ETF comparison
IJR vs VBK
Both US Small Cap.
iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap Growth ETF
Holdings overlap
161 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IJR and VBK would leave roughly 16.4% 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
VBK is 1 bps cheaper than IJR. On a $100,000 position that's about $10/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 VBK.
Top shared holdings
161 shared in total| # | Holding | In IJR | In VBK | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FORMFACTOR INC | 0.67% | 0.35% | 0.35% |
| 2 | BRIGHTSPRING HEALTH SERVICES INC | 0.60% | 0.32% | 0.32% |
| 3 | MAXLINEAR INC | 0.58% | 0.31% | 0.31% |
| 4 | ARGAN INC | 0.60% | 0.30% | 0.30% |
| 5 | KRYSTAL BIOTECH INC | 0.53% | 0.29% | 0.29% |
| 6 | ESCO TECHNOLOGIES INC | 0.49% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| 7 | MATCH GROUP INC | 0.48% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| 8 | ALKERMES PLC | 0.47% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| 9 | EVERUS CONSTRUCTION GROUP INC | 0.46% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| 10 | STONEX GROUP INC | 0.46% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| 11 | POWELL INDUSTRIES INC | 0.44% | 0.23% | 0.23% |
| 12 | CORCEPT THERAPEUTICS INC | 0.45% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
Only in IJR
442 total- VIASAT INC 0.66%
- MOLINA HEALTHCARE INC 0.64%
- ELEMENT SOLUTIONS INC 0.59%
- RALLIANT CORP 0.45%
- PLEXUS CORP 0.44%
- ENPRO INC 0.43%
- EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY 0.41%
- ZURN ELKAY WATER SOLUTIONS CORP 0.41%
- CARMAX INC 0.41%
- QORVO INC 0.40%
Only in VBK
382 total- Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd 1.27%
- REVOLUTION Medicines Inc 1.06%
- Astera Labs Inc 1.05%
- Natera Inc 1.04%
- Twilio Inc 0.88%
- Casey's General Stores Inc 0.83%
- Carpenter Technology Corp 0.82%
- Curtiss-Wright Corp 0.79%
- FTAI Aviation Ltd 0.78%
- nVent Electric PLC 0.77%
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- IJR vs DFAC · U.S. Core Equity 2 Portfolio-ETF Class Shares 6.8%
- IJR vs BBMC · JPMorgan BetaBuilders U.S. Mid Cap Equity ETF 6.3%
- IJR vs DFUV · Dimensional US Marketwide Value ETF 4.7%
- IJR vs SCHM · Schwab U.S. Mid-Cap ETF 4.7%
More comparisons with VBK
- VBK vs VIOG · Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth Index Fund ETF Shares 15.4%
- VBK vs IJT · iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF 14.6%
- VBK vs VIOV · Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Value Index Fund ETF Shares 7.6%
- VBK vs IWN · iShares Russell 2000 Value ETF 7.5%
- VBK vs IJS · iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF 7.4%
- VBK vs DFAT · U.S. Targeted Value Portfolio-ETF Class Shares 6.7%
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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