ETF comparison
IJS vs VBR
Both US Small Cap.
iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap Value ETF
Holdings overlap
295 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IJS and VBR would leave roughly 17.5% 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 13 bps cheaper than IJS. On a $100,000 position that's about $130/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 VBR.
Top shared holdings
295 shared in total| # | Holding | In IJS | In VBR | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MOLINA HEALTHCARE INC | 1.28% | 0.26% | 0.26% |
| 2 | ELEMENT SOLUTIONS INC | 0.59% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| 3 | RALLIANT CORP | 0.42% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
| 4 | PLEXUS CORP | 0.48% | 0.17% | 0.17% |
| 5 | EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY | 0.82% | 0.16% | 0.16% |
| 6 | POOL CORP | 0.74% | 0.16% | 0.16% |
| 7 | QORVO INC | 0.30% | 0.16% | 0.16% |
| 8 | JACKSON FINANCIAL INC | 0.60% | 0.15% | 0.15% |
| 9 | ARCOSA INC | 0.28% | 0.15% | 0.15% |
| 10 | GATES INDUSTRIAL CORP PLC | 0.35% | 0.15% | 0.15% |
| 11 | MACERICH COMPANY (THE) | 0.37% | 0.15% | 0.15% |
| 12 | TERRENO REALTY CORP | 0.22% | 0.15% | 0.15% |
Only in IJS
166 total- MATCH GROUP INC 0.95%
- KULICKE AND SOFFA INDUSTRIES INC 0.75%
- ULTRA CLEAN HOLDINGS INC 0.69%
- MAXLINEAR INC 0.66%
- PAYCOM SOFTWARE INC 0.56%
- DIODES INC 0.54%
- RXO INC 0.49%
- LIBERTY ENERGY INC 0.46%
- CORE NATURAL RESOURCES INC 0.43%
- LUMEN TECHNOLOGIES INC 0.43%
Only in VBR
545 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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- IJS vs VB · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap ETF 13.2%
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- IJS vs VBK · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap Growth ETF 7.4%
- 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%
More comparisons with VBR
- 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%
- VBR vs VIOG · Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth Index Fund ETF Shares 10.1%
- VBR vs IWD · iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF 10.0%
- VBR vs VYM · Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares 9.8%
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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