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IWF vs VDC: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IWF returned +0.9% to VDC's +12.7%; 1% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $124.7bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF, and $7.4bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF.

IWF on its own →VDC on its own →
At a glance
+0.9%
IWF total return, 1 year
+12.7%
VDC total return, 1 year
0.18%
IWF expense ratio
0.09%
VDC expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VDC costs 0.09 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 11.8 points; IWF is 17.3 times larger.

IWF vs VDC: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureIWFVDC
Return
Total return, 1 year+0.9%+12.7%
Drawdown
Below its high4.8%, high on Oct 6, 20263.1%, high on Oct 22, 2026
Benchmark
What it tracksRussell 1000 Growth IndexMSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Consumer Staples 25/50
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.18%0.09%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026$127.7bn$7.4bn
Holdings
Holdings in common1%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund57.5%66.0%

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

What they share

1%

By the books each fund has filed, IWF and VDC hold 1% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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1% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first IWF VDC
COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP 0.58% 12.12%
WALMART 0.14% 13.86%
COCA-COLA 0.12% 9.80%
COLGATE-PALMOLIVE 0.10% 2.28%
MONSTER BEVERAGE 0.09% 2.08%
CASEYS GENERAL STORES INC 0.07% 0.85%
PEPSICO 0.07% 4.28%
SYSCO 0.06% 1.37%
KIMBERLY CLARK 0.04% 1.02%
CELSIUS HOLDINGS 0.01% 0.28%
ESTEE LAUDER INC CLASS A 0.01% 0.90%
MAPLEBEAR 0.01% 0.34%
Only in one fund ↓
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 VDC
Procter & Gamble Co 9.90%
Philip Morris International Inc 4.83%
Altria Group Inc 3.86%
Mondelez International Inc 2.58%
Target Corp 2.50%
Keurig Dr Pepper Inc 1.48%
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co 1.41%
Kenvue Inc 1.26%
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Side by side

IWF iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF VDC Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer iShares Vanguard
What it is Tracks the Russell 1000 growth Tracks an index of Consumer Staples
Total return, 1 year +0.9% +12.7%
Its benchmark over the same days +1.1% (VONG) +12.7% (FSTA)
Gap to its benchmark −0.2 pts vs VONG 0.0 pts vs FSTA
Expense ratio 0.18% 0.09%
Already in the S&P 500 93.5% 86.4%
Holdings 374 105
Net assets, IWF as of Oct 27, 2026 and VDC as of Sep 30, 2026 $124.7bn $7.4bn

IWF and VDC 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.

VDC

VDC tracks an index of Consumer Staples. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +12.7% with distributions reinvested, against +12.7% for its benchmark, the MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Consumer Staples 25/50. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 86% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 105 positions, with the top ten at 66.0%. It sat 3.1% below its high of Oct 22, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IWF or VDC?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IWF returned +0.9% and VDC +12.7%.
Which is cheaper, IWF or VDC?
VDC 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.
How much do IWF and VDC overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 94% of IWF and 86% of VDC by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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IWF on its own →VDC on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →IWF dividend history →IWF holdings →VDC dividend history →VDC holdings →Standards and sources →
Sources and dates
IWF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
IWF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
iShares page for IWF ↗
VDC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
VDC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
Vanguard page for VDC ↗

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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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