Which returned more over the last year, AOR or IWD?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AOR returned +7.8% and IWD +27.5%.

Which is cheaper, AOR or IWD?

AOR is cheaper, by 0.03 percentage points a year. That is about $3 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do AOR and IWD overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AOR and 90% of IWD by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

AOR vs IWD: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AOR returned +7.8% to IWD's +27.5%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $3.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares Core 60/40 Balanced Allocation ETF, and $83.0bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF.

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At a glance

+7.8%

AOR total return, 1 year

+27.5%

IWD total return, 1 year

0.15%

AOR expense ratio

0.18%

IWD expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AOR costs 0.03 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 19.7 points; IWD is far larger, $83.0bn against $3.9bn.

AOR vs IWD: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AOR	IWD
Return
Measure	AOR	IWD
Total return, 1 year	+7.8%	+27.5%
Benchmark
Measure	AOR	IWD
What it tracks	60/40 Balanced Allocation	Russell 1000 Value Index
Cost and size
Measure	AOR	IWD
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.18%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$3.9bn	$83.0bn
Holdings
Measure	AOR	IWD
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	99.9%	29.6%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, AOR and IWD hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AOR IWD

Only in one fund ↓

Only in AOR

ISHARES CORE S&P ETF TRUST 35.70%

ISHARES CORE UNIV USD BOND ETF 32.15%

ISHARES CORE MSCI INT DEVEL ETF 17.10%

ISHARES CORE MSCI EMERGING MARKETS 6.34%

iShares Core Intl Aggregate Bnd ET 5.81%

ISHARES CORE S&P MID-CAP ETF 1.89%

ISHARES CORE S&P SMALL-CAP ETF 0.92%

Only in IWD

APPLE 6.08%

AMAZON.COM INC 5.95%

MICROSOFT 5.21%

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CLASS B 2.67%

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 2.37%

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 1.96%

JOHNSON & JOHNSON 1.71%

WALMART 1.26%

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Side by side

AOR iShares Core 60/40 Balanced Allocation ETF IWD iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF

Where it sits Allocation ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks an index of 60/40 Balanced Allocation Tracks the Russell 1000 value

Total return, 1 year +7.8% +27.5%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.4% (ACWI) +27.7% (VONV)

Gap to its benchmark −5.6 pts vs ACWI −0.2 pts vs VONV

Expense ratio 0.15% 0.18%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 90.0%

Holdings 7 871

Net assets, AOR as of Oct 28, 2026 and IWD as of Oct 27, 2026 $3.9bn $83.0bn

AOR and IWD on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

AOR

AOR tracks an index of 60/40 Balanced Allocation. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +7.8% with distributions reinvested, against +13.4% for its benchmark, the MSCI All Country World Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 7 positions, with the top ten at 99.9%.

IWD

IWD tracks the Russell 1000 value. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +27.5% with distributions reinvested, against +27.7% for its benchmark, the Russell 1000 Value Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.18% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 90% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 871 positions, with the top ten at 29.6%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AOR or IWD?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AOR returned +7.8% and IWD +27.5%.
Which is cheaper, AOR or IWD?: AOR is cheaper, by 0.03 percentage points a year. That is about $3 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do AOR and IWD overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AOR and 90% of IWD by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where to next

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Sources and dates

AOR and IWD filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AOR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for AOR ↗

IWD prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IWD ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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