Which returned more over the last year, EFAV or IVLU?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EFAV returned +12.3% and IVLU +23.8%.

Which is cheaper, EFAV or IVLU?

EFAV is cheaper, by 0.11 percentage points a year. That is about $11 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do EFAV and IVLU overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EFAV and 0% of IVLU by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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EFAV vs IVLU: Differences, Returns & Fees

EFAV and IVLU hold 28% of their weight in the same names, and IVLU returned +23.8% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $5.3bn for iShares MSCI EAFE Min Vol Factor ETF and $4.4bn for iShares MSCI Intl Value Factor ETF.

EFAV costs 0.11 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 11.5 points; EFAV is 1.2 times larger.

	EFAV	IVLU
Expense ratio	0.20%	0.31%
Net assets	$5.3bn	$4.4bn
Total return, 1 year	+12.3%	+23.8%
What it tracks	not read by ETFIQ	MSCI World ex USA Enhanced Value Index
Holdings in common	28%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	14.8%	16.2%
Below its high	3.7%, high on Sep 3, 2026	6.0%, high on Sep 3, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026.

+12.3%

EFAV total return, 1 year

+23.8%

IVLU total return, 1 year

0.20%

EFAV expense ratio

0.31%

IVLU expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, EFAV and IVLU hold 28% 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 Oct 8, 2026.

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28% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding EFAV IVLU

SHELL 1.66% 1.95%

NOVARTIS AG 1.31% 1.28%

TOTALENERGIES 1.40% 1.18%

ITOCHU 0.66% 0.90%

SANOFI SA 0.63% 1.70%

BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO 0.61% 1.54%

BP PLC 0.70% 0.59%

CANON 0.57% 0.67%

ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV SA 0.55% 0.58%

CENTRAL JAPAN RAILWAY 0.63% 0.52%

KYOCERA 0.51% 0.58%

DEUTSCHE TELEKOM N AG 0.50% 0.86%

Only in EFAV

IBERDROLA 1.56%

DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD 1.49%

SWISSCOM AG 1.30%

ZURICH INSURANCE GROUP AG 1.26%

SOFTBANK 1.17%

UNILEVER PLC 1.16%

SAMPO CLASS A 1.08%

OBIC LTD 0.97%

Only in IVLU

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 2.05%

BNP PARIBAS SA 1.59%

SIEMENS N AG 1.43%

SANOFI SA 1.19%

BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA SA 1.12%

BARCLAYS PLC 1.07%

BHP GROUP LTD 1.00%

UNICREDIT 0.98%

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On the same fields

EFAV

iShares MSCI EAFE Min Vol Factor ETF

IVLU

iShares MSCI Intl Value Factor ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +12.3% +23.8%

S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 −4.9 pts +6.5 pts

Expense ratio 0.20% 0.31%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 270 344

Net assets $5.3bn $4.4bn

EFAV and IVLU 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.

IVLU in plain words

IVLU tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +23.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.31% 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 344 positions, with the top ten at 16.2%. It sat 6.0% below its high of Sep 3, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EFAV or IVLU?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EFAV returned +12.3% and IVLU +23.8%.
Which is cheaper, EFAV or IVLU?: EFAV is cheaper, by 0.11 percentage points a year. That is about $11 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do EFAV and IVLU overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EFAV and 0% of IVLU by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

EFAV and IVLU filings on SEC EDGAR ↗EFAV and IVLU prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for EFAV ↗iShares page for IVLU ↗

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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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