ETF comparison
IJR vs VYM
US Small Cap vs Dividend.
iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF · Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
153 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IJR and VYM would leave roughly 2.0% 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
VYM 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 VYM.
Top shared holdings
153 shared in total| # | Holding | In IJR | In VYM | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MATCH GROUP INC | 0.48% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 2 | EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY | 0.41% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 3 | JACKSON FINANCIAL INC | 0.16% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 4 | LINCOLN NATIONAL CORP | 0.27% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 5 | SM ENERGY COMPANY | 0.32% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 6 | LAMB WESTON HOLDINGS INC | 0.32% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 7 | CONAGRA BRANDS INC | 0.34% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 8 | ARCHROCK INC | 0.39% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| 9 | ATLANTIC UNION BANKSHARES CORP | 0.33% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| 10 | POOL CORP | 0.37% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| 11 | MAGNOLIA OIL & GAS CORP | 0.26% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| 12 | LKQ CORP | 0.36% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
Only in IJR
450 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%
- ALKERMES PLC 0.47%
Only in VYM
451 total- Broadcom Inc 7.35%
- JPMorgan Chase & Co 3.82%
- ExxonMobil Holdings Corp 2.63%
- Johnson & Johnson 2.51%
- Cisco Systems Inc 1.86%
- AbbVie Inc 1.80%
- Bank of America Corp 1.66%
- UnitedHealth Group Inc 1.52%
- Caterpillar Inc 1.50%
- Chevron Corp 1.48%
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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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