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

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IWO vs VT: how they differ

IWO and VT hold 1% of their weight in the same names, and VT returned more over the year.

iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF and Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IWO and VT hold 1% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions IWO and VT both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingIWOVT
UMB Financial Corp.0.05%0.01%
FirstCash Holdings, Inc.0.54%0.01%
Old National Bancorp0.06%0.01%
Cytokinetics, Inc.0.07%0.01%
D-Wave Quantum, Inc.0.53%0.01%
ESCO Technologies, Inc.0.56%0.01%
EnerSys0.49%0.01%
Fluor Corp.0.14%0.01%
Glaukos Corp.0.48%0.01%
Hut 8 Corp.0.38%0.01%
InterDigital, Inc.0.45%0.01%
Moog, Inc.0.73%0.01%
Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in IWOOnly in VT
Argan, Inc. 0.66%NVIDIA Corp 4.22%
JFrog Ltd. 0.60%Apple Inc 3.53%
MYR Group, Inc. 0.47%Microsoft Corp 2.73%
Kodiak Gas Services, Inc. 0.46%Amazon.com Inc 2.29%
Alkermes plc 0.42%Alphabet Inc 2.04%
ACM Research, Inc. 0.41%Broadcom Inc 1.74%
Spyre Therapeutics, Inc. 0.40%Alphabet Inc 1.61%
Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. 0.39%Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Lt 1.52%

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.

IWO and VT on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
IWO
iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF
VT
Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssueriSharesVanguard
What it isRussell 2000 GrowthTotal World Stock
Total return, 1 year+17.0%+18.9%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500−0.5 pts+1.4 pts
Expense ratio0.24%0.06%
Already in the S&P 5000.0%55.2%
Holdings113310042

IWO in plain words

IWO is an index equity fund tracking the Russell 2000 Growth. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +17.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.24% 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 1133 positions, with the top ten at 6.1%. It sat 7.1% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

VT in plain words

VT is an index equity fund tracking the Total World Stock. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +18.9% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% a year. By its holdings filed for Apr 30, 2026, 55% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 10042 positions, with the top ten at 21.9%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IWO or VT?
In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IWO returned +17.0% and VT returned +18.9%, so VT returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, IWO or VT?
IWO charges 0.24% a year and VT charges 0.06%, so VT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IWO and VT overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IWO and 55% of VT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 1% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

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