.

EFAV costs 0.05 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 16.2 points.

EFAVFNDF
Expense ratio0.20%0.25%
Net assets, EFAV as of Oct 9, 2026 and FNDF as of May 31, 2026$5.3bn$24.6bn
Total return, 1 year+12.3%+28.5%
What it tracksnot read by ETFIQnot read by ETFIQ
Holdings in common23%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund14.8%17.0%
Below its high3.7%, high on Sep 3, 20264.8%, high on Sep 4, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

+12.3%
EFAV total return, 1 year
+28.5%
FNDF total return, 1 year
0.20%
EFAV expense ratio
0.25%
FNDF expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, EFAV and FNDF hold 23% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

half

23% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding EFAV FNDF
SHELL 1.66% 2.19%
TOTALENERGIES 1.40% 1.69%
BP PLC 0.70% 1.08%
NESTLE SA 0.96% 0.67%
NOVARTIS AG 1.31% 0.59%
BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO 0.61% 0.58%
MITSUBISHI 0.48% 0.62%
SOFTBANK 1.17% 0.41%
SANOFI SA 0.63% 0.40%
REPSOL 0.40% 0.39%
ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.59% 0.38%
ITOCHU 0.66% 0.37%
Only in EFAV
EQUINOR 1.54%
ENI 1.50%
SAMPO CLASS A 1.08%
OBIC LTD 0.97%
BOC HONG KONG HOLDINGS LTD 0.95%
SWISS PRIME SITE AG 0.91%
POWER ASSETS HOLDINGS 0.90%
POSTE ITALIANE 0.75%
Only in FNDF
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 5.51%
SK hynix Inc 1.37%
Glencore PLC 1.22%
BHP Group Ltd 1.22%
HSBC Holdings PLC 1.00%
Rio Tinto PLC 0.80%
Banco Santander SA 0.73%
Mercedes-Benz Group AG 0.65%

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On the same fields

EFAV
iShares MSCI EAFE Min Vol Factor ETF
FNDF
Schwab Fundamental International Equity ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer iShares Schwab
What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +12.3% +28.5%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 −4.9 pts +11.3 pts
Expense ratio 0.20% 0.25%
Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.7%
Holdings 270 889
Net assets, EFAV as of Oct 9, 2026 and FNDF as of May 31, 2026 $5.3bn $24.6bn

EFAV and FNDF on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

EFAV in plain words

EFAV tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +12.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.20% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 270 positions, with the top ten at 14.8%. It sat 3.7% below its high of Sep 3, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

FNDF in plain words

FNDF tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +28.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.25% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 1% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 889 positions, with the top ten at 17.0%. It sat 4.8% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EFAV or FNDF?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EFAV returned +12.3% and FNDF +28.5%.
Which is cheaper, EFAV or FNDF?
EFAV is cheaper, by 0.05 percentage points a year. That is about $5 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do EFAV and FNDF overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EFAV and 1% of FNDF by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
EFAV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗EFAV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for EFAV ↗FNDF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗FNDF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Schwab website ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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