iShares MSCI EAFE Minimum Volatility ETF
EFAV NYSE Arca
The iShares MSCI EAFE Min Vol Factor ETF seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of developed market equities that, in the aggregate, have lower volatility characteristics relative to the broader developed equity markets, excluding the U.S. and Canada.
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- Fund size
- 12.2B as of Feb 2020
- Expense ratio
- 0.20% per year
- Dividend yield
- 1.22% Semiyearly
- Volatility · 1Y
- 11.4% Low Risk
- Beta
- 0.32 vs the market
- 52-week range
- 82.7296.25
How EFAV has paid off
Price return over every period, and total return with dividends reinvested, set against price alone.
Return by period
Price · to Oct 30Total return vs price return
Price onlyOver 1 year, EFAV returned +17.1% with dividends reinvested — dividends added +1.4 pts to the price move.
How bumpy is the ride?
Return only means something next to the risk taken to earn it. Volatility, drawdowns and market sensitivity over 1 year.
Volatility
Annualized · 1YA typical year sees the price swing about ±11% around its trend.
Drawdown from peak
How far below its previous high the price has been Deepest fall −8.4% on Jun 23, 2026 — 116 days after the previous high
More than 5% below a high 15% of the time.
Market sensitivity
BetaA beta of 0.32 means EFAV has moved less than the market.
Trend & momentum
Where the price sits against its moving averages, and how stretched the recent move is.
Price vs moving averages
Uptrend- 12-day average95.10 +1.2%
- 26-day average94.19 +2.2%
- 50-day average93.53 +2.9%
- 200-day average90.83 +6.0%
The price is above 4 of 4 averages. The 50-day average is above the 200-day, a sign of a rising longer-term trend.
Relative strength (RSI)
OverboughtRSI compares recent gains with recent losses on a 0–100 scale. Above 70 a move is often considered stretched, below 30 washed out.
Technical indicators describe past prices. They are not a forecast.
Inside the fund
Developed Markets (ex-US) · InvestableMkt LowVolatility — tracking the MSCI EAFE Minimum Volatility (USD) Index.
- Assets under management12.2BUSD
- Expense ratio0.20%per year
- Holdings300
- Risk score3.6Low
Launched October 2011. Listed options available. Fund data as of Feb 28, 2020.
What it pays you
Cash distributions over the last twelve months, and how they have grown.
About 12 USD a year for every 1,000 USD invested at today's price.
- Per share
- 1.17
- Frequency
- Semiyearly
- Last paid
- Dec 16, 2025
Last 12 months
1.17 USD / shareWhere EFAV shows up
Curated themes and indices that hold EFAV. Open one to see it in context, or test the whole theme in a portfolio.
About iShares MSCI EAFE Minimum Volatility ETF
The iShares MSCI EAFE Min Vol Factor ETF seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of developed market equities that, in the aggregate, have lower volatility characteristics relative to the broader developed equity markets, excluding the U.S. and Canada.
- Featured in 3 curated themes
- 300 holdings
- Ticker
- EFAV
- Exchange
- NYSE Arca
- ISIN
- US46429B6891
- CUSIP
- 46429B689
- Currency
- U.S. Dollar (USD)
- Country
- USA
- Sector
- Developed Markets (ex-US)
- Industry
- InvestableMkt LowVolatility
- Benchmark
- MSCI EAFE Minimum Volatility (USD) Index
All key statistics
Details
Shareas of Oct 30, 2026
Dataas of Feb 28, 2020
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Data for information only, not investment advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.