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%
#967 of 6,040 · low cost
Fund Size
$5.5B
#440 of 6,040 · large
Return (1Y)
+13.1%
Track Record
14 years
#928 of 6,040 · established
Performance
Total-return NAV · USDGrowth of $10,000
$11,497+15.0%
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
Holdings
By weightConcentration
Top 10 holdings = 15.1% of funddiversified
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
99.1%
Cash
0.9%
By sector
Financial Services
20.4%
Industrials
15.3%
Consumer Defensive
12.0%
Healthcare
10.8%
Communication
9.4%
Utilities
8.7%
Energy
8.6%
Consumer Cyclical
5.3%
Other
9.5%
Risk profile
Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ yearsVolatility (1Y)
10.6%Moderate
Year-on-year price swings
Max drawdown
-27.5%Moderate
Worst peak-to-trough loss
Sharpe (3Y)
1.03Strong risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.49Good 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 2026-09-18