ETF comparison
IJR vs VIG
US Small Cap vs Dividend.
iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF · Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
50 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IJR and VIG would leave roughly 0.7% 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
VIG is 2 bps cheaper than IJR. On a $100,000 position that's about $20/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 VIG.
Top shared holdings
50 shared in total| # | Holding | In IJR | In VIG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ENPRO INC | 0.43% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 2 | MATSON INC | 0.31% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 3 | POOL CORP | 0.37% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 4 | MARKETAXESS HOLDINGS INC | 0.22% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| 5 | BALCHEM CORP | 0.29% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| 6 | SERVISFIRST BANCSHARES INC | 0.24% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| 7 | MATERION CORP | 0.33% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| 8 | UNITED COMMUNITY BANKS INC | 0.23% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| 9 | BRADY CORP | 0.22% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| 10 | INDEPENDENT BANK CORP (MASSACHUSETTS) | 0.22% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| 11 | FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO INC | 0.22% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| 12 | MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS INC | 0.22% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
Only in IJR
553 total- FORMFACTOR INC 0.67%
- VIASAT INC 0.66%
- MOLINA HEALTHCARE INC 0.64%
- ARGAN INC 0.60%
- BRIGHTSPRING HEALTH SERVICES INC 0.60%
- ELEMENT SOLUTIONS INC 0.59%
- MAXLINEAR INC 0.58%
- KRYSTAL BIOTECH INC 0.53%
- ESCO TECHNOLOGIES INC 0.49%
- MATCH GROUP INC 0.48%
Only in VIG
283 total- Broadcom Inc 4.63%
- Apple Inc 4.45%
- Microsoft Corp 4.34%
- JPMorgan Chase & Co 4.07%
- Eli Lilly & Co 3.93%
- ExxonMobil Holdings Corp 2.78%
- Johnson & Johnson 2.67%
- Visa Inc 2.45%
- Walmart Inc 2.11%
- Mastercard Inc 2.00%
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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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