Verified factor-similar pair

IAK vs IYF

These two ETFs pass the same FF6 US similarity lane: US-listed equity ETFs, same USD model basis, at least one material non-market factor, and 100% overlap in statistically significant material factor exposure.

HML
Similarity score
83
Verified similar

Score blends exposure-level distance, factor-vector shape, market-beta closeness, and a small backtested relative-Sharpe term.

IAK

iShares U.S. Insurance ETF
HML
Adj. R2
0.755
Rel. Sharpe
0.718
Mkt beta
0.97
AUM
US$363M
MER
0.38%
Valuation
64

IYF

iShares U.S. Financials ETF
HML
Adj. R2
0.872
Rel. Sharpe
0.722
Mkt beta
1.01
AUM
US$3.4B
MER
0.38%
Valuation
109

Factor Exposure Match

Blue bars compare raw factor beta magnitude. Green bars compare absolute t-stat strength. Dim bars indicate the t-stat is below 1.96.

SMB
IAK
-0.15
|t|
-1.8
IYF
-0.10
|t|
-2.2
diff -0.05
HML
IAK
+0.66
|t|
+8.2
IYF
+0.74
|t|
+15.3
diff -0.08
RMW
IAK
-0.12
|t|
-1.1
IYF
-0.14
|t|
-2.6
diff +0.03
CMA
IAK
-0.01
|t|
-0.1
IYF
-0.20
|t|
-2.9
diff +0.20
UMD
IAK
-0.04
|t|
-0.9
IYF
-0.06
|t|
-2.2
diff +0.02

Why This Pair Matches

Exposure level
77
Exposure shape
98
Mkt beta diff
0.03
Rel. Sharpe diff
0.003

This comparison focuses on measured factor exposure, not a qualitative review of each fund's portfolio-construction process. Backtested relative Sharpe is included as a secondary signal, while we continue refining a comparison metric that separates factor payoff from alpha. See methodology.

IAK fund page IYF fund page US ETF Leaders US Universe
Important context

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