Which returned more over the last year, IGM or VOX?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IGM returned +21.7% and VOX −5.7%.

Which is cheaper, IGM or VOX?

VOX is cheaper, by 0.28 percentage points a year. That is about $28 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do IGM and VOX overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 92% of IGM and 84% of VOX by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

IGM vs VOX: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IGM returned +21.7% to VOX's −5.7%; 15% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $11.0bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Expanded Tech Sector ETF, and $6.0bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Communication Services ETF.

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At a glance

+21.7%

IGM total return, 1 year

−5.7%

VOX total return, 1 year

0.37%

IGM expense ratio

0.09%

VOX expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VOX costs 0.28 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 27.4 points; IGM is 1.9 times larger.

IGM vs VOX: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IGM	VOX
Return
Measure	IGM	VOX
Total return, 1 year	+21.7%	−5.7%
Drawdown
Measure	IGM	VOX
Below its high	6.2%, high on Oct 6, 2026	10.8%, high on Jan 29, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	IGM	VOX
What it tracks	S&P North American Expanded Technology Sector Index	MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Communication Services 25/50
Cost and size
Measure	IGM	VOX
Expense ratio	0.37%	0.09%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$11.4bn	$6.0bn
Holdings
Measure	IGM	VOX
Holdings in common	15%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	56.8%	71.1%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

15%

By the books each fund has filed, IGM and VOX hold 15% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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15% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first IGM VOX

ALPHABET CLASS A 4.57% 13.97%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 4.27% 25.31%

ALPHABET CLASS C 3.66% 7.70%

NETFLIX 1.18% 3.77%

APPLOVIN CLASS A 0.32% 2.31%

ROBLOX CLASS A 0.17% 1.51%

TAKE TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE 0.16% 1.78%

REDDIT CLASS A 0.09% 0.98%

MATCH GROUP INC 0.05% 0.52%

PINTEREST CLASS A 0.04% 0.49%

SNAP INC CLASS A 0.03% 0.33%

CARGURUS CLASS A 0.01% 0.13%

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Only in IGM

APPLE 9.36%

MICROSOFT 9.19%

NVIDIA 8.28%

BROADCOM INC 7.07%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 4.16%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 4.07%

INTEL CORPORATION 2.12%

PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES CLASS A 2.08%

Only in VOX

Walt Disney Co 4.26%

Verizon Communications Inc 4.04%

AT&T Inc 4.04%

Space Exploration Technologies Corp 2.88%

Warner Bros Discovery Inc 2.73%

T-Mobile US Inc 2.44%

Comcast Corp 2.41%

Live Nation Entertainment Inc 1.56%

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Side by side

IGM iShares Expanded Tech Sector ETF VOX Vanguard Communication Services ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks an index of Expanded Tech Sector Tracks an index of Communication Services

Total return, 1 year +21.7% −5.7%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured −5.9% (FCOM)

Gap to its benchmark not measured +0.2 pts vs FCOM

Expense ratio 0.37% 0.09%

Already in the S&P 500 91.9% 84.3%

Holdings 295 113

Net assets, IGM as of Oct 27, 2026 and VOX as of Sep 30, 2026 $11.0bn $6.0bn

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

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About each fund

IGM

IGM tracks an index of Expanded Tech Sector. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +21.7% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.37% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 92% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 295 positions, with the top ten at 56.8%. It sat 6.2% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

VOX

VOX tracks an index of Communication Services. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −5.7% with distributions reinvested, against −5.9% for its benchmark, the MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Communication Services 25/50. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 84% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 113 positions, with the top ten at 71.1%. It sat 10.8% below its high of Jan 29, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IGM or VOX?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IGM returned +21.7% and VOX −5.7%.
Which is cheaper, IGM or VOX?: VOX is cheaper, by 0.28 percentage points a year. That is about $28 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IGM and VOX overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 92% of IGM and 84% of VOX by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

IGM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IGM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IGM ↗

VOX filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VOX prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VOX ↗

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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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