ETF comparison

IWO vs VTWO

Both US Small Cap.

iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF · Vanguard Russell 2000 Index Fund ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
56.3 %

1,086 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IWO and VTWO would leave roughly 56.3% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

IWO only 57.3% Shared 56.3% VTWO only 43.4%
In IWO only
18 positions
Shared
1,086 positions
In VTWO only
874 positions

Side by side

IWO

iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF

iShares · US Small Cap

86 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.24%
Net assets
$15.43B
TTM yield
0.43%
Top-10 conc.
22.9%
VTWO

Vanguard Russell 2000 Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · US Small Cap

95 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.060%
Net assets
$18.55B
TTM yield
1.09%
Top-10 conc.
7.1%

Sub-score comparison

76
Cost
94
90
Tax efficiency
88
100
Liquidity
100
82
Concentration
100
Tracking quality
IWO sub-score VTWO

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

VTWO is 18 bps cheaper than IWO. On a $100,000 position that's about $180/yr more in fees for IWO.

Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open the cost calculator pre-filled with IWO vs VTWO.

Top shared holdings

1,086 shared in total
# Holding In IWO In VTWO Overlap
1 Bloom Energy Corp. 1.99% 1.11% 1.11%
2 Fabrinet 1.26% 0.64% 0.64%
3 Coeur Mining, Inc. 0.64% 0.57% 0.57%
4 Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd. 1.02% 0.56% 0.56%
5 Nextpower, Inc. 0.94% 0.50% 0.50%
6 Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. 0.86% 0.47% 0.47%
7 IonQ, Inc. 0.67% 0.42% 0.42%
8 Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. 0.81% 0.42% 0.42%
9 Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. 0.82% 0.41% 0.41%
10 Ensign Group, Inc. (The) 0.76% 0.39% 0.39%
11 Modine Manufacturing Co. 0.76% 0.39% 0.39%
12 Dycom Industries, Inc. 0.66% 0.38% 0.38%

Only in IWO

18 total
  • BlackRock Funds III 13.68%
  • Piper Sandler Cos. 0.36%
  • BlackRock Funds III 0.04%
  • fuboTV, Inc. 0.02%
  • Brookfield Business Corp. 0.02%
  • Cardinal Infrastructure Group, Inc. 0.02%
  • Wealthfront Corp. 0.01%
  • agilon health, Inc. 0.01%
  • Akero Therapeutics, Inc. 0.00%
  • Sanofi Aatd, Inc. 0.00%

Only in VTWO

874 total
  • EchoStar Corp 0.51%
  • TTM Technologies Inc 0.35%
  • Fluor Corp 0.28%
  • Commercial Metals Co 0.27%
  • Vaxcyte Inc 0.25%
  • Jackson Financial Inc 0.25%
  • Terreno Realty Corp 0.22%
  • Essential Properties Realty Trust Inc 0.22%
  • SSR Mining Inc 0.21%
  • Ormat Technologies Inc 0.21%

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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see /methodology/.

Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.