IWF vs SWPPX: 55% overlap

iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF and Schwab S&P 500 Index share 55.1% of their portfolios by weight — computed as Σ min(wA, wB) over every holding both funds own.

Different holding dates. These holdings were published about 3 months apart — SWPPX as of 2026-04-30, the rest through 2026-07-23. Each fund is compared using its most recent file, so any trading in between shows up as a difference.

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1.4Effective Funds

You would hold two tickers and get the diversification of 1.4. Two funds that shared nothing would score 2.0; two identical funds score 1.0.

Overlap
55.1%
IWF expense ratio
0.19%
SWPPX expense ratio
0.02%

Top shared holdings

IWF and SWPPX hold 173 of the same securities. The ten contributing most to the overlap figure:

Holdingin IWFin SWPPXΔ
NVDA15.1%7.8%7.3%
AAPL7.8%6.4%1.4%
MSFT4.4%4.9%0.5%
GOOGL5.7%3.6%2.1%
AVGO5.7%3.2%2.5%
GOOG4.7%2.9%1.8%
META3.4%2.2%1.2%
TSLA2.9%1.7%1.2%
LLY2.9%1.2%1.7%
MU3.5%0.9%2.5%

Where IWF and SWPPX differ

Sector weights as a share of each fund, ordered by the size of the gap rather than the size of the sector — two funds that overlap heavily still usually diverge somewhere.

SectorIWFSWPPXΔ
Information Technology55.0%34.2%+20.8pp
Financials4.7%11.5%6.8pp
Communication Services15.7%11.0%+4.7pp
Consumer Staples1.3%4.9%3.6pp
Energy0.5%3.4%2.9pp
Unclassified0.0%2.8%2.8pp
Health Care5.6%8.3%2.7pp
Consumer Discretionary7.5%9.7%2.2pp

Δ is IWF minus SWPPX, in percentage points. Sector data is not published by every issuer, so “Unclassified” is a real category rather than a gap in the table.

What each fund holds alone

Only in IWF
196 positions

7.2% of IWF by weight, held in no part of SWPPX.

Only in SWPPX
329 positions

34.2% of SWPPX by weight, held in no part of IWF.

A large count with a small weight is the usual shape: the positions one fund adds are typically its smallest ones.

Concentration and cost

IWFSWPPX
Top 10 holdings56.1%38.3%
Positions held370503
Cost per $10,000 held, per year$19$2

Cost is the expense ratio applied to $10,000; it excludes any brokerage commission, bid-ask spread or tax consequence. Figures are facts about the funds, not a suggestion about which to hold.

Frequently asked

How much do IWF and SWPPX overlap?

IWF and SWPPX overlap 55.1% by portfolio weight — substantial duplication if you hold both. They share 173 holdings. The figure comes from current issuer holdings files (IWF as of 2026-07-23, SWPPX as of 2026-04-30).

How is the overlap between IWF and SWPPX calculated?

As the sum of the smaller weight in each fund, over every holding both funds own: Σ min(wA, wB). If IWF holds a stock at 6% and SWPPX holds the same stock at 4%, 4% counts as shared. The result is bounded between 0% and 100%, and it is computed after looking through any fund-of-funds to the underlying holdings.

Is it redundant to hold both IWF and SWPPX?

That depends on your goals — we state facts, not advice. At 55.1% overlap, each fund still contributes meaningfully distinct exposure.

What does IWF own that SWPPX doesn't?

IWF holds 370 positions and SWPPX holds 503; 196 of IWF's positions don't appear in SWPPX at all, and they are 7.2% of IWF by weight.

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Sources: issuer holdings files, IWF as of 2026-07-23, SWPPX as of 2026-04-30. Weights are fractions of each fund. Diagnostics, not advice.