Which returned more over the last year, IWF or SGOV?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IWF returned +0.9% and SGOV +3.7%.

Which is cheaper, IWF or SGOV?

SGOV is cheaper, by 0.09 percentage points a year. That is about $9 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

IWF vs SGOV: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IWF returned +0.9% to SGOV's +3.7%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $124.7bn for iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF and $117.0bn for iShares 0-3 Month Treasury Bond ETF.

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At a glance

+0.9%

IWF total return, 1 year

+3.7%

SGOV total return, 1 year

0.18%

IWF expense ratio

0.09%

SGOV expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SGOV costs 0.09 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.8 points; IWF is 1.1 times larger.

IWF vs SGOV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IWF	SGOV
Return
Measure	IWF	SGOV
Total return, 1 year	+0.9%	+3.7%
Drawdown
Measure	IWF	SGOV
Below its high	4.8%, high on Oct 6, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	IWF	SGOV
What it tracks	Russell 1000 Growth Index	ICE 0-3 Month US Treasury Securities Index
Cost and size
Measure	IWF	SGOV
Expense ratio	0.18%	0.09%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$124.7bn	$117.0bn
Holdings
Measure	IWF	SGOV
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight	94%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	57.5%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, IWF and SGOV 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 IWF SGOV

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Only in IWF

NVIDIA 15.30%

APPLE 8.18%

MICROSOFT 5.94%

ALPHABET CLASS A 5.62%

BROADCOM INC 4.79%

ALPHABET CLASS C 4.53%

TESLA INC 3.58%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 3.36%

Only in SGOV

TREASURY BILL 8.53%

TREASURY BILL 8.19%

TREASURY BILL 7.63%

TREASURY BILL 6.87%

TREASURY BILL 6.80%

TREASURY BILL 6.00%

TREASURY BILL 5.22%

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Side by side

IWF iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF SGOV iShares 0-3 Month Treasury Bond ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Bond ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks the Russell 1000 growth Tracks an index of 0-3 month T-bills

Total return, 1 year +0.9% +3.7%

Its benchmark over the same days +1.1% (VONG) not measured

Gap to its benchmark −0.2 pts vs VONG not measured

Expense ratio 0.18% 0.09%

Holdings 374 22

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $124.7bn $117.0bn

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

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About each fund

IWF

IWF tracks the Russell 1000 growth. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +0.9% with distributions reinvested, against +1.1% for its benchmark, the Russell 1000 Growth Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.18% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 94% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 374 positions, with the top ten at 57.5%. It sat 4.8% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

SGOV

SGOV tracks an index of 0-3 month T-bills. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +3.7% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IWF or SGOV?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IWF returned +0.9% and SGOV +3.7%.
Which is cheaper, IWF or SGOV?: SGOV is cheaper, by 0.09 percentage points a year. That is about $9 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

IWF and SGOV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IWF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IWF ↗

SGOV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for SGOV ↗

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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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