ETF comparison
IJS vs VB
Both US Small Cap.
iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap ETF
Holdings overlap
370 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IJS and VB would leave roughly 13.2% 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
VB is 15 bps cheaper than IJS. On a $100,000 position that's about $150/yr more in fees for IJS.
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 IJS vs VB.
Top shared holdings
370 shared in total| # | Holding | In IJS | In VB | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MOLINA HEALTHCARE INC | 1.28% | 0.14% | 0.14% |
| 2 | ELEMENT SOLUTIONS INC | 0.59% | 0.13% | 0.13% |
| 3 | MAXLINEAR INC | 0.66% | 0.13% | 0.13% |
| 4 | MATCH GROUP INC | 0.95% | 0.11% | 0.11% |
| 5 | RALLIANT CORP | 0.42% | 0.10% | 0.10% |
| 6 | PLEXUS CORP | 0.48% | 0.10% | 0.10% |
| 7 | GLAUKOS CORP | 0.27% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
| 8 | EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY | 0.82% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
| 9 | CARMAX INC | 0.81% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
| 10 | POOL CORP | 0.74% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
| 11 | QORVO INC | 0.30% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
| 12 | ARCOSA INC | 0.28% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
Only in IJS
91 total- KULICKE AND SOFFA INDUSTRIES INC 0.75%
- ULTRA CLEAN HOLDINGS INC 0.69%
- ICHOR HOLDINGS LTD 0.42%
- COHU INC 0.37%
- BANC OF CALIFORNIA INC 0.30%
- H2O AMERICA 0.26%
- MASTERBRAND INC 0.23%
- STEWART INFORMATION SERVICES CORP 0.22%
- PHOTRONICS INC 0.21%
- CENTURY COMMUNITIES INC 0.19%
Only in VB
939 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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- IJS vs VYM · Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares 1.8%
- IJS vs ITOT · iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF 1.8%
- IJS vs VTI · Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF 1.7%
- IJS vs SCHB · Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF 1.7%
More comparisons with VB
- VB vs DFAU · Dimensional US Core Equity Market ETF 13.0%
- VB vs VIOV · Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Value Index Fund ETF Shares 12.8%
- VB vs VIOG · Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth Index Fund ETF Shares 12.4%
- VB vs VTI · Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF 11.9%
- VB vs ITOT · iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF 11.9%
- VB vs IWV · iShares Russell 3000 ETF 11.8%
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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