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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IWF returned +0.9% and VOOG +12.1%.

Which is cheaper, IWF or VOOG?

VOOG is cheaper, by 0.13 percentage points a year. That is about $13 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 94% of IWF and 100% of VOOG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

IWF vs VOOG: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IWF returned +0.9% to VOOG's +12.1%; 76% 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 $27.8bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF.

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At a glance

+0.9%

IWF total return, 1 year

+12.1%

VOOG total return, 1 year

0.18%

IWF expense ratio

0.05%

VOOG expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VOOG costs 0.13 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 11.2 points; IWF is 4.6 times larger.

IWF vs VOOG: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IWF	VOOG
Return
Measure	IWF	VOOG
Total return, 1 year	+0.9%	+12.1%
Drawdown
Measure	IWF	VOOG
Below its high	4.8%, high on Oct 6, 2026	4.1%, high on Oct 6, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	IWF	VOOG
What it tracks	Russell 1000 Growth Index	S&P 500 Growth Index
Cost and size
Measure	IWF	VOOG
Expense ratio	0.18%	0.05%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$127.7bn	$27.8bn
Holdings
Measure	IWF	VOOG
Holdings in common	76%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	57.5%	60.2%

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

Risk and return

Sep 17, 2010 to Oct 23, 2026 · 840 weekly returns

IWF VOOG

Return

Total return edge Tie +1,025.4% +1,043.0%

Annualized edge Tie +16.2% +16.3%

Price return edge Tie +849.1% +845.5%

Risk

Volatility edge VOOG (slight) 17.9% 17.5%

Max drawdown edge Tie −32.5% −32.0%

Downside capture 100.1% 99.7%

Beta 1.00 1.00

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge VOOG (slight) 0.84 0.86

Sortino edge VOOG (slight) 1.25 1.28

Treynor 0.149 0.151

Calmar edge VOOG (slight) 0.50 0.51

Against the benchmark

Alpha −0.1% a year +0.1% a year

Alpha t-stat −0.58 0.33

Information ratio −0.11 0.06

Tracking error 1.0% 0.9%

Each against its own benchmark: IWF against VONG, Oct 1, 2010 to Oct 23, 2026; VOOG against IVW, Sep 17, 2010 to Oct 23, 2026.

Reading

IWF and VOOG returned about the same: +1,025.4% and +1,043.0%. VOOG swung slightly less: 17.5% to 17.9%. IWF and VOOG fell about the same at their worst: −32.5% and −32.0%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓

Risk and return: IWF vs VOOG: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IWF	VOOG	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+1,025.4%	+1,043.0%	Tie	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+16.2%	+16.3%	Tie	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+849.1%	+845.5%	Tie	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	17.9%	17.5%	VOOG (slight)	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	12.0%	11.7%	VOOG (slight)	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−32.5%	−32.0%	Tie	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture	99.8%	99.6%		Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture	100.1%	99.7%		Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta	1.00	1.00	Not an edge	How far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared	1.00	1.00	Not an edge	Share of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.84	0.86	VOOG (slight)	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	1.25	1.28	VOOG (slight)	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor	0.149	0.151		Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar	0.50	0.51	VOOG (slight)	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
Benchmark	VONG	IVW		The ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha	−0.1% a year	+0.1% a year	Not significant	Yearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat	−0.58	0.33	Not an edge	How sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range	−0.6% to +0.3%	−0.4% to +0.5%	Includes zero	The 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio	−0.11	0.06		Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error	1.0%	0.9%	Not an edge	How far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 840 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

76%

By the books each fund has filed, IWF and VOOG hold 76% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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76% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first IWF VOOG

NVIDIA 15.30% 15.01%

APPLE 8.18% 6.60%

MICROSOFT 5.94% 10.34%

ALPHABET CLASS A 5.62% 5.48%

BROADCOM INC 4.79% 4.54%

ALPHABET CLASS C 4.53% 4.39%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 3.36% 4.34%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 3.15% 3.27%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 2.74% 2.71%

ELI LILLY 3.08% 2.51%

TESLA INC 3.58% 1.68%

PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES CLASS A 1.33% 1.17%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in IWF

TEXAS INSTRUMENT 0.85%

HOME DEPOT 0.71%

COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP 0.58%

WESTERN DIGITAL CORP 0.39%

LOCKHEED MARTIN 0.38%

SNOWFLAKE 0.34%

MCKESSON CORP 0.32%

CLOUDFLARE CLASS A 0.32%

Only in VOOG

Berkshire Hathaway Inc 2.52%

JPMorgan Chase & Co 1.62%

Johnson & Johnson 1.02%

RTX Corp 0.68%

Cisco Systems Inc 0.61%

Philip Morris International Inc 0.45%

Welltower Inc 0.45%

Goldman Sachs Group Inc 0.43%

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Side by side

IWF iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF VOOG Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks the Russell 1000 growth Tracks the S&P 500 Growth

Total return, 1 year +0.9% +12.1%

Its benchmark over the same days +1.1% (VONG) +12.1% (IVW)

Gap to its benchmark −0.2 pts vs VONG 0.0 pts vs IVW

Expense ratio 0.18% 0.05%

Already in the S&P 500 93.5% 99.8%

Holdings 374 154

Net assets, IWF as of Oct 27, 2026 and VOOG as of Sep 30, 2026 $124.7bn $27.8bn

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

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IWF and VOOG are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?

What each follows. IWF follows Russell 1000 Growth Index and VOOG follows S&P 500 Growth Index.
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 IWF returned +0.9% and VOOG +12.1% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 11.2 points.
Cost. IWF charges 0.18% of assets a year and VOOG 0.05%, a gap of 0.13 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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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.

VOOG

VOOG tracks the S&P 500 Growth. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +12.1% with distributions reinvested, against +12.1% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Growth Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 154 positions, with the top ten at 60.2%. It sat 4.1% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IWF or VOOG?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IWF returned +0.9% and VOOG +12.1%.
Which is cheaper, IWF or VOOG?: VOOG is cheaper, by 0.13 percentage points a year. That is about $13 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IWF and VOOG overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 94% of IWF and 100% of VOOG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

IWF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IWF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IWF ↗

VOOG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VOOG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VOOG ↗

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Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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