ISFiShares Core FTSE 100 UCITS ETF GBP (Dist)
iShares · IE0005042456
Comparison
ISF vs VMID
iShares Core FTSE 100 UCITS ETF GBP (Dist) (ISF) and Vanguard FTSE 250 UCITS ETF (VMID): what each one is, what it costs, how it has done before and after inflation, how far it fell, and how much of what they hold is the same. Nothing here says which one to choose.
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- ISF
VMIDVanguard · IE00BKX55Q28
What differs
Facts from each fund’s own record, side by side. None of them says which fund to choose.
- ISF tracks the FTSE 100; VMID tracks the FTSE 250.
- Both are distributing: income is paid out as cash.
- VMID’s ongoing charge is 0.10% a year against 0.07% for ISF: about £3 a year more on £10,000.
- 0% of what they hold is the same companies at the same weights.
Growth of £10,000 over 12 months
to · after fund charges, before inflation
- ISF£11,243+12.4%
- VMID£11,518+15.2%
The start is the first date every fund has a price. Weekly closes; some series count income reinvested and some do not (see “Measured as” below).
Side by side
| Measure | ISF | VMID |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | ||
| Category | UK shares | UK shares |
| Type | ETF | ETF |
| Provider | iShares | Vanguard |
| Tracks | FTSE 100 | FTSE 250 |
| Income | Distributing | Distributing |
| Currency hedged | No | No |
| Domicile | Ireland | Ireland |
| Launched | 27/04/2000 | 30/09/2014 |
| ISA and SIPP | ISASIPP | ISASIPP |
| What it costs | ||
| Ongoing charge | 0.07% a year | 0.10% a year |
| On £10,000 | £7 a year | £10 a year |
| Fund size | £12bn | £1.2bn |
| Latest close | £10.31 | £37.29 |
| Past returns, after charges | ||
| 1 year | +17.9% | +15.2% |
| 3 years | +54.5% | +46.6% |
| 5 years | +80.0% | +22.7% |
| 5 years after inflation | +40.7% | −4.1% |
| Measured as | income reinvested | income reinvested |
| Ups and downs | ||
| Volatility, 5 years | 12.4% | 15.4% |
| Largest fall, 5 years | −11.0%08/04/2022 to 14/10/2022 | −25.7%05/11/2021 to 14/10/2022 |
| Lowest 12 months | −5.1%to 14/10/2022 | −23.7%to 14/10/2022 |
| Highest 12 months | +33.0%to 10/04/2026 | +27.6%to 25/10/2024 |
Returns: TradingView (delayed data). Inflation: ONS CPIH, latest month published.
Returns run to each fund’s latest close. Past performance is not a guide to future returns. How returns are calculated
Calendar-year returns
Each full calendar year and 2026 so far (to 30/09/2026), in pounds, after charges. The smaller figure is after UK inflation.
| Year | ISF | VMID |
|---|---|---|
| +7.4%after inflation +4.4% | +11.5%after inflation +8.4% | |
| +21.5%after inflation +17.3% | +12.9%after inflation +9.0% | |
| +5.1%after inflation +1.5% | +6.8%after inflation +3.2% | |
| +3.7%after inflation −0.4% | +8.2%after inflation +3.9% | |
| +1.0%after inflation −7.6% | −17.4%after inflation −24.3% |
- ISF: income reinvested to 10/07/2026, price only after; to 30/09/2026.
- VMID: income reinvested to 10/07/2026, price only after; to 30/09/2026.
- Source: Fundology, from recorded closes; inflation ONS CPIH. How calendar-year returns are worked out
Holdings in common
How much of the funds is the same companies at the same weights. The higher it is, the more owning both is like owning one fund twice.
under 1%
of what ISF and VMID hold is the same companies at the same weights.
Largest holdings in common
| Company | ISF | VMID |
|---|---|---|
 easyJet | 0.17% | 1.32% |
 Ithaca Energy | 0.02% | 0.19% |
Source: issuer-published holdings, snapshots of ISF 29/09/2026 and VMID 31/08/2026
Overlap is the sum, company by company, of the smaller of the two weights. How overlap is measured
Sources and dates
Source: TradingView (prices), as of , at least 15 min delayed
Source: fund issuers and the FCA register (charges, identity)
Source: ONS CPIH (inflation, latest month published)
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Terms on this page: ongoing charge, real return, accumulating and distributing, volatility, largest fall, holdings overlap, calendar-year returns.