ETF comparison
IJH vs SMLF
US Mid Cap vs Multi-Factor.
iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF · iShares U.S. Small-Cap Equity Factor ETF
Holdings overlap
281 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IJH and SMLF would leave roughly 38.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
IJH is 10 bps cheaper than SMLF. On a $100,000 position that's about $100/yr more in fees for SMLF.
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open the cost calculator pre-filled with IJH vs SMLF.
Top shared holdings
281 shared in total| # | Holding | In IJH | In SMLF | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NVENT ELECTRIC PLC | 0.75% | 0.80% | 0.75% |
| 2 | RELIANCE INC | 0.52% | 0.56% | 0.52% |
| 3 | STERLING INFRASTRUCTURE INC | 0.71% | 0.45% | 0.45% |
| 4 | TENET HEALTHCARE CORP | 0.44% | 0.52% | 0.44% |
| 5 | EAST WEST BANCORP INC | 0.49% | 0.43% | 0.43% |
| 6 | CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORP | 0.84% | 0.43% | 0.43% |
| 7 | CURTISS-WRIGHT CORP | 0.77% | 0.42% | 0.42% |
| 8 | ATI INC | 0.74% | 0.40% | 0.40% |
| 9 | EVERPURE INC | 0.68% | 0.40% | 0.40% |
| 10 | UNITED THERAPEUTICS CORP | 0.63% | 0.39% | 0.39% |
| 11 | MUELLER INDUSTRIES INC | 0.37% | 0.59% | 0.37% |
| 12 | EVERCORE INC | 0.36% | 0.42% | 0.36% |
Only in IJH
119 total- TWILIO INC 0.86%
- ILLUMINA INC 0.73%
- TECHNIPFMC PLC 0.73%
- OKTA INC 0.63%
- RB GLOBAL INC 0.60%
- BURLINGTON STORES INC 0.55%
- PERFORMANCE FOOD GROUP COMPANY 0.48%
- NEUROCRINE BIOSCIENCES INC 0.47%
- ANNALY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.45%
- W.P. CAREY INC 0.44%
Only in SMLF
611 total- EMCOR Group, Inc. 0.95%
- Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. 0.83%
- Flex Ltd. 0.78%
- Jabil, Inc. 0.75%
- Astera Labs, Inc. 0.70%
- Tapestry, Inc. 0.66%
- Natera, Inc. 0.62%
- Williams-Sonoma, Inc. 0.61%
- Popular, Inc. 0.54%
- Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd. 0.51%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with IJH
- IJH vs SCHA · Schwab U.S. Small-Cap ETF 32.4%
- IJH vs FNDA · Schwab Fundamental U.S. Small Company ETF 30.1%
- IJH vs DFAT · U.S. Targeted Value Portfolio-ETF Class Shares 28.6%
- IJH vs AVMV · Avantis U.S. Mid Cap Value ETF 24.6%
- IJH vs IWS · iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF 24.0%
- IJH vs IWR · iShares Russell Mid-Cap ETF 22.9%
More comparisons with SMLF
- SMLF vs IWM · iShares Russell 2000 ETF 25.5%
- SMLF vs IJR · iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF 19.3%
- SMLF vs LRGF · iShares U.S. Equity Factor ETF 10.1%
- SMLF vs ITOT · iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF 7.3%
- SMLF vs VTI · Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF 7.3%
- SMLF vs IWD · iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF 7.1%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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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/.
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