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IWX vs VYM: Differences, Returns & Fees

IWX and VYM hold 53% of their weight in the same names, and IWX returned +28.9% over the year. Net assets: $3.3bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares Russell Top 200 Value ETF, and $78.9bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF.

VYM costs 0.16 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 13.0 points; VYM is far larger, $78.9bn against $3.7bn.

IWX vs VYM: Differences, Returns & Fees
IWXVYM
Expense ratio0.20%0.04%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026$3.7bn$78.9bn
Total return, 1 year+28.9%+15.9%
What it tracksRussell Top 200 Value IndexFTSE High Dividend Yield Index
Holdings in common53%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund41.1%25.8%
Below its high4.4%, high on Aug 13, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+28.9%
IWX total return, 1 year
+15.9%
VYM total return, 1 year
0.20%
IWX expense ratio
0.04%
VYM expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IWX and VYM hold 53% 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 9, 2026.

half

53% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding IWX VYM
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 3.29% 3.83%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 2.57% 2.70%
JOHNSON & JOHNSON 2.33% 2.58%
CISCO SYSTEMS INC 1.73% 1.76%
ABBVIE 1.66% 1.83%
CHEVRON 1.45% 1.54%
MERCK & CO INC 1.33% 1.47%
PROCTER & GAMBLE 1.30% 1.36%
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP 1.26% 1.42%
BANK OF AMERICA 1.21% 1.65%
PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL 1.16% 1.18%
COCA-COLA 1.12% 1.39%
Only in IWX
AMAZON.COM INC 8.62%
APPLE 8.24%
MICROSOFT 7.34%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CLASS B 3.55%
INTEL CORPORATION 1.77%
WALMART 1.65%
META PLATFORMS CLASS A 1.06%
THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC 0.90%
Only in VYM
Broadcom Inc 6.94%
Caterpillar Inc 1.46%
Oracle Corp 1.03%
Texas Instruments Inc 0.96%
Lockheed Martin Corp 0.46%
Marathon Petroleum Corp 0.44%
Phillips 66 0.40%
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co 0.28%

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On the same fields

IWX
iShares Russell Top 200 Value ETF
VYM
Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer iShares Vanguard
What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index of US high dividend
Total return, 1 year +28.9% +15.9%
Expense ratio 0.20% 0.04%
Already in the S&P 500 99.7% 89.5%
Holdings 153 605
Net assets, IWX as of Oct 9, 2026 and VYM as of Sep 30, 2026 $3.3bn $78.9bn

IWX and VYM on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

About IWX

IWX tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +28.9% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.20% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 153 positions, with the top ten at 41.1%.

About VYM

VYM tracks an index of US high dividend. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +15.9% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Aug 31, 2026, 90% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 605 positions, with the top ten at 25.8%. It sat 4.4% below its high of Aug 13, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IWX or VYM?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IWX returned +28.9% and VYM +15.9%.
Which is cheaper, IWX or VYM?
VYM is cheaper, by 0.16 percentage points a year. That is about $16 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IWX and VYM overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 100% of IWX and 90% of VYM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
IWX filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IWX prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IWX ↗VYM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VYM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VYM ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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