EFAViShares MSCI EAFE Min Vol Factor ETF
Tracks the investment results of the MSCI EAFE Minimum Volatility (USD) Index.
By iShares · Launched 2011
Annual Cost
0.20%
#934 of 5,853 · low cost
Fund Size
$5.1B
#443 of 5,853 · large
Return (1Y)Goal
+16.4%
Track Record
14 years
#916 of 5,853 · established
Performance
Total-return NAV · USDGrowth of $10,000
$11,558+15.6%
Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.
What's inside
How Beacon categorizes this fundAsset class
EquityRegion
Global ex-USCap
Multi cap
Strategy
Index tracking
Factor
Low volatility
Index tracked
MSCI EAFE Minimum Volatility (USD) Index
What it actually holds
By weightConcentration
Top 10 holdings = 15.1% of fund✓ well diversified
ENI S.P.A.
1.7%
TOTALENERGIES SE
1.7%
EQUINOR ASA
1.6%
SHELL PLC
1.6%
Iberdrola, S.A.
1.5%
DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD
1.5%
ORANGE SA
1.4%
Swisscom AG
1.4%
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
1.4%
Novartis AG
1.4%
Asset allocation
Stocks
99.2%
Cash
0.8%
By sector
Financial Services
19.7%
Industrials
15.7%
Consumer Defensive
12.6%
Healthcare
12.2%
Communication
9.1%
Utilities
9.0%
Energy
7.7%
Consumer Cyclical
5.1%
Other
9.0%
Risk profile
Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ yearsVolatility (1Y)
10.7%Moderate
Year-on-year price swings
Max drawdown
-27.5%Moderate
Worst peak-to-trough loss
Sharpe (3Y)
0.93Decent risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.33Good downside protection
Listing
- Exchange
- Cboe BZX
Full fund details
- Objective
- Tracks the investment results of the MSCI EAFE Minimum Volatility (USD) Index.
- Strategy
- Invests primarily in developed market equities with lower volatility characteristics relative to the broader developed equity markets, excluding the U.S. and Canada. Uses a representative sampling indexing strategy to manage the Fund, focusing on large- and mid-capitalization companies, particularly in the consumer goods and services and financials sectors.
- Inception date
- October 18, 2011
- Fund family
- iShares
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Data updated on 2026-08-02