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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EFAV returned +12.3% and PXF +27.9%.

Which is cheaper, EFAV or PXF?

EFAV is cheaper, by 0.23 percentage points a year. That is about $23 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EFAV and 1% of PXF by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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EFAV vs PXF: Differences, Returns & Fees

EFAV and PXF hold 31% of their weight in the same names, and PXF returned +27.9% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $5.3bn for iShares MSCI EAFE Min Vol Factor ETF and $2.9bn for Invesco RAFI Developed Markets ex-U.S. ETF.

EFAV costs 0.23 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 15.6 points; EFAV is 1.8 times larger.

	EFAV	PXF
Expense ratio	0.20%	0.43%
Net assets	$5.3bn	$2.9bn
Total return, 1 year	+12.3%	+27.9%
What it tracks	not read by ETFIQ	not read by ETFIQ
Holdings in common	31%
Holdings dated	Oct 8, 2026	Oct 10, 2026
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	14.8%	14.1%
Below its high	3.7%, high on Sep 3, 2026	5.0%, high on Sep 4, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+12.3%

EFAV total return, 1 year

+27.9%

PXF total return, 1 year

0.20%

EFAV expense ratio

0.43%

PXF expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, EFAV and PXF hold 31% 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 and Oct 9, 2026.

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31% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding EFAV PXF

SHELL 1.66% 2.40%

TOTALENERGIES 1.40% 1.48%

NOVARTIS AG 1.31% 0.71%

NESTLE SA 0.96% 0.70%

BP PLC 0.70% 0.96%

SANOFI SA 0.63% 0.67%

BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO 0.61% 0.59%

ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.59% 0.51%

DEUTSCHE TELEKOM N AG 0.50% 0.48%

MITSUBISHI 0.48% 0.48%

SAP 0.67% 0.45%

ENI 1.50% 0.44%

Only in EFAV

OBIC LTD 0.97%

BOC HONG KONG HOLDINGS LTD 0.95%

POWER ASSETS HOLDINGS 0.90%

SINGAPORE EXCHANGE 0.73%

NIPPON BUILDING FUND REIT 0.52%

HKT TRUST AND HKT UNITS 0.48%

ORIENTAL LAND 0.47%

CHEUNG KONG INFRASTRUCTURE HOLDING 0.46%

Only in PXF

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 3.54%

HSBC Holdings PLC 1.20%

BHP Group Ltd 0.98%

Glencore PLC 0.79%

Sanofi SA 0.60%

Siemens AG 0.59%

Rio Tinto PLC 0.58%

BASF SE 0.55%

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On the same fields

EFAV

iShares MSCI EAFE Min Vol Factor ETF

PXF

Invesco RAFI Developed Markets ex-U.S. ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Invesco

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +12.3% +27.9%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 −4.9 pts +10.7 pts

Expense ratio 0.20% 0.43%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.6%

Holdings 270 1026

Net assets $5.3bn $2.9bn

EFAV and PXF 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.

PXF in plain words

PXF tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +27.9% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.43% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 10, 2026, 1% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,026 positions, with the top ten at 14.1%. It sat 5.0% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EFAV or PXF?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EFAV returned +12.3% and PXF +27.9%.
Which is cheaper, EFAV or PXF?: EFAV is cheaper, by 0.23 percentage points a year. That is about $23 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do EFAV and PXF overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EFAV and 1% of PXF 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 ↗PXF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗PXF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Invesco page for PXF ↗

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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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