IVV vs IWV: Differences, Returns & Fees

IVV and IWV hold 89% of their weight in the same names, and IVV returned +17.3% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $896.4bn for iShares Core S&P 500 ETF and $20.6bn for iShares Russell 3000 ETF.

IVV costs 0.17 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.6 points; IVV is far larger, $896.4bn against $20.6bn.

IVV vs IWV: Differences, Returns & Fees
IVVIWV
Expense ratio0.03%0.20%
Net assets$896.4bn$20.6bn
Total return, 1 year+17.3%+16.7%
What it tracksS&P 500Russell 3000 Index
Holdings in common89%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund39.0%34.7%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 9, 2026.

+17.3%
IVV total return, 1 year
+16.7%
IWV total return, 1 year
0.03%
IVV expense ratio
0.20%
IWV expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IVV and IWV hold 89% 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 9, 2026.

half

89% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding IVV IWV
NVIDIA 8.23% 7.15%
APPLE 7.29% 6.51%
MICROSOFT 5.89% 5.32%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.82% 3.40%
ALPHABET CLASS A 3.06% 2.74%
BROADCOM INC 2.55% 2.25%
ALPHABET CLASS C 2.45% 2.21%
META PLATFORMS CLASS A 2.35% 2.11%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.72% 1.55%
TESLA INC 1.60% 1.49%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.47% 1.32%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CLASS B 1.42% 1.28%
Only in IVV
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PLC 0.26%
NXP SEMICONDUCTORS NV 0.09%
TE CONNECTIVITY PLC 0.09%
ERIE INDEMNITY CLASS A 0.01%
SKYDANCE SHS CLASS B 0.01%
Only in IWV
SNOWFLAKE 0.17%
CLOUDFLARE CLASS A 0.15%
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES COR 0.13%
SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY 0.11%
CHENIERE ENERGY 0.08%
ASTERA LABS 0.07%
NATERA 0.07%
NU HOLDINGS CLASS A 0.07%

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On the same fields

IVV
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF
IWV
iShares Russell 3000 ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
What it is Tracks the S&P 500 Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +17.3% +16.7%
Its benchmark over the same days +17.3% (SPY) +16.8% (VTHR)
Gap to its benchmark +0.1 pts vs SPY −0.1 pts vs VTHR
Expense ratio 0.03% 0.20%
Already in the S&P 500 99.8% 87.8%
Holdings 505 2600
Net assets $896.4bn $20.6bn

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

About IVV

IVV tracks the S&P 500. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for its benchmark, the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 505 positions, with the top ten at 39.0%.

About IWV

IWV tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +16.7% with distributions reinvested, against +16.8% for its benchmark, the Russell 3000 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.20% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 88% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,600 positions, with the top ten at 34.7%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IVV or IWV?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IVV returned +17.3% and IWV +16.7%.
Which is cheaper, IVV or IWV?
IVV is cheaper, by 0.17 percentage points a year. That is about $17 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IVV and IWV overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 100% of IVV and 88% of IWV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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