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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IEI returned −1.1% and IWF +0.9%.

Which is cheaper, IEI or IWF?

IEI is cheaper, by 0.03 percentage points a year. That is about $3 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

IEI vs IWF: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IEI returned −1.1% to IWF's +0.9%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $17.0bn for iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF and $124.7bn for iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF.

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At a glance

−1.1%

IEI total return, 1 year

+0.9%

IWF total return, 1 year

0.15%

IEI expense ratio

0.18%

IWF expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IEI costs 0.03 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.0 points; IWF is 7.3 times larger.

IEI vs IWF: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IEI	IWF
Return
Measure	IEI	IWF
Total return, 1 year	−1.1%	+0.9%
Drawdown
Measure	IEI	IWF
Below its high		4.8%, high on Oct 6, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	IEI	IWF
What it tracks	ICE U.S. Treasury 3-7 Year Bond Index	Russell 1000 Growth Index
Cost and size
Measure	IEI	IWF
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.18%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$17.0bn	$124.7bn
Holdings
Measure	IEI	IWF
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight		94%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		57.5%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, IEI and IWF hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first IEI IWF

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Only in IEI

TREASURY NOTE 2.95%

TREASURY NOTE (2OLD) 2.36%

TREASURY NOTE 2.31%

TREASURY NOTE 2.29%

TREASURY NOTE 2.27%

TREASURY NOTE 2.25%

TREASURY NOTE 2.20%

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

IEI iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF IWF iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks an index of 3-7 Year Treasury Bond Tracks the Russell 1000 growth

Total return, 1 year −1.1% +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 0.15% 0.18%

Holdings 82 374

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $17.0bn $124.7bn

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

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About each fund

IEI

IEI tracks an index of 3-7 Year Treasury Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −1.1% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year.

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, IEI or IWF?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IEI returned −1.1% and IWF +0.9%.
Which is cheaper, IEI or IWF?: IEI is cheaper, by 0.03 percentage points a year. That is about $3 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

IEI and IWF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IEI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IEI ↗

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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