IWF Large Cap Growth ETF (IWF)

IWF Large Cap Growth ETF — analysis

Holding $203.4B in AUM at a 28 bps expense ratio, IWF sits in the large cap growth bucket on the ValueMarkers ETF coverage list. The fund tracks Index Benchmark and dates back to 2000.

Inside the ETF, the underlying companies' fundamentals stack to a VMCI-Composite of 65/100 on IWF. The composite is built from the top-10 holdings, weighted by index allocation. The read is above-average composite quality, which is the right anchor when comparing IWF to peer funds in the large cap growth category.

On a five-year compound basis, IWF returned 10.5% per year. Against the 9.0% benchmark print, that's a 1.5-pp above-index annualized result, before tax.

IWF pays a trailing-twelve-month dividend yield of 2.00%. Distribution growth has compounded at 8.5% per year over the past five years, which sets the carry profile for income-oriented allocators inside the large cap growth category.

Inside IWF: top-10 weight 31%, top position AAPL at 3.58%, top sector Technology at 33%. The concentration profile shapes how much of the fund's return is driven by a small set of names.

IWF's comparable set: QQQ, QQQM, VUG. Each is a large cap growth ETF; the relative-value question is whether the 28 bps expense ratio, the 10.5% 5y CAGR, and the 2.00% yield clear the bar against the peer trio.