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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ILCV returned +22.0% and VFMF +29.9%.

Which is cheaper, ILCV or VFMF?

ILCV is cheaper, by 0.14 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $14. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 96% of ILCV and 47% of VFMF by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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ILCV vs VFMF: how they differ

ILCV and VFMF hold 8% of their weight in the same names, and VFMF returned +29.9% over the year. iShares Morningstar Value ETF and Vanguard U.S. Multifactor ETF.

ILCV costs 0.14 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 7.9 points; ILCV is 1.2 times larger.

	ILCV	VFMF
Expense ratio	0.04%	0.18%
Net assets, ILCV as of Oct 9, 2026 and VFMF as of Sep 30, 2026	$1.4bn	$1.1bn
Total return, 1 year	+22.0%	+29.9%
Holdings in common	8%
Nasdaq-100, total return, 1 year	+23.6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	35.8%	8.9%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

+22.0%

ILCV total return, 1 year

+29.9%

VFMF total return, 1 year

0.04%

ILCV expense ratio

0.18%

VFMF expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ILCV and VFMF hold 8% 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 May 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

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Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding ILCV VFMF

CISCO SYSTEMS INC 1.32% 0.83%

MERCK & CO INC 1.02% 0.81%

AMGEN INC 0.64% 0.75%

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 0.56% 0.62%

JOHNSON & JOHNSON 1.80% 0.49%

CONOCOPHILLIPS 0.47% 0.86%

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 2.57% 0.45%

VALERO ENERGY CORP 0.37% 0.59%

ALTRIA GROUP INC 0.35% 0.83%

ADOBE INC 0.28% 0.54%

AMAZON.COM INC 3.29% 0.27%

MEDTRONIC PLC 0.33% 0.26%

Only in ILCV

MICROSOFT 8.53%

APPLE 7.23%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 2.95%

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CLASS B 2.75%

ALPHABET CLASS A 2.56%

ALPHABET CLASS C 2.06%

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 2.02%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.54%

Only in VFMF

Micron Technology Inc 1.25%

Newmont Corp 0.89%

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co 0.88%

Bank of New York Mellon Corp/The 0.86%

EOG Resources Inc 0.84%

Travelers Cos Inc/The 0.83%

Alphabet Inc 0.79%

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc 0.77%

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On the same fields

ILCV

iShares Morningstar Value ETF

VFMF

Vanguard U.S. Multifactor ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks an index Actively managed

Total return, 1 year +22.0% +29.9%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +4.8 pts +12.7 pts

Expense ratio 0.04% 0.18%

Already in the S&P 500 96.0% 46.9%

Holdings 374 613

Net assets, ILCV as of Oct 9, 2026 and VFMF as of Sep 30, 2026 $1.4bn $1.1bn

ILCV and VFMF 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%.

VFMF in plain words

VFMF is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +29.9% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.18% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 47% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 613 positions, with the top ten at 8.9%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ILCV or VFMF?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ILCV returned +22.0% and VFMF +29.9%.
Which is cheaper, ILCV or VFMF?: ILCV is cheaper, by 0.14 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $14. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ILCV and VFMF overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 96% of ILCV and 47% of VFMF by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

ILCV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗ILCV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for ILCV ↗VFMF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VFMF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VFMF ↗

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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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