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IWS vs SCHM

Both US Mid Cap.

iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF · Schwab U.S. Mid-Cap ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
36.1 %

381 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IWS and SCHM would leave roughly 36.1% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

IWS only 63.6% Shared 36.1% SCHM only 63.8%
In IWS only
331 positions
Shared
381 positions
In SCHM only
116 positions

Side by side

IWS

iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF

iShares · US Mid Cap

88 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.23%
Net assets
$15.65B
TTM yield
1.31%
Top-10 conc.
9.7%
SCHM

Schwab U.S. Mid-Cap ETF

Schwab · US Mid Cap

96 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$15.32B
TTM yield
1.25%
Top-10 conc.
8.2%

Sub-score comparison

77
Cost
97
88
Tax efficiency
88
100
Liquidity
100
100
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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IWS sub-score SCHM

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

Cost difference

SCHM is 20 bps cheaper than IWS. On a $100,000 position that's about $200/yr more in fees for IWS.

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 IWS vs SCHM.

Top shared holdings

381 shared in total
# Holding In IWS In SCHM Overlap
1 SANDISK CORP 0.92% 1.86% 0.92%
2 Ciena Corporation 0.56% 0.97% 0.56%
3 Lumentum Holdings Inc. 0.47% 0.98% 0.47%
4 Coherent Corp 0.42% 0.81% 0.42%
5 TechnipFMC PLC 0.28% 0.53% 0.28%
6 United Therapeutics Corporation 0.26% 0.43% 0.26%
7 Curtiss-Wright Corp. 0.26% 0.51% 0.26%
8 FLEX LTD 0.24% 0.46% 0.24%
9 Omnicom Group Inc 0.24% 0.54% 0.24%
10 Casey'S General Stores Inc. 0.23% 0.50% 0.23%
11 Steel Dynamics, Inc. 0.23% 0.53% 0.23%
12 NiSource Inc. 0.23% 0.45% 0.23%

Only in IWS

331 total
  • Corning Incorporated 1.08%
  • Western Digital Corp. 0.94%
  • The Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 0.77%
  • Valero Energy Corp. 0.76%
  • Cummins Inc. 0.75%
  • Marathon Petroleum Corp. 0.75%
  • Phillips 66 0.69%
  • Kinder Morgan, Inc. 0.66%
  • L3 Harris Technologies Inc 0.66%
  • Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. 0.65%

Only in SCHM

116 total
  • Bloom Energy Corp 0.67%
  • FTAI Aviation Ltd 0.62%
  • Texas Pacific Land Corp 0.60%
  • Exact Sciences Corp 0.39%
  • Fabrinet 0.39%
  • Burlington Stores Inc 0.38%
  • Somnigroup International Inc 0.37%
  • Coeur Mining Inc 0.35%
  • Nextpower Inc 0.31%
  • Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc 0.29%

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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.