Which returned more over the last year, HDV or IWF?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HDV returned +29.4% and IWF +0.9%.

Which is cheaper, HDV or IWF?

HDV is cheaper, by 0.10 percentage points a year. That is about $10 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do HDV and IWF overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 90% of HDV and 94% of IWF by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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HDV vs IWF: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, HDV returned +29.4% to IWF's +0.9%; 2% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $15.9bn for iShares Core High Dividend ETF and $124.7bn for iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF.

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At a glance

+29.4%

HDV total return, 1 year

+0.9%

IWF total return, 1 year

0.08%

HDV expense ratio

0.18%

IWF expense ratio

Pair scorecard

HDV costs 0.10 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 28.5 points; IWF is 7.8 times larger.

HDV vs IWF: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	HDV	IWF
Return
Measure	HDV	IWF
Total return, 1 year	+29.4%	+0.9%
Drawdown
Measure	HDV	IWF
Below its high		4.8%, high on Oct 6, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	HDV	IWF
What it tracks	Morningstar Dividend Yield Focus Index	Russell 1000 Growth Index
Cost and size
Measure	HDV	IWF
Expense ratio	0.08%	0.18%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$15.9bn	$124.7bn
Holdings
Measure	HDV	IWF
Holdings in common	2%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	55.6%	57.5%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, HDV and IWF hold 2% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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2% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first HDV IWF

HOME DEPOT 4.57% 0.71%

AMGEN INC 2.78% 0.52%

BLACKSTONE 1.64% 0.21%

STARBUCKS CORP 1.38% 0.20%

MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INC 0.53% 0.13%

ABBVIE 6.77% 0.12%

COCA-COLA 4.26% 0.12%

DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC 0.36% 0.07%

ILLINOIS TOOL INC 0.93% 0.07%

PEPSICO 3.89% 0.07%

SYSCO 0.54% 0.06%

KIMBERLY CLARK 0.88% 0.04%

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Only in HDV

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 9.48%

CHEVRON 7.22%

PROCTER & GAMBLE 5.46%

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 5.12%

PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL 5.04%

ALTRIA GROUP INC 3.75%

MCDONALDS CORP 2.55%

NEXTERA ENERGY 2.54%

Only in IWF

NVIDIA 15.30%

APPLE 8.18%

MICROSOFT 5.94%

ALPHABET CLASS A 5.62%

BROADCOM INC 4.79%

ALPHABET CLASS C 4.53%

TESLA INC 3.58%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 3.36%

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Side by side

HDV iShares Core High Dividend ETF IWF iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks an index of High Dividend Tracks the Russell 1000 growth

Total return, 1 year +29.4% +0.9%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +1.1% (VONG)

Gap to its benchmark not measured −0.2 pts vs VONG

Expense ratio 0.08% 0.18%

Already in the S&P 500 89.5% 93.5%

Holdings 77 374

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $15.9bn $124.7bn

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

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About each fund

HDV

HDV tracks an index of High Dividend. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +29.4% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% 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 77 positions, with the top ten at 55.6%.

IWF

IWF tracks the Russell 1000 growth. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +0.9% with distributions reinvested, against +1.1% for its benchmark, the Russell 1000 Growth Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.18% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 94% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 374 positions, with the top ten at 57.5%. It sat 4.8% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, HDV or IWF?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HDV returned +29.4% and IWF +0.9%.
Which is cheaper, HDV or IWF?: HDV is cheaper, by 0.10 percentage points a year. That is about $10 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do HDV and IWF overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 90% of HDV and 94% of IWF by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

HDV and IWF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

HDV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for HDV ↗

IWF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IWF ↗

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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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