ETF comparison

IWOvsVTWO

Both US Small Cap.

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

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
45.4%

987 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IWO and VTWO would leave roughly45.4%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

IWO only 69.0%Shared 45.4%VTWO only 54.3%
In IWO only
148 positions
Shared
987 positions
In VTWO only
958 positions

Side by side

IWO

iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF

iShares · US Small Cap

86composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.24%
Net assets
$14.87B
TTM yield
0.45%
Top-10 conc.
20.3%
VTWO

Vanguard Russell 2000 Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · US Small Cap

95composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.060%
Net assets
$17.95B
TTM yield
1.13%
Top-10 conc.
9.5%

Sub-score comparison

76
Cost
94
90
Tax efficiency
88
100
Liquidity
100
85
Concentration
100
Tracking quality
IWOsub-scoreVTWO

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — seewhat we don't scorefor 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 thecost calculator pre-filled with IWO vs VTWO.

Top shared holdings

987 shared in total
#HoldingIn IWOIn VTWOOverlap
1Hut 8 Corp.0.38%0.36%0.36%
2D-Wave Quantum, Inc.0.53%0.32%0.32%
3Moog, Inc.0.73%0.30%0.30%
4Riot Platforms, Inc.0.39%0.28%0.28%
5Praxis Precision Medicines, Inc.0.51%0.26%0.26%
6Argan, Inc.0.66%0.26%0.26%
7FirstCash Holdings, Inc.0.53%0.26%0.26%
8EnerSys0.49%0.25%0.25%
9Rigetti Computing, Inc.0.37%0.24%0.24%
10StoneX Group, Inc.0.52%0.24%0.24%
11BrightSpring Health Services, Inc.0.68%0.23%0.23%
12Core Scientific, Inc.0.42%0.23%0.23%

Only in IWO

148 total
  • BlackRock Funds III14.75%
  • JFrog Ltd.0.59%
  • AXT, Inc.0.27%
  • ServiceTitan, Inc.0.26%
  • Ondas, Inc.0.24%
  • Opendoor Technologies, Inc.0.22%
  • Hinge Health, Inc.0.21%
  • Stubhub Holdings, Inc.0.17%
  • Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International plc0.17%
  • RH0.16%

Only in VTWO

958 total
  • Bloom Energy Corp1.83%
  • Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd1.12%
  • Sterling Infrastructure Inc0.75%
  • Fabrinet0.69%
  • Nextpower Inc0.67%
  • IonQ Inc0.63%
  • Coeur Mining Inc0.58%
  • TTM Technologies Inc0.52%
  • EchoStar Corp0.51%
  • Guardant Health Inc0.47%

Open IWO or VTWO at a brokerage

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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.