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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IWB returned +13.1% and VPL +24.8%.

Which is cheaper, IWB or VPL?

VPL is cheaper, by 0.08 percentage points a year. That is about $8 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do IWB and VPL overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 92% of IWB and 0% of VPL by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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IWB vs VPL: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IWB returned +13.1% to VPL's +24.8%; 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 $9.0bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF.

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At a glance

+13.1%

IWB total return, 1 year

+24.8%

VPL total return, 1 year

0.15%

IWB expense ratio

0.07%

VPL expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VPL costs 0.08 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 11.7 points; IWB is 5.4 times larger.

IWB vs VPL: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IWB	VPL
Return
Measure	IWB	VPL
Total return, 1 year	+13.1%	+24.8%
Drawdown
Measure	IWB	VPL
Below its high		7.2%, high on Jun 22, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	IWB	VPL
What it tracks	Russell 1000 Index	FTSE Developed Asia Pacific All Cap Index
Cost and size
Measure	IWB	VPL
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.07%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$48.6bn	$9.0bn
Holdings
Measure	IWB	VPL
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	35.3%	24.8%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, IWB and VPL hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first IWB VPL

ALLSTATE CORP 0.09% 0.17%

PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.06% 0.05%

AMERIPRISE FINANCE INC 0.06% 0.03%

APA 0.03% 0.07%

STERIS 0.03% 0.10%

DOW 0.03% 0.02%

CARLISLE COMPANIES 0.02% 0.48%

EMERSON ELECTRIC 0.13% 0.02%

NEXTPOWER INC 0.02% 0.04%

SERVICE 0.02% 0.03%

REPUBLIC SERVICES INC 0.07% 0.01%

ALASKA AIR GROUP INC 0.01% 0.01%

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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 VPL

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 7.11%

SK hynix Inc 5.82%

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc 1.98%

BHP Group Ltd 1.69%

SLBBH1142 1.57%

Toyota Motor Corp 1.51%

Commonwealth Bank of Australia 1.37%

Tokyo Electron Ltd 1.30%

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Side by side

IWB iShares Russell 1000 ETF VPL Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks the Russell 1000 Tracks an index of Pacific Stock

Total return, 1 year +13.1% +24.8%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.2% (VONE) not measured

Gap to its benchmark −0.1 pts vs VONE not measured

Expense ratio 0.15% 0.07%

Already in the S&P 500 91.7% 0.0%

Holdings 1025 2343

Net assets, IWB as of Oct 28, 2026 and VPL as of Sep 30, 2026 $49.1bn $9.0bn

IWB and VPL 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%.

VPL

VPL tracks an index of Pacific Stock. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +24.8% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.07% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,343 positions, with the top ten at 24.8%. It sat 7.2% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IWB or VPL?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IWB returned +13.1% and VPL +24.8%.
Which is cheaper, IWB or VPL?: VPL is cheaper, by 0.08 percentage points a year. That is about $8 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IWB and VPL overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 92% of IWB and 0% of VPL by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

IWB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IWB prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IWB ↗

VPL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VPL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VPL ↗

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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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