Which returned more over the last year, IVV or VBK?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IVV returned +13.7% and VBK +10.3%.

Which is cheaper, IVV or VBK?

IVV is cheaper, by 0.02 percentage points a year. That is about $2 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do IVV and VBK overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 100% of IVV and 10% of VBK by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

IVV vs VBK: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IVV returned +13.7% to VBK's +10.3%; 1% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $885.1bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Core S&P 500 ETF, and $22.8bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap Growth ETF.

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At a glance

+13.7%

IVV total return, 1 year

+10.3%

VBK total return, 1 year

0.03%

IVV expense ratio

0.05%

VBK expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IVV costs 0.02 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.4 points; IVV is far larger, $881.3bn against $22.8bn.

IVV vs VBK: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IVV	VBK
Return
Measure	IVV	VBK
Total return, 1 year	+13.7%	+10.3%
Drawdown
Measure	IVV	VBK
Below its high		8.0%, high on Aug 17, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	IVV	VBK
What it tracks	S&P 500	Morningstar US Small Cap Growth Index
Cost and size
Measure	IVV	VBK
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.05%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$881.3bn	$22.8bn
Holdings
Measure	IVV	VBK
Holdings in common	1%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	38.1%	12.2%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

Risk and return

Feb 6, 2004 to Oct 23, 2026 · 1,185 weekly returns

IVV VBK

Return

Total return edge IVV +913.9% +672.8%

Annualized edge IVV +10.7% +9.4%

Price return edge Tie +566.5% +567.7%

Risk

Volatility edge IVV 17.1% 22.3%

Max drawdown edge IVV (slight) −54.7% −57.8%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge IVV 0.58 0.43

Sortino edge IVV 0.82 0.62

Calmar edge IVV 0.20 0.16

Reading

IVV returned more: +913.9% to +672.8%. IVV swung less: 17.1% to 22.3%. IVV fell slightly less at its worst: −54.7% to −57.8%.

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Risk and return: IVV vs VBK: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IVV	VBK	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+913.9%	+672.8%	IVV	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+10.7%	+9.4%	IVV	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+566.5%	+567.7%	Tie	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	17.1%	22.3%	IVV	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	12.0%	15.7%	IVV	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−54.7%	−57.8%	IVV (slight)	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.58	0.43	IVV	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.82	0.62	IVV	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.20	0.16	IVV	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 1,185 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, IVV and VBK hold 1% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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1% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first IVV VBK

EVERPURE INC CLASS A 0.07% 1.18%

ILLUMINA INC 0.06% 1.18%

TWILIO CLASS A 0.06% 1.28%

FLEX LTD 0.05% 0.58%

EMCOR GROUP 0.04% 0.95%

CASEYS GENERAL STORES INC 0.04% 0.64%

QNITY ELECTRONICS 0.04% 0.19%

HUBBELL INC 0.04% 0.17%

PTC 0.03% 0.43%

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES 0.03% 0.29%

INCYTE CORP 0.03% 0.60%

TEXAS PACIFIC LAND 0.03% 0.30%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in IVV

NVIDIA 7.92%

APPLE 7.61%

MICROSOFT 5.93%

AMAZON.COM INC 3.73%

ALPHABET CLASS A 2.83%

BROADCOM INC 2.45%

ALPHABET CLASS C 2.26%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 2.05%

Only in VBK

SLCMT1142 2.09%

Natera Inc 1.61%

Revolution Medicines Inc 1.19%

Okta Inc 1.00%

Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd 0.94%

TechnipFMC PLC 0.76%

nVent Electric PLC 0.74%

ATI Inc 0.74%

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Side by side

IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF VBK Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap Growth ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks the S&P 500 Tracks an index of Small-Cap Growth

Total return, 1 year +13.7% +10.3%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.6% (SPY) not measured

Gap to its benchmark +0.1 pts vs SPY not measured

Expense ratio 0.03% 0.05%

Already in the S&P 500 99.8% 10.2%

Holdings 505 554

Net assets, IVV as of Oct 27, 2026 and VBK as of Sep 30, 2026 $885.1bn $22.8bn

IVV and VBK on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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IVV and VBK do different jobs. What does each one do in a portfolio?

What each follows. IVV follows S&P 500 and VBK follows Morningstar US Small Cap Growth Index.
Holdings in common. 1% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 27, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026).
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 IVV returned +13.7% and VBK +10.3% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 3.4 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund

IVV

IVV tracks the S&P 500. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.7% with distributions reinvested, against +13.6% 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 27, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 505 positions, with the top ten at 38.1%.

VBK

VBK tracks an index of Small-Cap Growth. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +10.3% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 10% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 554 positions, with the top ten at 12.2%. It sat 8.0% below its high of Aug 17, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IVV or VBK?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IVV returned +13.7% and VBK +10.3%.
Which is cheaper, IVV or VBK?: IVV is cheaper, by 0.02 percentage points a year. That is about $2 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IVV and VBK overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 100% of IVV and 10% of VBK by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

IVV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IVV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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VBK filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VBK prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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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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