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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ILCV returned +22.0% and IWS +20.2%.

Which is cheaper, ILCV or IWS?

ILCV is cheaper, by 0.19 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $19. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do ILCV and IWS overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 96% of ILCV and 66% of IWS by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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ILCV vs IWS: how they differ

ILCV and IWS hold 13% of their weight in the same names, and ILCV returned +22.0% over the year. iShares Morningstar Value ETF and iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF.

ILCV costs 0.19 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.8 points; IWS is 11.3 times larger.

	ILCV	IWS
Expense ratio	0.04%	0.23%
Net assets	$1.4bn	$15.3bn
Total return, 1 year	+22.0%	+20.2%
Holdings in common	13%
Nasdaq-100, total return, 1 year	+23.6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	35.8%	7.0%
Below its high		4.6%, high on Aug 14, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026.

+22.0%

ILCV total return, 1 year

+20.2%

IWS total return, 1 year

0.04%

ILCV expense ratio

0.23%

IWS expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ILCV 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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13% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding ILCV IWS

PHILLIPS 66 0.33% 1.06%

HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE 0.27% 0.94%

MARATHON PETROLEUM 0.20% 0.67%

MODERNA 0.20% 0.72%

KINDER MORGAN 0.18% 0.63%

CHENIERE ENERGY 0.17% 0.54%

DELTA AIR LINES 0.16% 0.47%

DEVON ENERGY 0.16% 0.55%

ONEOK 0.16% 0.57%

BECTON DICKINSON 0.14% 0.50%

FORD MOTOR CO 0.14% 0.48%

PAYPAL HOLDINGS 0.14% 0.47%

Only in ILCV

MICROSOFT 8.53%

APPLE 7.23%

AMAZON.COM INC 3.29%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 2.95%

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CLASS B 2.75%

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 2.57%

ALPHABET CLASS A 2.56%

ALPHABET CLASS C 2.06%

Only in IWS

AMETEK INC 0.57%

BAKER HUGHES CLASS A 0.56%

EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES 0.48%

WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIE 0.47%

COHERENT 0.45%

FLEX LTD 0.42%

VEEVA SYSTEMS CLASS A 0.42%

VENTAS REIT 0.42%

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On the same fields

ILCV

iShares Morningstar Value ETF

IWS

iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +22.0% +20.2%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +4.8 pts +3.0 pts

Expense ratio 0.04% 0.23%

Already in the S&P 500 96.0% 66.1%

Holdings 374 719

Net assets $1.4bn $15.3bn

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

ILCV in plain words

ILCV tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +22.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 96% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 374 positions, with the top ten at 35.8%.

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, ILCV or IWS?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ILCV returned +22.0% and IWS +20.2%.
Which is cheaper, ILCV or IWS?: ILCV is cheaper, by 0.19 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $19. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ILCV and IWS overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 96% of ILCV and 66% of IWS by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

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

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