ETF comparison
IJR vs SMLF
US Small Cap vs Multi-Factor.
iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF · iShares U.S. Small-Cap Equity Factor ETF
Holdings overlap
261 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IJR and SMLF would leave roughly 19.3% 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
IJR is 9 bps cheaper than SMLF. On a $100,000 position that's about $90/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 IJR vs SMLF.
Top shared holdings
261 shared in total| # | Holding | In IJR | In SMLF | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ARGAN INC | 0.60% | 0.33% | 0.33% |
| 2 | ALKERMES PLC | 0.47% | 0.31% | 0.31% |
| 3 | ETSY INC | 0.39% | 0.30% | 0.30% |
| 4 | MACERICH COMPANY (THE) | 0.39% | 0.30% | 0.30% |
| 5 | CLEAR SECURE INC | 0.28% | 0.29% | 0.28% |
| 6 | POWELL INDUSTRIES INC | 0.44% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| 7 | TANGER INC | 0.25% | 0.23% | 0.23% |
| 8 | PIPER SANDLER COMPANIES | 0.26% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| 9 | CORCEPT THERAPEUTICS INC | 0.45% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| 10 | GRIFFON CORP | 0.20% | 0.22% | 0.20% |
| 11 | LIQUIDIA CORP | 0.30% | 0.20% | 0.20% |
| 12 | LYFT INC | 0.30% | 0.20% | 0.20% |
Only in IJR
342 total- MOLINA HEALTHCARE INC 0.64%
- KRYSTAL BIOTECH INC 0.53%
- ESCO TECHNOLOGIES INC 0.49%
- PLEXUS CORP 0.44%
- ENPRO INC 0.43%
- EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY 0.41%
- JBT MAREL CORP 0.41%
- ZURN ELKAY WATER SOLUTIONS CORP 0.41%
- CARMAX INC 0.41%
- ACM RESEARCH INC 0.39%
Only in SMLF
631 total- EMCOR Group, Inc. 0.95%
- Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. 0.83%
- nVent Electric plc 0.80%
- 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%
- Mueller Industries, Inc. 0.59%
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More comparisons with SMLF
- 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%
- SMLF vs SCHB · Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF 6.9%
- SMLF vs OMFL · Invesco Russell 1000 Dynamic Multifactor ETF 5.5%
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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