Which returned more over the last year, IGSB or IWB?

In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IGSB returned +1.7% and IWB returned +16.7%, so IWB returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, IGSB or IWB?

IGSB charges 0.04% a year and IWB charges 0.15%, so IGSB is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Sep 13, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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IGSB vs IWB: how they differ

IGSB and IWB hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and IWB returned more over the year.

iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF and iShares Russell 1000 ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IGSB and IWB hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in IGSB	Only in IWB
BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY 0.56%	NVIDIA 7.26%
EAGLE FUNDING LUXCO S. R.L. 144A 0.29%	APPLE 6.73%
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES COR 144A 0.15%	MICROSOFT 5.21%
DEUTSCHE TELEKOM INTERNATIONAL FIN 0.10%	AMAZON.COM INC 3.49%
BAYER US FINANCE II LLC 144A 0.09%	ALPHABET CLASS A 2.77%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO MTN 0.09%	BROADCOM INC 2.40%
GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA (FXD-FRN) 0.08%	ALPHABET CLASS C 2.24%
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC/THE MTN 0.08%	META PLATFORMS CLASS A 2.02%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Sep 10, 2026.

IGSB and IWB on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF	IWB iShares Russell 1000 ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	iShares	iShares
What it is	1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond	Russell 1000
Total return, 1 year	+1.7%	+16.7%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−15.8 pts	−0.8 pts
Expense ratio	0.04%	0.15%
Holdings	4496	945

IGSB in plain words

IGSB is a bond fund tracking the 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +1.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year.

IWB in plain words

IWB is an index equity fund tracking the Russell 1000. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +16.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings filed for Sep 10, 2026, 92% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 945 positions, with the top ten at 35.2%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IGSB or IWB?: In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IGSB returned +1.7% and IWB returned +16.7%, so IWB returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, IGSB or IWB?: IGSB charges 0.04% a year and IWB charges 0.15%, so IGSB is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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IGSB against IWB, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 13, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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