Which returned more over the last year, FTEC or IWM?

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTEC returned +35.7% and IWM returned +21.2%, so FTEC returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, FTEC or IWM?

FTEC charges 0.08% a year and IWM charges 0.19%, so FTEC is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do FTEC and IWM overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 86% of FTEC and 0% of IWM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 5% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

Data as of Sep 12, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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FTEC vs IWM: how they differ

FTEC and IWM hold 5% of their weight in the same names, and FTEC returned more over the year.

Fidelity MSCI Information Technology Index ETF and iShares Russell 2000 ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FTEC and IWM hold 5% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions FTEC and IWM both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding	FTEC	IWM
Hut 8 Corp	0.13%	0.37%
Viasat Inc	0.12%	0.35%
Plexus Corp	0.12%	0.25%
Silicon Laboratories Inc	0.11%	0.23%
MaxLinear Inc	0.10%	0.34%
Riot Platforms Inc	0.10%	0.30%
InterDigital Inc	0.09%	0.23%
Core Scientific Inc	0.09%	0.25%
Diodes Inc	0.09%	0.16%
D-Wave Quantum Inc	0.08%	0.28%
Cipher Digital Inc	0.08%	0.26%
Novanta Inc	0.08%	0.18%

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in FTEC	Only in IWM
NVIDIA Corp 18.00%	Moog, Inc. 0.38%
Apple Inc 14.38%	BrightSpring Health Services, Inc. 0.35%
Microsoft Corp 9.54%	Cytokinetics, Inc. 0.35%
Broadcom Inc 5.01%	Argan, Inc. 0.34%
Micron Technology Inc 2.64%	UMB Financial Corp. 0.33%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc 2.60%	JFrog Ltd. 0.31%
Intel Corp 1.99%	Krystal Biotech, Inc. 0.30%
Cisco Systems Inc 1.66%	ESCO Technologies, Inc. 0.29%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Apr 30, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026.

FTEC and IWM on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	FTEC Fidelity MSCI Information Technology Index ETF	IWM iShares Russell 2000 ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Fidelity	iShares
What it is	MSCI Information Technology	Russell 2000
Total return, 1 year	+35.7%	+21.2%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	+18.2 pts	+3.7 pts
Expense ratio	0.08%	0.19%
Already in the S&P 500	86.2%	0.0%
Holdings	282	2014

FTEC in plain words

FTEC is an index equity fund tracking the MSCI Information Technology. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +35.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% a year. By its holdings filed for Apr 30, 2026, 86% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 282 positions, with the top ten at 58.8%. It sat 3.7% below its high of Jun 2, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

IWM in plain words

IWM is an index equity fund tracking the Russell 2000. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +21.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.19% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2014 positions, with the top ten at 3.4%. It sat 5.3% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FTEC or IWM?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTEC returned +35.7% and IWM returned +21.2%, so FTEC returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, FTEC or IWM?: FTEC charges 0.08% a year and IWM charges 0.19%, so FTEC is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FTEC and IWM overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 86% of FTEC and 0% of IWM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 5% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

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