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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IWF returned +0.9% and VLUE +54.7%.

Which is cheaper, IWF or VLUE?

VLUE is cheaper, by 0.03 percentage points a year. That is about $3 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do IWF and VLUE overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 94% of IWF and 97% of VLUE by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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IWF vs VLUE: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IWF returned +0.9% to VLUE's +54.7%; 4% 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 $9.4bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF.

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At a glance

+0.9%

IWF total return, 1 year

+54.7%

VLUE total return, 1 year

0.18%

IWF expense ratio

0.15%

VLUE expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VLUE costs 0.03 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 53.8 points; IWF is 13.4 times larger.

IWF vs VLUE: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IWF	VLUE
Return
Measure	IWF	VLUE
Total return, 1 year	+0.9%	+54.7%
Drawdown
Measure	IWF	VLUE
Below its high	4.8%, high on Oct 6, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	IWF	VLUE
What it tracks	Russell 1000 Growth Index	MSCI USA Enhanced Value Index
Cost and size
Measure	IWF	VLUE
Expense ratio	0.18%	0.15%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$124.7bn	$9.3bn
Holdings
Measure	IWF	VLUE
Holdings in common	4%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	57.5%	42.8%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, IWF and VLUE hold 4% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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4% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first IWF VLUE

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 3.15% 20.94%

ADOBE INC 0.21% 0.63%

SIMON PROPERTY GROUP REIT INC 0.20% 0.43%

CITIGROUP 0.10% 1.47%

EXPEDIA GROUP 0.10% 0.61%

BANK OF AMERICA 0.07% 1.77%

DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC CLASS C 0.05% 1.72%

UNITED RENTALS 0.05% 0.86%

NETAPP INC 0.05% 0.57%

VALERO ENERGY CORP 0.04% 0.82%

PUBLIC STORAGE REIT 0.02% 0.21%

TWILIO CLASS A 0.02% 0.42%

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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 VLUE

CISCO SYSTEMS INC 4.37%

GENERAL MOTORS 3.54%

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 2.72%

AT&T 2.24%

HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE 1.95%

PFIZER 1.86%

QUALCOMM 1.73%

WALT DISNEY 1.71%

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Side by side

IWF iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF VLUE iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks the Russell 1000 growth Tracks the MSCI USA Value Factor

Total return, 1 year +0.9% +54.7%

Its benchmark over the same days +1.1% (VONG) +13.6% (MLRG)

Gap to its benchmark −0.2 pts vs VONG +41.1 pts vs MLRG

Expense ratio 0.18% 0.15%

Already in the S&P 500 93.5% 96.6%

Holdings 374 148

Net assets, IWF as of Oct 27, 2026 and VLUE as of Oct 28, 2026 $124.7bn $9.4bn

IWF and VLUE 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.

VLUE

VLUE tracks the MSCI USA Value Factor. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +54.7% with distributions reinvested, against +13.6% for its benchmark, the MSCI USA Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 97% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 148 positions, with the top ten at 42.8%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IWF or VLUE?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IWF returned +0.9% and VLUE +54.7%.
Which is cheaper, IWF or VLUE?: VLUE is cheaper, by 0.03 percentage points a year. That is about $3 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IWF and VLUE overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 94% of IWF and 97% of VLUE by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

IWF and VLUE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IWF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IWF ↗

VLUE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for VLUE ↗

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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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