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DHS vs IWS: how they differ

DHS and IWS hold 11% of their weight in the same names, and IWS returned +20.2% over the year. WisdomTree U.S. High Dividend Fund and iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF.

IWS costs 0.15 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.6 points; IWS is 10.2 times larger.

DHSIWS
Expense ratio0.38%0.23%
Net assets, DHS as of Jun 30, 2026 and IWS as of Oct 9, 2026$1.5bn$15.3bn
Total return, 1 year+16.6%+20.2%
Holdings in common11%
Nasdaq-100, total return, 1 year+23.6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund32.3%7.0%
Below its high5.2%, high on Aug 19, 20264.6%, high on Aug 14, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

+16.6%
DHS total return, 1 year
+20.2%
IWS total return, 1 year
0.38%
DHS expense ratio
0.23%
IWS expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DHS and IWS hold 11% 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 Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

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11% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding DHS IWS
FORD MOTOR CO 1.30% 0.48%
FIFTH THIRD BANCORP 0.92% 0.46%
EXELON CORP 0.82% 0.43%
ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND COMPANY 0.44% 0.40%
PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.81% 0.39%
KINDER MORGAN INC 0.38% 0.63%
PHILLIPS 66 0.36% 1.06%
CONSOLIDATED EDISON INC 0.36% 0.39%
HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INC 0.48% 0.31%
WEC ENERGY GROUP INC 0.30% 0.34%
CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.50% 0.27%
EVERSOURCE ENERGY 0.29% 0.25%
Only in DHS
ABBVIE INC 4.94%
MERCK & COMPANY INC 4.26%
ALTRIA GROUP INC 3.79%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC 3.42%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 3.16%
PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL INC 3.15%
AT&T INC 2.60%
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 2.45%
Only in IWS
HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE 0.94%
MODERNA 0.72%
MARATHON PETROLEUM 0.67%
DIGITAL REALTY TRUST REIT 0.65%
ALLSTATE CORP 0.59%
AMETEK INC 0.57%
ONEOK 0.57%
BAKER HUGHES CLASS A 0.56%

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On the same fields

DHS
WisdomTree U.S. High Dividend Fund
IWS
iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer WisdomTree iShares
What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +16.6% +20.2%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 −0.6 pts +3.0 pts
Expense ratio 0.38% 0.23%
Already in the S&P 500 78.3% 66.1%
Holdings 323 719
Net assets, DHS as of Jun 30, 2026 and IWS as of Oct 9, 2026 $1.5bn $15.3bn

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

DHS in plain words

DHS tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +16.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.38% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 78% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 323 positions, with the top ten at 32.3%. It sat 5.2% below its high of Aug 19, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

IWS in plain words

IWS tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +20.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.23% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 66% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 719 positions, with the top ten at 7.0%. It sat 4.6% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DHS or IWS?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DHS returned +16.6% and IWS +20.2%.
Which is cheaper, DHS or IWS?
IWS is cheaper, by 0.15 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $15. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DHS and IWS overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 78% of DHS and 66% of IWS by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
DHS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DHS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗WisdomTree website ↗IWS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IWS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IWS ↗

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How this is computed

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed.

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ETFIQ, DHS against IWS, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/dhs-vs-iws

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