EFAV vs QUAL: holdings overlap, shared companies and scores

As of September 11, 2026, EFAV and QUAL overlap 0.1% by weight. iShares MSCI EAFE Min Vol Factor ETF (EFAV): Developed market equities. iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (QUAL): U.S. quality factor stocks.

Updated September 11, 2026

How much do EFAV and QUAL overlap?

As of September 11, 2026, EFAV and QUAL overlap 0.1% by weight.

0% of EFAV is already inside QUAL.

2% of QUAL is already inside EFAV.

EFAV holds 278 companies and QUAL holds 121; 2 are in both.

Computed by ETF Copilot from both funds' holdings rather than quoted from a data provider, and rebuilt nightly.

How does ETF Copilot score EFAV and QUAL?

As of September 11, 2026, ETF Copilot scores EFAV 5.0 out of 10 and QUAL 5.1 out of 10.

They differ most on Valuation: EFAV 7.1 and QUAL 1.2.

The five factor scores behind them are set out below, 0–10 and higher is better, ranked against every US equity ETF we track.

EFAV vs QUAL — ETF Copilot factor scores, 0–10
Factor	EFAV	QUAL
Growth	4.0	1.4
Valuation	7.1	1.2
Risk	9.5	7.9
Quality	4.0	9.5
Return	2.3	6.6

QUAL is the cheaper of the two at 0.15% a year

As of September 11, 2026, EFAV charges 0.20% a year, yields 3.44% and holds $5.5B in assets across 278 positions.

As of September 11, 2026, QUAL charges 0.15% a year, yields 0.94% and holds $47.5B in assets across 121 positions.

EFAV vs QUAL — cost, income and size
Measure	EFAV	QUAL
Expense ratio	0.20%	0.15%
Dividend yield	3.44%	0.94%
Assets under management	$5.5B	$47.5B
Holdings	278	121

Expense ratio, dividend yield and assets under management are reported by the fund and refreshed daily. Every other figure on this page is computed by ETF Copilot.

Where EFAV and QUAL trade against their own history

EFAV trades at 17.0 times earnings, against its own median of 15.9, and is more expensive than 65% of its own 114 monthly readings since 2017.

QUAL trades at 27.3 times earnings, against its own median of 21.2, and is more expensive than 86% of its own 114 monthly readings since 2017.

What moved EFAV and QUAL this week

EFAV fell 1.2% in the week to September 11, 2026. The holdings that moved it most were Novartis (−15.2%), Unilever (−3.8%) and Zurich Insurance (−3.3%); Softbank (+5.7%) pushed the other way.

QUAL fell 1.5% in the week to September 11, 2026. The holdings that moved it most were Nvidia (−4.4%), Microsoft (−2.8%) and TJX (−4.7%); Meta Platforms (+6.1%) pushed the other way.

What do EFAV and QUAL each hold?

What's inside EFAV: Tech 8%, AI 1%.

15% of EFAV is its ten largest holdings.

What's inside QUAL: Tech 47%, Magnificent 7 29%.

44% of QUAL is its ten largest holdings.

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ETF Copilot, “EFAV vs QUAL holdings overlap and scores”, as of September 11, 2026.
https://etf-copilot.com/compare/efav-vs-qual