Which returned more over the last year, IWB or SPSB?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IWB returned +13.1% and SPSB +2.2%.

Which is cheaper, IWB or SPSB?

SPSB is cheaper, by 0.11 percentage points a year. That is about $11 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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IWB vs SPSB: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IWB returned +13.1% to SPSB's +2.2%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $49.1bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares Russell 1000 ETF, and $11.3bn on Oct 27, 2026 for State Street SPDR Portfolio Short Term Corporate Bond ETF.

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At a glance

+13.1%

IWB total return, 1 year

+2.2%

SPSB total return, 1 year

0.15%

IWB expense ratio

0.04%

SPSB expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SPSB costs 0.11 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 10.9 points; IWB is 4.3 times larger.

IWB vs SPSB: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IWB	SPSB
Return
Measure	IWB	SPSB
Total return, 1 year	+13.1%	+2.2%
Benchmark
Measure	IWB	SPSB
What it tracks	Russell 1000 Index	Bloomberg U.S. 1-3 Year Corporate Bond Index
Cost and size
Measure	IWB	SPSB
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.04%
Net assets, as of Oct 26, 2026	$48.7bn	$11.2bn
Holdings
Measure	IWB	SPSB
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight	92%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	35.3%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, IWB and SPSB hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first IWB SPSB

Only in one fund ↓

Only in IWB

NVIDIA 7.15%

APPLE 7.06%

MICROSOFT 5.56%

AMAZON.COM INC 3.46%

ALPHABET CLASS A 2.63%

BROADCOM INC 2.24%

ALPHABET CLASS C 2.12%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 1.92%

Only in SPSB

SALESFORCE INC SR UNSECURED 03/29 4.65 0.66%

AERCAP IRELAND CAP/GLOBA COMPANY GUAR 10/28 3 0.47%

PFIZER INVESTMENT ENTER COMPANY GUAR 05/28 4.45 0.45%

AMAZON.COM INC SR UNSECURED 03/29 4 0.45%

BANK OF AMERICA CORP SR UNSECURED 12/28 VAR 0.45%

NVIDIA CORP SR UNSECURED 06/29 4.35 0.43%

GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC SR UNSECURED 05/29 VAR 0.38%

ORACLE CORP SR UNSECURED 02/29 4.55 0.37%

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Side by side

IWB iShares Russell 1000 ETF SPSB State Street SPDR Portfolio Short Term Corporate Bond ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Bond ETF

Issuer iShares State Street

What it is Tracks the Russell 1000 Tracks an index of Short Term Corporate Bond

Total return, 1 year +13.1% +2.2%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.2% (VONE) −1.4% (AGG)

Gap to its benchmark −0.1 pts vs VONE +3.6 pts vs AGG

Expense ratio 0.15% 0.04%

Holdings 1025 1684

Net assets, IWB as of Oct 28, 2026 and SPSB as of Oct 27, 2026 $49.1bn $11.3bn

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

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About each fund

IWB

IWB tracks the Russell 1000. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.1% with distributions reinvested, against +13.2% for its benchmark, the Russell 1000 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 92% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,025 positions, with the top ten at 35.3%.

SPSB

SPSB tracks an index of Short Term Corporate Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +2.2% with distributions reinvested, against −1.4% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IWB or SPSB?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IWB returned +13.1% and SPSB +2.2%.
Which is cheaper, IWB or SPSB?: SPSB is cheaper, by 0.11 percentage points a year. That is about $11 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

IWB on its own →SPSB on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →IWB dividend history →IWB holdings →SPSB dividend history →SPSB holdings →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

IWB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IWB prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IWB ↗

SPSB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SPSB prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

State Street website ↗

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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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