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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IWS returned +20.2% and VOE +19.3%.

Which is cheaper, IWS or VOE?

VOE is cheaper, by 0.18 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $18. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 66% of IWS and 96% of VOE by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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IWS vs VOE: how they differ

IWS and VOE hold 41% of their weight in the same names, and IWS returned +20.2% over the year. iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF and Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap Value ETF.

VOE costs 0.18 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.9 points; VOE is 1.5 times larger.

	IWS	VOE
Expense ratio	0.23%	0.05%
Net assets, IWS as of Oct 9, 2026 and VOE as of Sep 30, 2026	$15.3bn	$22.8bn
Total return, 1 year	+20.2%	+19.3%
Holdings in common	41%
Nasdaq-100, total return, 1 year	+23.6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	7.0%	13.9%
Below its high	4.6%, high on Aug 14, 2026	3.7%, high on Aug 14, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

+20.2%

IWS total return, 1 year

+19.3%

VOE total return, 1 year

0.23%

IWS expense ratio

0.05%

VOE expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IWS and VOE hold 41% 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 Aug 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

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half

41% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding IWS VOE

PHILLIPS 66 1.06% 1.64%

HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE 0.94% 1.15%

MARATHON PETROLEUM 0.67% 1.80%

DIGITAL REALTY TRUST REIT 0.65% 1.08%

ALLSTATE CORP 0.59% 1.10%

ONEOK 0.57% 1.00%

BAKER HUGHES CLASS A 0.56% 1.04%

DEVON ENERGY 0.55% 0.93%

CHENIERE ENERGY 0.54% 1.01%

NUCOR 0.54% 0.94%

KINDER MORGAN 0.63% 0.51%

BECTON DICKINSON 0.50% 0.86%

Only in IWS

MODERNA 0.72%

AMETEK INC 0.57%

REALTY INCOME REIT 0.51%

VYLOR 0.49%

EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES 0.48%

AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES INC 0.47%

COHERENT 0.45%

GARMIN 0.44%

Only in VOE

Valero Energy Corp 1.76%

SLB Ltd 1.49%

Cummins Inc 1.29%

General Motors Co 1.29%

Target Corp 1.21%

Warner Bros Discovery Inc 1.12%

Arthur J Gallagher & Co 1.11%

Newmont Corp 1.11%

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On the same fields

IWS

iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF

VOE

Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap Value ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index of Mid-Cap Value

Total return, 1 year +20.2% +19.3%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +3.0 pts +2.1 pts

Expense ratio 0.23% 0.05%

Already in the S&P 500 66.1% 96.0%

Holdings 719 170

Net assets, IWS as of Oct 9, 2026 and VOE as of Sep 30, 2026 $15.3bn $22.8bn

IWS and VOE 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.

VOE in plain words

VOE tracks an index of Mid-Cap Value. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +19.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Aug 31, 2026, 96% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 170 positions, with the top ten at 13.9%. It sat 3.7% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IWS or VOE?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IWS returned +20.2% and VOE +19.3%.
Which is cheaper, IWS or VOE?: VOE is cheaper, by 0.18 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $18. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IWS and VOE overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 66% of IWS and 96% of VOE 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 ↗VOE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VOE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VOE ↗

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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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