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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IWS returned +20.2% and SMIG +9.7%.

Which is cheaper, IWS or SMIG?

IWS is cheaper, by 0.37 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $37. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 66% of IWS and 35% of SMIG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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IWS vs SMIG: how they differ

IWS and SMIG hold 4% of their weight in the same names, and IWS returned +20.2% over the year. iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF and Bahl & Gaynor Small/Mid Cap Income Growth ETF.

IWS costs 0.37 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 10.5 points; IWS is 10.5 times larger.

	IWS	SMIG
Expense ratio	0.23%	0.60%
Net assets, IWS as of Oct 9, 2026 and SMIG as of Jun 30, 2026	$15.3bn	$1.5bn
Total return, 1 year	+20.2%	+9.7%
Holdings in common	4%
Nasdaq-100, total return, 1 year	+23.6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	7.0%	42.3%
Below its high	4.6%, high on Aug 14, 2026	6.4%, high on Aug 14, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

+20.2%

IWS total return, 1 year

+9.7%

SMIG total return, 1 year

0.23%

IWS expense ratio

0.60%

SMIG expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IWS and SMIG hold 4% 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 Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

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4% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding IWS SMIG

HARTFORD INSURANCE GROUP 0.35% 2.67%

CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS 0.31% 1.57%

NETAPP INC 0.29% 2.43%

ATMOS ENERGY 0.26% 1.16%

HUBBELL INC 0.25% 4.01%

CMS ENERGY 0.20% 1.76%

PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA 0.20% 3.30%

BROADRIDGE FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS INC 0.19% 0.67%

NISOURCE 0.19% 3.30%

SNAP ON INC 0.18% 4.70%

ALLIANT ENERGY CORP 0.17% 3.05%

REINSURANCE GROUP OF AMERICA 0.17% 2.79%

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 SMIG

Silicon Motion Technology Corp 6.66%

Targa Resources Corp 4.89%

Victory Capital Holdings Inc 4.30%

Gildan Activewear Inc 3.78%

First Financial Bancorp 2.99%

US Physical Therapy Inc 2.74%

Interparfums Inc 2.20%

Terreno Realty Corp 1.41%

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On the same fields

IWS

iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF

SMIG

Bahl & Gaynor Small/Mid Cap Income Growth ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Bahl & Gaynor

What it is Tracks an index Actively managed

Total return, 1 year +20.2% +9.7%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +3.0 pts −7.6 pts

Expense ratio 0.23% 0.60%

Already in the S&P 500 66.1% 35.4%

Holdings 719 38

Net assets, IWS as of Oct 9, 2026 and SMIG as of Jun 30, 2026 $15.3bn $1.5bn

IWS and SMIG 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.

SMIG in plain words

SMIG is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +9.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.60% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 35% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 38 positions, with the top ten at 42.3%. It sat 6.4% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IWS or SMIG?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IWS returned +20.2% and SMIG +9.7%.
Which is cheaper, IWS or SMIG?: IWS is cheaper, by 0.37 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $37. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IWS and SMIG overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 66% of IWS and 35% of SMIG 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 ↗SMIG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SMIG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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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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