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IVW vs IWF: Differences, Returns & Fees

IVW and IWF hold 76% of their weight in the same names, and IVW returned +15.7% over the year. Net assets on Oct 20, 2026: $77.4bn for iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF and $125.0bn for iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF.

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Both cost 0.18% a year; their one-year returns differ by 11.7 points; IWF is 1.6 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

IVW vs IWF: Differences, Returns & Fees
IVWIWF
Expense ratio0.18%0.18%
Net assets$77.4bn$125.0bn
Total return, 1 year+15.7%+4.0%
What it tracksS&P 500 Growth IndexRussell 1000 Growth Index
Holdings in common76%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund60.2%57.8%
Below its high4.2%, high on Oct 6, 20265.2%, high on Oct 6, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 19, 2026.

+15.7%
IVW total return, 1 year
+4.0%
IWF total return, 1 year
0.18%
IVW expense ratio
0.18%
IWF expense ratio

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IVW and IWF are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?

  1. What each follows. IVW follows S&P 500 Growth Index and IWF follows Russell 1000 Growth Index.
  2. One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 20, 2026 IVW returned +15.7% and IWF +4.0% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 11.7 points.
  3. Holdings in common (similar). 76% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 19, 2026).

Data as of Oct 20, 2026. The differences are picked by a fixed rule, in a fixed order; the PDF prints it. Page 2 has the returns, overlap, risks and sources.

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What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IVW and IWF hold 76% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 19, 2026.

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76% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding IVW IWF
NVIDIA 14.44% 15.20%
APPLE 6.88% 8.06%
MICROSOFT 10.89% 5.95%
ALPHABET CLASS A 5.55% 6.02%
ALPHABET CLASS C 4.45% 4.86%
BROADCOM INC 4.38% 4.67%
META PLATFORMS CLASS A 4.28% 3.81%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY 2.81% 3.06%
ELI LILLY 2.73% 2.97%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 2.41% 2.63%
TESLA INC 1.77% 3.23%
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES CLASS A 1.23% 1.29%
Only in IVW
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CLASS B 2.73%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 1.66%
JOHNSON & JOHNSON 0.99%
RTX 0.71%
CISCO SYSTEMS INC 0.61%
PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL 0.48%
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP 0.46%
WELLTOWER 0.46%
Only in IWF
TEXAS INSTRUMENT 0.75%
HOME DEPOT 0.69%
COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP 0.58%
WESTERN DIGITAL CORP 0.36%
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP 0.33%
MCKESSON CORP 0.33%
SNOWFLAKE 0.32%
CLOUDFLARE CLASS A 0.29%

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On the same fields

IVW
iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF
IWF
iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer iShares iShares
What it is Tracks an index Tracks the Russell 1000 growth
Total return, 1 year +15.7% +4.0%
Its benchmark over the same days +15.8% (SPYG) +4.1% (VONG)
Gap to its benchmark −0.1 pts vs SPYG −0.2 pts vs VONG
Expense ratio 0.18% 0.18%
Already in the S&P 500 99.9% 93.5%
Holdings 153 373
Net assets $77.4bn $125.0bn

IVW and IWF on the fields both publish, as of Oct 20, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

About IVW

IVW tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +15.7% with distributions reinvested, against +15.8% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Growth Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.18% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 19, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 153 positions, with the top ten at 60.2%. It sat 4.2% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 20, 2026.

About IWF

IWF tracks the Russell 1000 growth. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +4.0% with distributions reinvested, against +4.1% for its benchmark, the Russell 1000 Growth Index. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 19, 2026, 94% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 373 positions, with the top ten at 57.8%. It sat 5.2% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 20, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IVW or IWF?
In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IVW returned +15.7% and IWF +4.0%.
Which is cheaper, IVW or IWF?
Neither: IVW and IWF both charge 0.18% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IVW and IWF overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 100% of IVW and 94% of IWF by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
IVW and IWF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IVW and IWF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IVW ↗iShares page for IWF ↗

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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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