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Data as of Sep 13, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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IWC vs IYW: how they differ

IWC and IYW hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and IYW returned more over the year.

iShares Micro-Cap ETF and iShares U.S. Technology ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IWC and IYW hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions IWC and IYW both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingIWCIYW
USD CASH0.11%0.05%
BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY0.03%0.03%
Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in IWCOnly in IYW
CAREDX 0.61%NVIDIA 14.10%
SELLAS LIFE SCIENCES GROUP INC 0.60%APPLE 13.20%
NURIX THERAPEUTICS 0.59%MICROSOFT 10.75%
PENGUIN SOLUTIONS INC 0.58%ALPHABET CLASS A 5.48%
OUSTER 0.52%ALPHABET CLASS C 4.44%
VIRIDIAN THERAPEUTICS ORS 0.48%META PLATFORMS CLASS A 4.17%
INTERFACE 0.47%BROADCOM INC 4.07%
MBX BIOSCIENCES 0.45%MICRON TECHNOLOGY 3.35%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Sep 10, 2026.

IWC and IYW on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
IWC
iShares Micro-Cap ETF
IYW
iShares U.S. Technology ETF
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssueriSharesiShares
What it isRussell MicrocapU.S. Technology
Total return, 1 year+31.3%+34.9%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500+13.8 pts+17.4 pts
Expense rationot published0.37%
Already in the S&P 50091.9%95.5%
Holdings1252151

IWC in plain words

IWC is an index equity fund tracking the Russell Microcap. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +31.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. By its holdings filed for Sep 10, 2026, 92% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1252 positions, with the top ten at 5.1%. It sat 5.0% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

IYW in plain words

IYW is an index equity fund tracking the U.S. Technology. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +34.9% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.37% a year. By its holdings filed for Sep 10, 2026, 96% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 151 positions, with the top ten at 64.9%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IWC or IYW?
In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IWC returned +31.3% and IYW returned +34.9%, so IYW returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
How much do IWC and IYW overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 92% of IWC and 96% of IYW by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 0% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

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IWC against IYW, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 13, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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