ETF comparison
IJR vs VBR
Both US Small Cap.
iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap Value ETF
Holdings overlap
338 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IJR and VBR would leave roughly 20.8% 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
VBR 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 VBR.
Top shared holdings
338 shared in total| # | Holding | In IJR | In VBR | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MOLINA HEALTHCARE INC | 0.64% | 0.26% | 0.26% |
| 2 | VIASAT INC | 0.66% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| 3 | ELEMENT SOLUTIONS INC | 0.59% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| 4 | RALLIANT CORP | 0.45% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
| 5 | PLEXUS CORP | 0.44% | 0.17% | 0.17% |
| 6 | ZURN ELKAY WATER SOLUTIONS CORP | 0.41% | 0.17% | 0.17% |
| 7 | ENPRO INC | 0.43% | 0.17% | 0.17% |
| 8 | EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY | 0.41% | 0.16% | 0.16% |
| 9 | POOL CORP | 0.37% | 0.16% | 0.16% |
| 10 | QORVO INC | 0.40% | 0.16% | 0.16% |
| 11 | JACKSON FINANCIAL INC | 0.16% | 0.15% | 0.15% |
| 12 | ARCOSA INC | 0.39% | 0.15% | 0.15% |
Only in IJR
265 total- FORMFACTOR INC 0.67%
- ARGAN INC 0.60%
- BRIGHTSPRING HEALTH SERVICES INC 0.60%
- MAXLINEAR INC 0.58%
- KRYSTAL BIOTECH INC 0.53%
- ESCO TECHNOLOGIES INC 0.49%
- MATCH GROUP INC 0.48%
- ALKERMES PLC 0.47%
- EVERUS CONSTRUCTION GROUP INC 0.46%
- STONEX GROUP INC 0.46%
Only in VBR
502 total- Jabil Inc 0.87%
- NRG Energy Inc 0.66%
- Tapestry Inc 0.63%
- Atmos Energy Corp 0.62%
- Williams-Sonoma Inc 0.59%
- Moderna Inc 0.54%
- Smurfit Westrock PLC 0.52%
- F5 Inc 0.50%
- US Foods Holding Corp 0.48%
- JB Hunt Transport Services Inc 0.47%
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- IJR vs SMLF · iShares U.S. Small-Cap Equity Factor ETF 19.3%
- IJR vs VB · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap ETF 19.0%
- IJR vs VBK · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap Growth ETF 16.4%
- IJR vs CALF · Pacer US Small Cap Cash Cows 100 ETF 10.2%
- IJR vs DON · WisdomTree U.S. MidCap Dividend Fund 7.6%
- IJR vs DFAC · U.S. Core Equity 2 Portfolio-ETF Class Shares 6.8%
More comparisons with VBR
- VBR vs VIOO · Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Index Fund ETF Shares 20.2%
- VBR vs IWN · iShares Russell 2000 Value ETF 19.2%
- VBR vs IJS · iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF 17.5%
- VBR vs VIOV · Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Value Index Fund ETF Shares 16.7%
- VBR vs AVUV · Avantis US Small Cap Value ETF 15.0%
- VBR vs IWO · iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF 10.2%
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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