Which returned more over the last year, USMV or USXF?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, USMV returned +7.5% and USXF +20.0%.

Which is cheaper, USMV or USXF?

USXF 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 USMV and USXF overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 93% of USMV and 96% of USXF by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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USMV vs USXF: Differences, Returns & Fees

USMV and USXF hold 30% of their weight in the same names, and USXF returned +20.0% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $23.8bn for iShares MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF and $1.5bn for iShares ESG Advanced MSCI USA ETF.

USXF costs 0.05 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 12.5 points; USMV is 16.1 times larger.

	USMV	USXF
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.10%
Net assets	$23.8bn	$1.5bn
Total return, 1 year	+7.5%	+20.0%
What it tracks	MSCI USA Minimum Volatility (USD) Index	MSCI USA Choice ESG Screened Index
Holdings in common	30%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	15.0%	39.0%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026.

+7.5%

USMV total return, 1 year

+20.0%

USXF total return, 1 year

0.15%

USMV expense ratio

0.10%

USXF expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, USMV and USXF hold 30% 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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30% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding USMV USXF

NVIDIA 1.60% 13.09%

CISCO SYSTEMS INC 1.43% 1.77%

MASTERCARD CLASS A 1.25% 1.82%

VISA CLASS A 1.01% 2.44%

BROADCOM INC 0.93% 6.37%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 0.88% 3.96%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 0.80% 4.58%

ANALOG DEVICES 0.78% 0.77%

TEXAS INSTRUMENT INC 0.76% 1.03%

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 1.36% 0.76%

PALO ALTO NETWORKS 0.75% 1.27%

AT&T 0.90% 0.68%

Only in USMV

AMPHENOL CORP CLASS A 1.65%

MICROSOFT 1.63%

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 1.49%

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CLASS B 1.45%

JOHNSON & JOHNSON 1.42%

MCKESSON CORP 1.42%

MERCK & CO INC 1.42%

DUKE ENERGY CORP 1.33%

Only in USXF

INTEL CORPORATION 1.84%

KLA 1.01%

THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC 0.95%

DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC CLASS C 0.68%

AMERICAN EXPRESS 0.64%

EATON PLC 0.64%

CHARLES SCHWAB 0.63%

DEERE 0.62%

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On the same fields

USMV

iShares MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF

USXF

iShares ESG Advanced MSCI USA ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks the MSCI USA Min Vol Factor Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +7.5% +20.0%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 −9.7 pts +2.8 pts

Expense ratio 0.15% 0.10%

Already in the S&P 500 93.0% 95.6%

Holdings 176 283

Net assets $23.8bn $1.5bn

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

USMV in plain words

USMV tracks the MSCI USA Min Vol Factor. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +7.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 93% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 176 positions, with the top ten at 15.0%.

USXF in plain words

USXF tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +20.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.10% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 96% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 283 positions, with the top ten at 39.0%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, USMV or USXF?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, USMV returned +7.5% and USXF +20.0%.
Which is cheaper, USMV or USXF?: USXF 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 USMV and USXF overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 93% of USMV and 96% of USXF by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

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

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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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