Which returned more over the last year, IWS or MDYV?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IWS returned +20.2% and MDYV +10.4%.

Which is cheaper, IWS or MDYV?

MDYV is cheaper, by 0.08 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $8. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do IWS and MDYV overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 66% of IWS and 0% of MDYV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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IWS vs MDYV: how they differ

IWS and MDYV hold 18% of their weight in the same names, and IWS returned +20.2% over the year. iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF and State Street SPDR S & P 400 Mid Cap Value ETF.

MDYV costs 0.08 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 9.8 points; IWS is 5.6 times larger.

	IWS	MDYV
Expense ratio	0.23%	0.15%
Net assets, IWS as of Oct 9, 2026 and MDYV as of Oct 8, 2026	$15.3bn	$2.7bn
Total return, 1 year	+20.2%	+10.4%
Holdings in common	18%
Nasdaq-100, total return, 1 year	+23.6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	7.0%	11.0%
Below its high	4.6%, high on Aug 14, 2026	7.1%, high on Aug 14, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026.

+20.2%

IWS total return, 1 year

+10.4%

MDYV total return, 1 year

0.23%

IWS expense ratio

0.15%

MDYV expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IWS and MDYV hold 18% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Oct 8, 2026.

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18% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding IWS MDYV

ENTEGRIS INC 0.21% 0.90%

US FOODS HOLDING 0.21% 1.27%

RELIANCE STEEL & ALUMINUM 0.20% 1.23%

TD SYNNEX 0.20% 1.30%

NUTANIX CLASS A 0.19% 0.48%

HF SINCLAIR 0.18% 1.13%

ROIVANT SCIENCES LTD 0.18% 0.47%

EAST WEST BANCORP 0.17% 0.51%

OVINTIV 0.17% 1.06%

REINSURANCE GROUP OF AMERICA 0.17% 1.01%

WESCO INTERNATIONAL 0.17% 1.05%

MKS 0.16% 0.31%

Only in IWS

PHILLIPS 66 1.06%

HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE 0.94%

MODERNA 0.72%

MARATHON PETROLEUM 0.67%

DIGITAL REALTY TRUST REIT 0.65%

KINDER MORGAN 0.63%

ALLSTATE CORP 0.59%

AMETEK INC 0.57%

Only in MDYV

UMB FINANCIAL CORP 0.57%

PBF ENERGY INC CLASS A 0.53%

MURPHY USA INC 0.53%

AMERICAN AIRLINES GROUP INC 0.51%

OLD NATIONAL BANCORP 0.50%

LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORP 0.44%

COMMERCIAL METALS CO 0.42%

FLUOR CORP 0.41%

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On the same fields

IWS

iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF

MDYV

State Street SPDR S & P 400 Mid Cap Value ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares State Street

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +20.2% +10.4%

S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 +3.0 pts −6.9 pts

Expense ratio 0.23% 0.15%

Already in the S&P 500 66.1% 0.0%

Holdings 719 296

Net assets, IWS as of Oct 9, 2026 and MDYV as of Oct 8, 2026 $15.3bn $2.7bn

IWS and MDYV on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

IWS in plain words

IWS tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +20.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.23% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 66% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 719 positions, with the top ten at 7.0%. It sat 4.6% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

MDYV in plain words

MDYV tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +10.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 296 positions, with the top ten at 11.0%. It sat 7.1% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IWS or MDYV?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IWS returned +20.2% and MDYV +10.4%.
Which is cheaper, IWS or MDYV?: MDYV is cheaper, by 0.08 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $8. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IWS and MDYV overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 66% of IWS and 0% of MDYV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

IWS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IWS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IWS ↗MDYV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗MDYV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗State Street website ↗

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How this is computed

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed.

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