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DSTL vs IWS: Differences, Returns & Fees

DSTL and IWS hold 13% of their weight in the same names, and IWS returned +20.2% over the year. Net assets: $2.1bn on Jun 30, 2026 for Distillate U.S. Fundamental Stability & Value ETF, and $15.3bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF.

IWS costs 0.16 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.6 points; IWS is 7.4 times larger.

DSTLIWS
Expense ratio0.39%0.23%
Net assets, as of Jun 30, 2026$2.1bn$15.6bn
Total return, 1 year+14.6%+20.2%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedRussell Midcap Value Index
Holdings in common13%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund20.0%7.0%
Below its high6.5%, high on Sep 3, 20264.6%, high on Aug 14, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+14.6%
DSTL total return, 1 year
+20.2%
IWS total return, 1 year
0.39%
DSTL expense ratio
0.23%
IWS expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DSTL and IWS hold 13% 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 9, 2026.

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13% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding DSTL IWS
Marathon Petroleum Corp 1.49% 0.65%
Devon Energy Corp 0.84% 0.54%
PayPal Holdings Inc 1.17% 0.47%
Veeva Systems Inc 0.80% 0.44%
Diamondback Energy Inc 1.07% 0.39%
Roper Technologies Inc 0.93% 0.36%
Kroger Co/The 0.78% 0.34%
Workday Inc 0.82% 0.34%
DR Horton Inc 1.09% 0.33%
Paychex Inc 0.76% 0.33%
ResMed Inc 0.67% 0.33%
Cardinal Health Inc 1.14% 0.30%
Only in DSTL
AbbVie Inc 3.35%
Merck & Co Inc 2.94%
QUALCOMM Inc 2.38%
Booking Holdings Inc 1.81%
Uber Technologies Inc 1.75%
Salesforce Inc 1.71%
Altria Group Inc 1.59%
Cigna Group/The 1.51%
Only in IWS
PHILLIPS 66 1.04%
HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE 0.97%
MODERNA 0.81%
DIGITAL REALTY TRUST REIT 0.66%
KINDER MORGAN 0.63%
ALLSTATE CORP 0.58%
AMETEK INC 0.56%
BAKER HUGHES CLASS A 0.56%

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On the same fields

DSTL
Distillate U.S. Fundamental Stability & Value ETF
IWS
iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Distillate Capital iShares
What it is Actively managed Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +14.6% +20.2%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 −2.7 pts +3.0 pts
Expense ratio 0.39% 0.23%
Already in the S&P 500 76.9% 66.1%
Holdings 107 719
Net assets, DSTL as of Jun 30, 2026 and IWS as of Oct 9, 2026 $2.1bn $15.3bn

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

DSTL in plain words

DSTL is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +14.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.39% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 77% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 107 positions, with the top ten at 20.0%. It sat 6.5% below its high of Sep 3, 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. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.23% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 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, DSTL or IWS?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DSTL returned +14.6% and IWS +20.2%.
Which is cheaper, DSTL or IWS?
IWS is cheaper, by 0.16 percentage points a year. That is about $16 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DSTL and IWS overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 77% of DSTL and 66% of IWS by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
DSTL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DSTL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗IWS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IWS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IWS ↗

ETFIQ links to the documents behind every figure; a link is not an endorsement. A comparison is not a recommendation.

How this is computed

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

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