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IJR vs VB

Both US Small Cap.

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

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
19.0 %

479 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IJR and VB would leave roughly 19.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

IJR unmatched 78.7% Shared 19.0% VB unmatched 80.8%

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 IJR only
124 positions
Shared
479 positions
In VB only
830 positions

Side by side

IJR

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

iShares · US Small Cap

95 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.060%
Net assets
$102.56B
TTM yield
1.24%
Top-10 conc.
10.8%
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

94
Cost
97
88
Tax efficiency
88
100
Liquidity
100
99
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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IJR sub-score VB

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

Cost difference

VB is 3 bps cheaper than IJR. On a $100,000 position that's about $30/yr more in fees for IJR.

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 VB.

Top shared holdings

479 shared in total
# Holding In IJR In VB Overlap
1 FORMFACTOR INC 0.67% 0.15% 0.15%
2 MOLINA HEALTHCARE INC 0.64% 0.14% 0.14%
3 VIASAT INC 0.66% 0.14% 0.14%
4 BRIGHTSPRING HEALTH SERVICES INC 0.60% 0.14% 0.14%
5 ELEMENT SOLUTIONS INC 0.59% 0.13% 0.13%
6 MAXLINEAR INC 0.58% 0.13% 0.13%
7 ARGAN INC 0.60% 0.13% 0.13%
8 KRYSTAL BIOTECH INC 0.53% 0.13% 0.13%
9 ESCO TECHNOLOGIES INC 0.49% 0.11% 0.11%
10 MATCH GROUP INC 0.48% 0.11% 0.11%
11 ALKERMES PLC 0.47% 0.11% 0.11%
12 EVERUS CONSTRUCTION GROUP INC 0.46% 0.10% 0.10%

Only in IJR

124 total
  • KULICKE AND SOFFA INDUSTRIES INC 0.38%
  • ULTRA CLEAN HOLDINGS INC 0.35%
  • ENOVA INTERNATIONAL INC 0.32%
  • LIQUIDIA CORP 0.30%
  • ICHOR HOLDINGS LTD 0.21%
  • DAVE INC 0.21%
  • CLEANSPARK INC 0.20%
  • CATALYST PHARMACEUTICALS INC 0.20%
  • SOLAREDGE TECHNOLOGIES INC 0.19%
  • PENGUIN SOLUTIONS INC (US) 0.19%

Only in VB

830 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%
  • Twilio Inc 0.38%
  • NRG Energy Inc 0.37%
  • MKS Instruments Inc 0.37%
  • Flex Ltd 0.36%

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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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