Which returned more over the last year, IWM or SCHH?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IWM returned +14.1% and SCHH +8.7%.

Which is cheaper, IWM or SCHH?

SCHH is cheaper, by 0.12 percentage points a year. That is about $12 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do IWM and SCHH overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IWM and 74% of SCHH by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

IWM vs SCHH: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IWM returned +14.1% to SCHH's +8.7%; 2% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $75.5bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Russell 2000 ETF, and $11.2bn on Aug 31, 2026 for Schwab U.S. REIT ETF.

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At a glance

+14.1%

IWM total return, 1 year

+8.7%

SCHH total return, 1 year

0.19%

IWM expense ratio

0.07%

SCHH expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SCHH costs 0.12 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.4 points.

IWM vs SCHH: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IWM	SCHH
Return
Measure	IWM	SCHH
Total return, 1 year	+14.1%	+8.7%
Drawdown
Measure	IWM	SCHH
Below its high	7.6%, high on Aug 14, 2026	8.5%, high on Jul 24, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	IWM	SCHH
What it tracks	Russell 2000 Index	US REIT
Cost and size
Measure	IWM	SCHH
Expense ratio	0.19%	0.07%
Net assets, IWM as of Oct 27, 2026 and SCHH as of Aug 31, 2026	$75.5bn	$11.2bn
Holdings
Measure	IWM	SCHH
Holdings in common	2%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	3.3%	51.6%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, IWM and SCHH hold 2% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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2% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first IWM SCHH

CARETRUST REIT 0.29% 0.65%

ESSENTIAL PROPERTIES REALTY TRUST 0.20% 0.46%

OUTFRONT MEDIA 0.17% 0.32%

SABRA HEALTH CARE REIT 0.17% 0.36%

APPLE HOSPITALITY REIT INC 0.14% 0.25%

LXP INDUSTRIAL TRUST 0.12% 0.25%

BROADSTONE NET LEASE 0.11% 0.28%

PARK HOTELS RESORTS INC 0.11% 0.22%

CURBLINE PROPERTIES 0.10% 0.20%

DIAMONDROCK HOSPITALITY 0.10% 0.18%

FOUR CORNERS PROPERTY INC TRUST 0.08% 0.19%

INVENTRUST PROPERTIES 0.08% 0.18%

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Only in IWM

JFROG 0.37%

GLAUKOS 0.35%

TWIST BIOSCIENCE 0.35%

MOOG INC CLASS A 0.34%

BRIGHTSPRING HEALTH SERVICES INC 0.33%

UMB FINANCIAL 0.33%

SM ENERGY 0.32%

10X GENOMICS CLASS A 0.31%

Only in SCHH

Welltower Inc 11.05%

Prologis Inc 8.79%

Simon Property Group Inc 4.59%

Digital Realty Trust Inc 4.54%

Equinix Inc 4.27%

American Tower Corp 4.24%

Realty Income Corp 4.02%

Public Storage 3.62%

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Side by side

IWM iShares Russell 2000 ETF SCHH Schwab U.S. REIT ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Schwab

What it is Tracks the Russell 2000 Tracks an index of US REIT

Total return, 1 year +14.1% +8.7%

Its benchmark over the same days +14.3% (VTWO) not measured

Gap to its benchmark −0.2 pts vs VTWO not measured

Expense ratio 0.19% 0.07%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 73.9%

Holdings 1977 117

Net assets, IWM as of Oct 27, 2026 and SCHH as of Aug 31, 2026 $75.5bn $11.2bn

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

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About each fund

IWM

IWM tracks the Russell 2000. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +14.1% with distributions reinvested, against +14.3% for its benchmark, the Russell 2000 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.19% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,977 positions, with the top ten at 3.3%. It sat 7.6% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

SCHH

SCHH tracks an index of US REIT. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +8.7% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.07% a year. By its holdings filed for Aug 31, 2026, 74% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 117 positions, with the top ten at 51.6%. It sat 8.5% below its high of Jul 24, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IWM or SCHH?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IWM returned +14.1% and SCHH +8.7%.
Which is cheaper, IWM or SCHH?: SCHH is cheaper, by 0.12 percentage points a year. That is about $12 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IWM and SCHH overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IWM and 74% of SCHH by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

IWM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IWM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IWM ↗

SCHH filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SCHH prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Schwab website ↗

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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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