IWY vs PWRD: Differences, Returns & Fees

IWY and PWRD hold 9% of their weight in the same names, and IWY returned +4.7% over the year. Net assets: $15.8bn on Oct 20, 2026 for iShares Russell Top 200 Growth ETF, and $1.5bn on Jul 31, 2026 for TCW Transform Systems ETF.

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IWY costs 0.55 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.9 points; IWY is 10.9 times larger.

IWY vs PWRD: Differences, Returns & Fees
IWYPWRD
Expense ratio0.20%0.75%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026$15.8bn$1.5bn
Total return, 1 year+4.7%−1.2%
What it tracksRussell Top 200 Growth IndexNo index, actively managed
Holdings in common9%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund60.9%52.0%
Below its high5.2%, high on Oct 6, 202620.1%, high on Jun 30, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026.

+4.7%
IWY total return, 1 year
−1.2%
PWRD total return, 1 year
0.20%
IWY expense ratio
0.75%
PWRD expense ratio

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IWY and PWRD are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?

  1. What each follows. IWY follows Russell Top 200 Growth Index and PWRD follows No index, actively managed.
  2. Holdings in common. 9% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 19, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026).
  3. One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 20, 2026 IWY returned +4.7% and PWRD −1.2% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 5.9 points.

Data as of Oct 20, 2026. The differences are picked by a fixed rule, in a fixed order; the PDF prints it. Page 2 has the returns, overlap, risks and sources.

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What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IWY and PWRD hold 9% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026.

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9% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding IWY PWRD
BROADCOM INC 5.08% 4.22%
CATERPILLAR INC 1.21% 1.91%
GE VERNOVA 0.90% 3.51%
KLA 0.80% 4.29%
ARISTA NETWORKS 0.70% 4.05%
TRANE TECHNOLOGIES PLC 0.38% 2.98%
QUANTA SERVICES INC 0.34% 3.22%
VERTIV HOLDINGS CLASS A 0.29% 4.94%
BLOOM ENERGY CLASS A 0.23% 3.44%
EATON PLC 0.09% 1.34%
UNION PACIFIC 0.04% 4.03%
Only in IWY
NVIDIA 15.02%
APPLE 8.32%
MICROSOFT 6.34%
ALPHABET CLASS A 6.07%
ALPHABET CLASS C 4.89%
META PLATFORMS CLASS A 4.35%
TESLA INC 3.78%
ELI LILLY 3.55%
Only in PWRD
GENERAL ELECTRIC 10.15%
SAFRAN SA /EUR 5.56%
APPLIED MATERIALS INC 5.42%
VENTURE GLOBAL INC-CL A 5.25%
AIRBUS SE /EUR 4.12%
POWELL INDUSTRIES INC 4.03%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 3.12%
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR-SP ADR 2.88%

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On the same fields

IWY
iShares Russell Top 200 Growth ETF
PWRD
TCW Transform Systems ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer iShares TCW
What it is Tracks an index Actively managed
Total return, 1 year +4.7% −1.2%
Its benchmark over the same days +15.0% (IWV) not measured
Gap to its benchmark −10.4 pts vs IWV not measured
Expense ratio 0.20% 0.75%
Already in the S&P 500 98.8% 57.0%
Holdings 102 31
Net assets, IWY as of Oct 20, 2026 and PWRD as of Jul 31, 2026 $15.8bn $1.5bn

IWY and PWRD on the fields both publish, as of Oct 20, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

About IWY

IWY tracks an index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.20% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 19, 2026, 99% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 102 positions, with the top ten at 60.9%. It sat 5.2% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 20, 2026.

Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +4.7% with distributions reinvested, against +15.0% for its benchmark, the Russell 3000 Index.

About PWRD

PWRD is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned −1.2% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.75% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 57% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 31 positions, with the top ten at 52.0%. It sat 20.1% below its high of Jun 30, 2026 on Oct 20, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IWY or PWRD?
In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IWY returned +4.7% and PWRD −1.2%.
Which is cheaper, IWY or PWRD?
IWY is cheaper, by 0.55 percentage points a year. That is about $55 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IWY and PWRD overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 99% of IWY and 57% of PWRD by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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