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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IMCV returned +20.8% and IWS +20.2%.

Which is cheaper, IMCV or IWS?

IMCV is cheaper, by 0.17 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $17. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 92% of IMCV and 66% of IWS by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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IMCV vs IWS: how they differ

IMCV and IWS hold 49% of their weight in the same names, and IMCV returned +20.8% over the year. iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap Value ETF and iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF.

IMCV costs 0.17 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.6 points; IWS is 13.4 times larger.

	IMCV	IWS
Expense ratio	0.06%	0.23%
Net assets	$1.1bn	$15.3bn
Total return, 1 year	+20.8%	+20.2%
Holdings in common	49%
Nasdaq-100, total return, 1 year	+23.6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	13.6%	7.0%
Below its high	3.7%, high on Aug 24, 2026	4.6%, high on Aug 14, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026.

+20.8%

IMCV total return, 1 year

+20.2%

IWS total return, 1 year

0.06%

IMCV expense ratio

0.23%

IWS expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IMCV and IWS hold 49% 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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half

49% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding IMCV IWS

PHILLIPS 66 1.62% 1.06%

HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE 1.36% 0.94%

MODERNA 1.01% 0.72%

MARATHON PETROLEUM 0.96% 0.67%

KINDER MORGAN 0.92% 0.63%

ONEOK 0.82% 0.57%

DEVON ENERGY 0.77% 0.55%

CHENIERE ENERGY 0.83% 0.54%

BECTON DICKINSON 0.72% 0.50%

FORD MOTOR CO 0.70% 0.48%

REALTY INCOME REIT 0.48% 0.51%

DELTA AIR LINES 0.77% 0.47%

Only in IMCV

VALERO ENERGY CORP 1.84%

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING INC 1.55%

US BANCORP 1.28%

PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP 1.26%

3M 1.22%

ELEVANCE HEALTH INC 1.21%

EOG RESOURCES 1.12%

MONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL CLASS A 1.12%

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

IMCV

iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap 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 +20.8% +20.2%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +3.6 pts +3.0 pts

Expense ratio 0.06% 0.23%

Already in the S&P 500 92.3% 66.1%

Holdings 270 719

Net assets $1.1bn $15.3bn

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

IMCV in plain words

IMCV tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +20.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 92% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 270 positions, with the top ten at 13.6%. It sat 3.7% below its high of Aug 24, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

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, IMCV or IWS?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IMCV returned +20.8% and IWS +20.2%.
Which is cheaper, IMCV or IWS?: IMCV is cheaper, by 0.17 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $17. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IMCV and IWS overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 92% of IMCV and 66% of IWS by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

IMCV and IWS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IMCV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IMCV ↗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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