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ETF comparison

IJH vs VB

US Mid Cap vs US Small Cap.

iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
43.5 %

397 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IJH and VB would leave roughly 43.5% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

IJH unmatched 56.3% Shared 43.5% VB unmatched 56.3%

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.

In IJH only
3 positions
Shared
397 positions
In VB only
912 positions

Side by side

IJH

iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF

iShares · US Mid Cap

95 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.050%
Net assets
$120.93B
TTM yield
1.25%
Top-10 conc.
10.9%
VB

Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap ETF

Vanguard · US Small Cap

96 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$175.77B
whole fund, 5 share classes
TTM yield
1.27%
Top-10 conc.
4.3%

Sub-score comparison

95
Cost
97
88
Tax efficiency
88
100
Liquidity
100
99
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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IJH sub-score VB

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

VB is 2 bps cheaper than IJH. On a $100,000 position that's about $20/yr more in fees for IJH.

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 VB.

Top shared holdings

397 shared in total
# Holding In IJH In VB Overlap
1 TWILIO INC 0.86% 0.38% 0.38%
2 MKS INC 0.83% 0.37% 0.37%
3 CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORP 0.84% 0.35% 0.35%
4 CURTISS-WRIGHT CORP 0.77% 0.34% 0.34%
5 ENTEGRIS INC 0.75% 0.33% 0.33%
6 NVENT ELECTRIC PLC 0.75% 0.33% 0.33%
7 ATI INC 0.74% 0.33% 0.33%
8 TECHNIPFMC PLC 0.73% 0.32% 0.32%
9 MASTEC INC 0.71% 0.32% 0.32%
10 MACOM TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS INC 0.69% 0.32% 0.32%
11 WOODWARD INC 0.70% 0.31% 0.31%
12 ILLUMINA INC 0.73% 0.31% 0.31%

Only in IJH

3 total
  • SHARKNINJA INC 0.30%
  • AUTOLIV INC 0.22%
  • LIVANOVA PLC 0.12%

Only in VB

912 total
  • Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd 0.55%
  • Jabil Inc 0.49%
  • REVOLUTION Medicines Inc 0.46%
  • Astera Labs Inc 0.45%
  • Natera Inc 0.45%
  • EMCOR Group Inc 0.45%
  • NRG Energy Inc 0.37%
  • Flex Ltd 0.36%
  • Tapestry Inc 0.36%
  • Casey's General Stores Inc 0.36%

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/.

Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.