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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IVOV returned +10.4% and VFMF +29.9%.

Which is cheaper, IVOV or VFMF?

IVOV is cheaper, by 0.08 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $8. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IVOV and 47% of VFMF by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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IVOV vs VFMF: how they differ

IVOV and VFMF hold 13% of their weight in the same names, and VFMF returned +29.9% over the year. Vanguard S&P Mid-Cap 400 Value ETF and Vanguard U.S. Multifactor ETF.

IVOV costs 0.08 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 19.5 points.

	IVOV	VFMF
Expense ratio	0.10%	0.18%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$1.2bn	$1.1bn
Total return, 1 year	+10.4%	+29.9%
Holdings in common	13%
Nasdaq-100, total return, 1 year	+23.6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	10.5%	8.9%
Below its high	7.1%, high on Aug 14, 2026

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

+10.4%

IVOV total return, 1 year

+29.9%

VFMF total return, 1 year

0.10%

IVOV expense ratio

0.18%

VFMF expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IVOV and VFMF 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 May 31, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026.

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13% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding IVOV VFMF

BorgWarner Inc 0.76% 0.34%

Ryder System Inc 0.55% 0.33%

Macy's Inc 0.34% 0.27%

Chord Energy Corp 0.48% 0.26%

HF Sinclair Corp 0.90% 0.26%

RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd 0.39% 0.26%

VF Corp 0.26% 0.26%

Lear Corp 0.36% 0.24%

First Horizon Corp 0.67% 0.24%

Oshkosh Corp 0.30% 0.24%

Gap Inc/The 0.29% 0.24%

Range Resources Corp 0.56% 0.24%

Only in IVOV

Jones Lang LaSalle Inc 0.98%

Annaly Capital Management Inc 0.97%

WESCO International Inc 0.96%

Reinsurance Group of America Inc 0.94%

Pinnacle Financial Partners Inc 0.87%

Aramark 0.86%

Entegris Inc 0.72%

Ally Financial Inc 0.68%

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

IVOV

Vanguard S&P Mid-Cap 400 Value ETF

VFMF

Vanguard U.S. Multifactor ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Vanguard Vanguard

What it is Tracks an index Actively managed

Total return, 1 year +10.4% +29.9%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 −6.8 pts +12.7 pts

Expense ratio 0.10% 0.18%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 46.9%

Holdings 299 613

Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026 $1.2bn $1.1bn

IVOV and VFMF 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.

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, IVOV or VFMF?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IVOV returned +10.4% and VFMF +29.9%.
Which is cheaper, IVOV or VFMF?: IVOV is cheaper, by 0.08 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $8. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IVOV and VFMF overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IVOV and 47% of VFMF 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 ↗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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