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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IMCV returned +20.8% and VFMF +29.9%.

Which is cheaper, IMCV or VFMF?

IMCV is cheaper, by 0.12 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $12. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 92% of IMCV and 47% of VFMF by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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IMCV vs VFMF: how they differ

IMCV and VFMF hold 4% of their weight in the same names, and VFMF returned +29.9% over the year. iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap Value ETF and Vanguard U.S. Multifactor ETF.

IMCV costs 0.12 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 9.1 points.

	IMCV	VFMF
Expense ratio	0.06%	0.18%
Net assets, IMCV as of Oct 9, 2026 and VFMF as of Sep 30, 2026	$1.1bn	$1.1bn
Total return, 1 year	+20.8%	+29.9%
Holdings in common	4%
Nasdaq-100, total return, 1 year	+23.6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	13.6%	8.9%
Below its high	3.7%, high on Aug 24, 2026

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

+20.8%

IMCV total return, 1 year

+29.9%

VFMF total return, 1 year

0.06%

IMCV expense ratio

0.18%

VFMF expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IMCV and VFMF hold 4% 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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4% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding IMCV VFMF

VALERO ENERGY CORP 1.84% 0.59%

ROSS STORES INC 0.28% 0.46%

SYNCHRONY FINANCIAL 0.35% 0.26%

DOLLAR GENERAL CORP 0.39% 0.25%

OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORP 0.63% 0.25%

DOLLAR TREE INC 0.31% 0.25%

CF INDUSTRIES HOLDINGS INC 0.25% 0.24%

TARGET CORP 1.01% 0.24%

ILLUMINA INC 0.21% 0.23%

CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.19% 0.23%

INCYTE CORP 0.16% 0.25%

CARNIVAL CORP LTD 0.30% 0.14%

Only in IMCV

PHILLIPS 66 1.62%

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING INC 1.55%

HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE 1.36%

US BANCORP 1.28%

PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP 1.26%

3M 1.22%

ELEVANCE HEALTH INC 1.21%

EOG RESOURCES 1.12%

Only in VFMF

Micron Technology Inc 1.25%

Newmont Corp 0.89%

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co 0.88%

ConocoPhillips 0.86%

Bank of New York Mellon Corp/The 0.86%

EOG Resources Inc 0.84%

Travelers Cos Inc/The 0.83%

Altria Group Inc 0.83%

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On the same fields

IMCV

iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap 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 +20.8% +29.9%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +3.6 pts +12.7 pts

Expense ratio 0.06% 0.18%

Already in the S&P 500 92.3% 46.9%

Holdings 270 613

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

IMCV and VFMF 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.

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, IMCV or VFMF?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IMCV returned +20.8% and VFMF +29.9%.
Which is cheaper, IMCV or VFMF?: IMCV is cheaper, by 0.12 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $12. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IMCV and VFMF overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 92% of IMCV and 47% of VFMF by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

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