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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IWS returned +20.2% and VFLO +42.3%.

Which is cheaper, IWS or VFLO?

IWS is cheaper, by 0.16 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $16. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 66% of IWS and 84% of VFLO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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IWS vs VFLO: how they differ

IWS and VFLO hold 2% of their weight in the same names, and VFLO returned +42.3% over the year. iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF and VictoryShares Free Cash Flow ETF.

IWS costs 0.16 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 22.1 points; IWS is 2.0 times larger.

	IWS	VFLO
Expense ratio	0.23%	0.39%
Net assets, IWS as of Oct 9, 2026 and VFLO as of Jun 30, 2026	$15.3bn	$7.8bn
Total return, 1 year	+20.2%	+42.3%
Holdings in common	2%
Nasdaq-100, total return, 1 year	+23.6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	7.0%	30.8%
Below its high	4.6%, high on Aug 14, 2026	5.4%, high on Sep 3, 2026

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

+20.2%

IWS total return, 1 year

+42.3%

VFLO total return, 1 year

0.23%

IWS expense ratio

0.39%

VFLO expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IWS and VFLO hold 2% 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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2% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding IWS VFLO

PHILLIPS 66 1.06% 1.55%

NETAPP INC 0.29% 1.04%

OMNICOM GROUP INC 0.21% 2.10%

BROADRIDGE FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS INC 0.19% 0.95%

TOLL BROTHERS INC 0.13% 1.57%

Only in IWS

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%

ONEOK 0.57%

Only in VFLO

DEVON ENERGY CORPORATION 3.49%

EXPEDIA GROUP, INC. 3.41%

ADOBE INC. 3.37%

SANDISK CORPORATION 3.02%

COEUR MINING, INC. 3.02%

NEWMONT CORPORATION 3.01%

MERCK & CO., INC. 2.98%

SALESFORCE, INC. 2.90%

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On the same fields

IWS

iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF

VFLO

VictoryShares Free Cash Flow ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares VictoryShares

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +20.2% +42.3%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +3.0 pts +25.1 pts

Expense ratio 0.23% 0.39%

Already in the S&P 500 66.1% 83.8%

Holdings 719 50

Net assets, IWS as of Oct 9, 2026 and VFLO as of Jun 30, 2026 $15.3bn $7.8bn

IWS and VFLO 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.

VFLO in plain words

VFLO tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +42.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.39% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 84% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 50 positions, with the top ten at 30.8%. It sat 5.4% below its high of Sep 3, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IWS or VFLO?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IWS returned +20.2% and VFLO +42.3%.
Which is cheaper, IWS or VFLO?: IWS is cheaper, by 0.16 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $16. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IWS and VFLO overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 66% of IWS and 84% of VFLO 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 ↗VFLO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VFLO 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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ETFIQ, IWS against VFLO, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/iws-vs-vflo

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