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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IWS returned +20.2% and PKW +12.5%.

Which is cheaper, IWS or PKW?

IWS is cheaper, by 0.40 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $40. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 66% of IWS and 69% of PKW by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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IWS vs PKW: how they differ

IWS and PKW hold 12% of their weight in the same names, and IWS returned +20.2% over the year. iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF and Invesco BuyBack Achievers ETF.

IWS costs 0.40 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 7.7 points; IWS is 9.0 times larger.

	IWS	PKW
Expense ratio	0.23%	0.63%
Net assets	$15.3bn	$1.7bn
Total return, 1 year	+20.2%	+12.5%
Holdings in common	12%
Nasdaq-100, total return, 1 year	+23.6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	7.0%	41.3%
Below its high	4.6%, high on Aug 14, 2026	4.5%, high on Sep 3, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026.

+20.2%

IWS total return, 1 year

+12.5%

PKW total return, 1 year

0.23%

IWS expense ratio

0.63%

PKW expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IWS and PKW hold 12% 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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12% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding IWS PKW

MARATHON PETROLEUM 0.67% 4.18%

CHENIERE ENERGY 0.54% 2.06%

PAYPAL HOLDINGS 0.47% 1.70%

AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP 0.41% 1.26%

AMERIPRISE FINANCE INC 0.40% 1.36%

MSCI 0.37% 1.25%

D R HORTON 0.34% 0.96%

KROGER 0.34% 1.05%

WORKDAY CLASS A 0.34% 1.07%

ARCH CAPITAL GROUP 0.32% 1.01%

M&T BANK 0.31% 0.89%

ON SEMICONDUCTOR CORP 0.30% 0.76%

Only in IWS

PHILLIPS 66 1.06%

HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE 0.94%

MODERNA 0.72%

DIGITAL REALTY TRUST REIT 0.65%

KINDER MORGAN 0.63%

ALLSTATE CORP 0.59%

AMETEK INC 0.57%

ONEOK 0.57%

Only in PKW

Salesforce Inc 5.98%

Charles Schwab Corp/The 4.89%

Wells Fargo & Co 4.63%

Bank of America Corp 4.39%

Citigroup Inc 4.26%

Valero Energy Corp 4.07%

Johnson Controls International plc 3.26%

Adobe Inc 3.10%

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On the same fields

IWS

iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF

PKW

Invesco BuyBack 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% +12.5%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +3.0 pts −4.8 pts

Expense ratio 0.23% 0.63%

Already in the S&P 500 66.1% 68.8%

Holdings 719 288

Net assets $15.3bn $1.7bn

IWS and PKW 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.

PKW in plain words

PKW tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +12.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.63% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 69% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 288 positions, with the top ten at 41.3%. It sat 4.5% below its high of Sep 3, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IWS or PKW?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IWS returned +20.2% and PKW +12.5%.
Which is cheaper, IWS or PKW?: IWS is cheaper, by 0.40 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $40. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IWS and PKW overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 66% of IWS and 69% of PKW 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 ↗PKW filings on SEC EDGAR ↗PKW prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Invesco page for PKW ↗

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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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