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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IVOV returned +10.4% and IWS +20.2%.

Which is cheaper, IVOV or IWS?

IVOV is cheaper, by 0.13 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $13. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IVOV and 66% of IWS by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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IVOV vs IWS: how they differ

IVOV and IWS hold 18% of their weight in the same names, and IWS returned +20.2% over the year. Vanguard S&P Mid-Cap 400 Value ETF and iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF.

IVOV costs 0.13 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 9.8 points; IWS is 12.8 times larger.

	IVOV	IWS
Expense ratio	0.10%	0.23%
Net assets, IVOV as of Sep 30, 2026 and IWS as of Oct 9, 2026	$1.2bn	$15.3bn
Total return, 1 year	+10.4%	+20.2%
Holdings in common	18%
Nasdaq-100, total return, 1 year	+23.6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	10.5%	7.0%
Below its high	7.1%, high on Aug 14, 2026	4.6%, high on Aug 14, 2026

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

+10.4%

IVOV total return, 1 year

+20.2%

IWS total return, 1 year

0.10%

IVOV expense ratio

0.23%

IWS expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IVOV and IWS hold 18% 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 Aug 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

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18% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding IVOV IWS

Illumina Inc 0.86% 0.40%

Entegris Inc 0.72% 0.21%

US Foods Holding Corp 1.34% 0.21%

Reliance Inc 1.14% 0.20%

TD SYNNEX Corp 1.10% 0.20%

Nutanix Inc 0.42% 0.19%

HF Sinclair Corp 0.90% 0.18%

Roivant Sciences Ltd 0.38% 0.18%

East West Bancorp Inc 0.49% 0.17%

Ovintiv Inc 1.05% 0.17%

Reinsurance Group of America Inc 0.94% 0.17%

WESCO International Inc 0.96% 0.17%

Only in IVOV

UMB Financial Corp 0.59%

American Airlines Group Inc 0.52%

Old National Bancorp/IN 0.51%

Murphy USA Inc 0.50%

Fluor Corp 0.44%

Commercial Metals Co 0.43%

Terex Corp 0.42%

Valley National Bancorp 0.38%

Only in IWS

PHILLIPS 66 1.06%

HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE 0.94%

MODERNA 0.72%

MARATHON PETROLEUM 0.67%

DIGITAL REALTY TRUST REIT 0.65%

KINDER MORGAN 0.63%

ALLSTATE CORP 0.59%

AMETEK INC 0.57%

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On the same fields

IVOV

Vanguard S&P Mid-Cap 400 Value ETF

IWS

iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Vanguard iShares

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +10.4% +20.2%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 −6.8 pts +3.0 pts

Expense ratio 0.10% 0.23%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 66.1%

Holdings 299 719

Net assets, IVOV as of Sep 30, 2026 and IWS as of Oct 9, 2026 $1.2bn $15.3bn

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

IVOV in plain words

IVOV tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +10.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.10% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Aug 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 299 positions, with the top ten at 10.5%. It sat 7.1% below its high of Aug 14, 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, IVOV or IWS?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IVOV returned +10.4% and IWS +20.2%.
Which is cheaper, IVOV or IWS?: IVOV is cheaper, by 0.13 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $13. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IVOV and IWS overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IVOV and 66% of IWS by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

IVOV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IVOV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for IVOV ↗IWS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗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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