Verified factor-similar pair

IVE vs IWX

These two ETFs pass the same FF6 US similarity lane: US-listed equity ETFs, same USD model basis, at least one material non-market factor, and 100% overlap in statistically significant material factor exposure.

HML
Similarity score
89
Verified similar

Score blends exposure-level distance, factor-vector shape, market-beta closeness, and a small backtested relative-Sharpe term.

IVE

iShares S&P 500 Value ETF
HML
Adj. R2
0.960
Rel. Sharpe
0.832
Mkt beta
0.93
AUM
US$47.5B
MER
0.18%
Valuation
134

IWX

iShares Russell Top 200 Value ETF
HML
Adj. R2
0.934
Rel. Sharpe
1.030
Mkt beta
0.88
AUM
US$3.6B
MER
0.20%
Valuation
144

Factor Exposure Match

Blue bars compare raw factor beta magnitude. Green bars compare absolute t-stat strength. Dim bars indicate the t-stat is below 1.96.

SMB
IVE
-0.08
|t|
-4.0
IWX
-0.09
|t|
-2.7
diff +0.00
HML
IVE
+0.29
|t|
+13.1
IWX
+0.29
|t|
+8.9
diff -0.00
RMW
IVE
-0.01
|t|
-0.2
IWX
+0.03
|t|
+0.8
diff -0.04
CMA
IVE
+0.14
|t|
+4.5
IWX
+0.15
|t|
+3.2
diff -0.01
UMD
IVE
-0.09
|t|
-7.9
IWX
-0.03
|t|
-1.2
diff -0.06

Why This Pair Matches

Exposure level
89
Exposure shape
99
Mkt beta diff
0.05
Rel. Sharpe diff
0.197

This comparison focuses on measured factor exposure, not a qualitative review of each fund's portfolio-construction process. Backtested relative Sharpe is included as a secondary signal, while we continue refining a comparison metric that separates factor payoff from alpha. See methodology.

IVE fund page IWX fund page US ETF Leaders US Universe
Important context

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