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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IWS returned +20.2% and PEY +14.8%.

Which is cheaper, IWS or PEY?

IWS is cheaper, by 0.45 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $45. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 66% of IWS and 51% of PEY by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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IWS vs PEY: how they differ

IWS and PEY hold 3% of their weight in the same names, and IWS returned +20.2% over the year. iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF and Invesco High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers ETF.

IWS costs 0.45 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.4 points; IWS is 14.3 times larger.

	IWS	PEY
Expense ratio	0.23%	0.68%
Net assets	$15.3bn	$1.1bn
Total return, 1 year	+20.2%	+14.8%
Holdings in common	3%
Nasdaq-100, total return, 1 year	+23.6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	7.0%	29.6%
Below its high	4.6%, high on Aug 14, 2026	8.8%, high on Aug 26, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026.

+20.2%

IWS total return, 1 year

+14.8%

PEY total return, 1 year

0.23%

IWS expense ratio

0.68%

PEY expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IWS and PEY hold 3% 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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half

3% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding IWS PEY

PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.39% 2.15%

PAYCHEX 0.34% 1.38%

HP INC 0.30% 2.03%

EVERSOURCE ENERGY 0.25% 1.95%

KIMBERLY CLARK 0.22% 2.02%

T ROWE PRICE GROUP 0.22% 2.05%

EDISON INTERNATIONAL 0.21% 3.10%

BEST BUY 0.17% 2.49%

LYONDELLBASELL INDUSTRIES CLASS A 0.16% 2.32%

STANLEY BLACK & DECKER 0.13% 1.51%

JM SMUCKER 0.12% 1.45%

PINNACLE WEST 0.12% 1.77%

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 PEY

Perrigo Co PLC 3.71%

Flowers Foods Inc 3.67%

Universal Corp/VA 3.25%

Altria Group Inc 3.09%

Pfizer Inc 2.79%

United Parcel Service Inc 2.69%

Verizon Communications Inc 2.45%

Avista Corp 2.39%

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On the same fields

IWS

iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF

PEY

Invesco High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Invesco

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +20.2% +14.8%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +3.0 pts −2.5 pts

Expense ratio 0.23% 0.68%

Already in the S&P 500 66.1% 50.6%

Holdings 719 52

Net assets $15.3bn $1.1bn

IWS and PEY 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.

PEY in plain words

PEY tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +14.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.68% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 51% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 52 positions, with the top ten at 29.6%. It sat 8.8% below its high of Aug 26, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IWS or PEY?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IWS returned +20.2% and PEY +14.8%.
Which is cheaper, IWS or PEY?: IWS is cheaper, by 0.45 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $45. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IWS and PEY overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 66% of IWS and 51% of PEY 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 ↗PEY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗PEY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Invesco page for PEY ↗

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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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ETFIQ, IWS against PEY, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/iws-vs-pey

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