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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IWF returned +0.9% and VXF +10.6%.

Which is cheaper, IWF or VXF?

VXF 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 VXF overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 94% of IWF and 0% of VXF by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

IWF vs VXF: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IWF returned +0.9% to VXF's +10.6%; 5% 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 $30.2bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Extended Market ETF.

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At a glance

+0.9%

IWF total return, 1 year

+10.6%

VXF total return, 1 year

0.18%

IWF expense ratio

0.05%

VXF expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VXF costs 0.13 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 9.7 points; IWF is 4.2 times larger.

IWF vs VXF: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IWF	VXF
Return
Measure	IWF	VXF
Total return, 1 year	+0.9%	+10.6%
Drawdown
Measure	IWF	VXF
Below its high	4.8%, high on Oct 6, 2026	6.6%, high on Aug 14, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	IWF	VXF
What it tracks	Russell 1000 Growth Index	S&P Completion Index
Cost and size
Measure	IWF	VXF
Expense ratio	0.18%	0.05%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$127.7bn	$30.2bn
Holdings
Measure	IWF	VXF
Holdings in common	5%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	57.5%	11.3%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, IWF and VXF hold 5% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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5% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first IWF VXF

SNOWFLAKE 0.34% 1.42%

CLOUDFLARE CLASS A 0.32% 1.35%

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES COR 0.25% 2.50%

NATERA 0.17% 0.72%

ASTERA LABS 0.13% 0.67%

REVOLUTION MEDICINES 0.11% 0.51%

ATLASSIAN CORP CLASS A 0.10% 0.35%

ROBLOX CLASS A 0.10% 0.34%

ROCKET LAB CORP 0.10% 0.46%

ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS 0.09% 0.40%

CREDO TECHNOLOGY GROUP HOLDING LTD 0.08% 0.40%

MONGODB CLASS A 0.08% 0.34%

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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 VXF

SLCMT1142 2.26%

Strategy Inc 0.67%

Okta Inc 0.42%

Sunbelt Rentals Holdings Inc 0.36%

Royalty Pharma PLC 0.31%

Zoom Communications Inc 0.29%

United Therapeutics Corp 0.28%

Markel Group Inc 0.26%

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Side by side

IWF iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF VXF Vanguard Extended Market ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks the Russell 1000 growth Tracks an index of Extended Market

Total return, 1 year +0.9% +10.6%

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% 0.05%

Already in the S&P 500 93.5% 0.0%

Holdings 374 3361

Net assets, IWF as of Oct 27, 2026 and VXF as of Sep 30, 2026 $124.7bn $30.2bn

IWF and VXF 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.

VXF

VXF tracks an index of Extended Market. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +10.6% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 3,361 positions, with the top ten at 11.3%. It sat 6.6% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IWF or VXF?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IWF returned +0.9% and VXF +10.6%.
Which is cheaper, IWF or VXF?: VXF 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 VXF overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 94% of IWF and 0% of VXF 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 ↗

VXF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VXF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VXF ↗

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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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