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iShares MSCI EAFE Min Vol Factor ETF EFAV

Issuer: iShares SEC registrant: iShares Trust Equity · International
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Last price 95.28 USD Change: Up +1.25 Percent change: Up +1.33%

Source: Yahoo Finance (opens in a new tab) Observed · 1 day ago Quotes may be delayed

Expense ratio
0.20%
Prospectus 28 Nov 2025
Net assets
$5.4B
As of 31 Jul 2026
Holdings
272
As of 31 Jul 2026
12-month distribution yield
3.00%
Twice a year
Asset class
Equity
From holdings

iShares MSCI EAFE Min Vol Factor ETF (EFAV) is an exchange-traded fund listed on Cboe BZX in the United States, issued by iShares. Its category is Equity · International (equity). Its last price was US$95.28 on 20 Oct 2026. Its expense ratio is 0.2% a year, from its prospectus dated 28 Nov 2025. It reported net assets of US$5.44 billion as of 31 Jul 2026. Its latest holdings report lists 272 holdings as of 31 Jul 2026. Over the last 12 months it paid distributions of US$2.86 a unit, a 12-month distribution yield of 3.00%, paid twice a year.

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Fees

Total annual operating expenses (gross)
0.20%
Net, after fee waivers or reimbursements
No waiver stated
Management fee
0.20%
Prospectus date
28 Nov 2025
Filed with the SEC
21 Nov 2025

Source: SEC prospectus risk/return data sets (opens in a new tab) Filed

Size and reporting

Net assets
$5,435,796,525
Total assets
$5,445,905,276
Holdings as of
31 Jul 2026
Report made public
23 Sep 2026 (54 days after the month end)

Net assets are for the whole fund series, which for some funds (Vanguard's, for example) also includes mutual fund share classes.

Source: SEC Form N-PORT (opens in a new tab) Filed

Top holdings

Largest 25 of 272 positions, as of 31 Jul 2026. Weight is the percent of net assets the fund reported.

EFAV top holdings as of 31 Jul 2026
# Holding Identifier Weight Value (USD) Type Country Currency
1 SECOM CO., LTD. JP3421800008 1.55% $84.4M Equity (common) Japan JPY
2 Iberdrola, S.A. ES0144580Y14 1.53% $83.0M Equity (common) Spain EUR
3 SHELL PLC GB00BP6MXD84 1.51% $82.1M Equity (common) United Kingdom GBP
4 EQUINOR ASA NO0010096985 1.47% $80.1M Equity (common) Norway NOK
5 ENI S.P.A. IT0003132476 1.46% $79.4M Equity (common) Italy EUR
6 DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD SG1L01001701 1.45% $79.0M Equity (common) Singapore SGD
7 Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD JP3463000004 1.41% $76.9M Equity (common) Japan JPY
8 Novartis AG CH0012005267 1.41% $76.6M Equity (common) Switzerland CHF
9 TOTALENERGIES SE FR0000120271 1.38% $75.2M Equity (common) France EUR
10 BOC HONG KONG (HOLDINGS) LIMITED BOC HONG KONG HOLDINGS LTD HK2388011192 1.38% $74.9M Equity (common) Hong Kong HKD
11 Zurich Insurance Group AG CH0011075394 1.36% $74.2M Equity (common) Switzerland CHF
12 OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED OVERSEA CHINESE BANKING CORP LTD SG1S04926220 1.34% $72.8M Equity (common) Singapore SGD
13 Swisscom AG CH0008742519 1.26% $68.4M Equity (common) Switzerland CHF
14 Sampo Oyj FI4000552500 1.20% $65.0M Equity (common) Finland EUR
15 UNILEVER PLC GB00BVZK7T90 1.18% $64.2M Equity (common) United Kingdom GBP
16 ORANGE SA FR0000133308 1.07% $58.2M Equity (common) France EUR
17 KDDI CORPORATION JP3496400007 1.07% $58.1M Equity (common) Japan JPY
18 JAPAN TOBACCO INC. JP3726800000 1.07% $57.9M Equity (common) Japan JPY
19 SoftBank Corp. JP3732000009 1.05% $56.9M Equity (common) Japan JPY
20 CLP HOLDINGS LIMITED CLP HOLDINGS LTD HK0002007356 1.03% $55.9M Equity (common) Hong Kong HKD
21 Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize N.V. NL0011794037 1.03% $55.8M Equity (common) Netherlands EUR
22 Nestle S.A. CH0038863350 1.03% $55.8M Equity (common) Switzerland CHF
23 Swiss Prime Site AG CH0008038389 1.00% $54.2M Equity (common) Switzerland CHF
24 East Japan Railway Company JP3783600004 0.94% $51.0M Equity (common) Japan JPY
25 BANK HAPOALIM B.M. IL0006625771 0.92% $49.8M Equity (common) Israel ILS

Source: SEC Form N-PORT (opens in a new tab) Made public Holdings as of 31 Jul 2026

All 272 stored holdings

Breakdowns

Sums of reported weights over every position in the report. Totals can differ from 100% because of derivatives, borrowing and cash.

Asset type

Asset type by weight
TypeWeightBar
Equity (common) 97.93%
Other 1.45%
Short-term investment vehicles (cash funds) 0.17%
Equity derivatives <0.01%
Interest rate derivatives −<0.01%

Country

Country by weight
CountryWeightBar
Japan 26.73%
Switzerland 10.39%
United Kingdom 10.24%
France 6.06%
Singapore 5.48%
Australia 5.38%
Hong Kong 5.20%
Spain 4.28%
Italy 3.86%
Germany 3.76%
Israel 3.41%
Netherlands 3.20%
Other (13) 11.57%

The country each issuer is assigned to in the report.

Currency exposure

Currency exposure by weight
CurrencyWeightBar
Euro (EUR) 27.66%
Japanese yen (JPY) 26.73%
Swiss franc (CHF) 10.39%
British pound (GBP) 9.52%
Hong Kong dollar (HKD) 5.79%
Singapore dollar (SGD) 5.48%
Australian dollar (AUD) 5.38%
Israeli shekel (ILS) 3.21%
Norwegian krone (NOK) 1.97%
Danish krone (DKK) 1.57%
US dollar (USD) 1.23%
New Zealand dollar (NZD) 0.57%
Other (1) 0.04%

The currency each holding is denominated in. Currency hedges are not netted off, so a hedged fund still shows its holdings' currencies.

Sector

Sector weights for holdings matched to listed stocks
SectorWeightBar
Consumer Staples 0.19%
Technology 0.19%

Partial coverage: sectors are known for 0.4% of net assets (0% of the fund's equity weight), the holdings matched by CUSIP or ticker to US stocks listed on this site. The rest is not assigned a sector.

Source: SEC Form N-PORT (opens in a new tab) Holdings as of

Distributions

Paid in the last 12 months
$2.8570
2 payments per unit
12-month yield
3.00%
Distributions only, not total return
Frequency
Twice a year
From the gaps between ex-dates
Latest ex-date
15 Jun 2026

12-month yield = distributions per unit with an ex-date in the last 12 months ($2.8570) ÷ latest price ($95.28) × 100 = 3.00%. It looks back, so it is not a forecast; special distributions in the window are included.

Why a distribution yield is not the fund's return: yield vs total return

Distribution history table (10 payments)
EFAV distributions per unit by ex-date
Ex-dateAmount per unit
15 Jun 2026$1.6840
16 Dec 2025$1.1730
16 Jun 2025$1.5860
17 Dec 2024$0.8640
11 Jun 2024$1.4250
20 Dec 2023$0.8210
7 Jun 2023$1.3110
13 Dec 2022$0.4970
9 Jun 2022$1.1090
13 Dec 2021$0.6340

Source: Yahoo Finance (opens in a new tab) Checked · 2 days ago Amounts are adjusted for later unit splits

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