Which returned more over the last year, DVY or IWS?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DVY returned +13.7% and IWS +20.2%.

Which is cheaper, DVY 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 DVY and IWS overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 80% of DVY and 66% of IWS by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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DVY vs IWS: how they differ

DVY and IWS hold 13% of their weight in the same names, and IWS returned +20.2% over the year. iShares Select Dividend ETF and iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF.

IWS costs 0.15 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 6.5 points; DVY is 1.5 times larger.

	DVY	IWS
Expense ratio	0.38%	0.23%
Net assets	$22.5bn	$15.3bn
Total return, 1 year	+13.7%	+20.2%
Holdings in common	13%
Nasdaq-100, total return, 1 year	+23.6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	19.9%	7.0%
Below its high	6.0%, high on Aug 14, 2026	4.6%, high on Aug 14, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026.

+13.7%

DVY total return, 1 year

+20.2%

IWS total return, 1 year

0.38%

DVY expense ratio

0.23%

IWS expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DVY 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 Oct 8, 2026.

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half

13% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding DVY IWS

ONEOK 1.81% 0.57%

ENTERGY CORP 0.82% 0.48%

FORD MOTOR CO 1.42% 0.48%

FIFTH THIRD BANCORP 1.07% 0.46%

XCEL ENERGY INC 0.85% 0.46%

EXELON CORP 1.03% 0.43%

ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND 1.30% 0.40%

PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 2.15% 0.39%

PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE GROUP 0.87% 0.36%

WEC ENERGY GROUP 1.02% 0.34%

HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INC 1.10% 0.31%

HP INC 2.53% 0.30%

Only in DVY

PFIZER 2.33%

ALTRIA GROUP INC 2.27%

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 1.80%

TARGET CORP 1.74%

VALERO ENERGY CORP 1.63%

CHEVRON 1.52%

DOMINION ENERGY 1.39%

EOG RESOURCES 1.34%

Only in IWS

PHILLIPS 66 1.06%

HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE 0.94%

MODERNA 0.72%

MARATHON PETROLEUM 0.67%

DIGITAL REALTY TRUST REIT 0.65%

KINDER MORGAN 0.63%

ALLSTATE CORP 0.59%

AMETEK INC 0.57%

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On the same fields

DVY

iShares Select Dividend ETF

IWS

iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks an index of US dividend Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +13.7% +20.2%

S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 −3.6 pts +3.0 pts

Expense ratio 0.38% 0.23%

Already in the S&P 500 80.1% 66.1%

Holdings 101 719

Net assets $22.5bn $15.3bn

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

DVY in plain words

DVY tracks an index of US dividend. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +13.7% 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 published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 80% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 101 positions, with the top ten at 19.9%. It sat 6.0% below its high of Aug 14, 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, DVY or IWS?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DVY returned +13.7% and IWS +20.2%.
Which is cheaper, DVY 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 DVY and IWS overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 80% of DVY and 66% of IWS by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

DVY and IWS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DVY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for DVY ↗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, DVY against IWS, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/dvy-vs-iws

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