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CGCV vs IWB: Differences, Returns & Fees

CGCV and IWB hold 30% of their weight in the same names, and IWB returned +16.6% over the year. Net assets: $2.0bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Capital Group Conservative Equity ETF, and $49.6bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares Russell 1000 ETF.

IWB costs 0.18 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 6.0 points; IWB is far larger, $49.4bn against $2.1bn.

CGCV vs IWB: Differences, Returns & Fees
CGCVIWB
Expense ratio0.33%0.15%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026$2.1bn$49.4bn
Total return, 1 year+10.6%+16.6%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedRussell 1000 Index
Holdings in common30%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund32.3%36.1%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+10.6%
CGCV total return, 1 year
+16.6%
IWB total return, 1 year
0.33%
CGCV expense ratio
0.15%
IWB expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CGCV and IWB hold 30% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

half

30% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding CGCV IWB
Microsoft Corp 5.79% 5.53%
Apple Inc 2.94% 6.77%
Alphabet Inc 2.49% 2.85%
Broadcom Inc 4.87% 2.34%
Meta Platforms Inc 2.24% 2.20%
Eli Lilly & Co 3.52% 1.31%
JPMorgan Chase & Co 2.19% 1.24%
Johnson & Johnson 1.16% 0.88%
AbbVie Inc 2.13% 0.68%
Mastercard Inc 0.98% 0.66%
Cisco Systems Inc 2.51% 0.65%
Procter & Gamble Co/The 0.90% 0.49%
Only in CGCV
Capital Group Central Cash Fund 2.29%
General Electric Co 2.25%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 1.93%
Applied Materials Inc 1.78%
British American Tobacco PLC 1.57%
Exxon Mobil Corp 1.50%
TC Energy Corp 1.16%
Texas Instruments Inc 1.10%
Only in IWB
NVIDIA 7.44%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.54%
ALPHABET CLASS C 2.30%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.61%
TESLA INC 1.56%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.38%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CLASS B 1.34%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 0.97%

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On the same fields

CGCV
Capital Group Conservative Equity ETF
IWB
iShares Russell 1000 ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Capital Group iShares
What it is Actively managed Tracks the Russell 1000
Total return, 1 year +10.6% +16.6%
Its benchmark over the same days +17.3% (VOO) +16.8% (VONE)
Gap to its benchmark −6.7 pts vs VOO −0.1 pts vs VONE
Expense ratio 0.33% 0.15%
Already in the S&P 500 91.5% 91.7%
Holdings 72 1025
Net assets, CGCV as of Sep 30, 2026 and IWB as of Oct 9, 2026 $2.0bn $49.6bn

CGCV and IWB on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

About CGCV

CGCV is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +10.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.33% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 92% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 72 positions, with the top ten at 32.3%.

About IWB

IWB tracks the Russell 1000. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +16.6% with distributions reinvested, against +16.8% for its benchmark, the Russell 1000 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 92% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,025 positions, with the top ten at 36.1%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, CGCV or IWB?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGCV returned +10.6% and IWB +16.6%.
Which is cheaper, CGCV or IWB?
IWB is cheaper, by 0.18 percentage points a year. That is about $18 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do CGCV and IWB overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 92% of CGCV and 92% of IWB by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
CGCV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗CGCV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Capital Group page for CGCV ↗IWB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IWB prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IWB ↗

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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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