ETF comparison

IJTvsSPSM

Both US Small Cap.

iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF · State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 600 Small Cap ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
60.5%

345 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IJT and SPSM would leave roughly60.5%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

IJT only 43.9%Shared 60.5%SPSM only 39.2%
In IJT only
4 positions
Shared
345 positions
In SPSM only
260 positions

Side by side

IJT

iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF

iShares · US Small Cap

88composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.18%
Net assets
$8.21B
TTM yield
0.73%
Top-10 conc.
18.3%
SPSM

State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 600 Small Cap ETF

State Street · US Small Cap

96composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$16.85B
TTM yield
1.43%
Top-10 conc.
11.2%

Sub-score comparison

82
Cost
97
89
Tax efficiency
88
96
Liquidity
100
88
Concentration
98
Tracking quality
IJTsub-scoreSPSM

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — seewhat we don't scorefor why.

Cost difference

SPSM is 15 bps cheaper than IJT. On a $100,000 position that's about $150/yr more in fees for IJT.

Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open thecost calculator pre-filled with IJT vs SPSM.

Top shared holdings

345 shared in total
#HoldingIn IJTIn SPSMOverlap
1FormFactor, Inc.1.36%0.68%0.68%
2Viasat, Inc.1.33%0.66%0.66%
3Argan, Inc.1.22%0.60%0.60%
4BrightSpring Health Services, Inc.1.21%0.60%0.60%
5Element Solutions, Inc.0.60%0.59%0.59%
6Krystal Biotech, Inc.1.07%0.53%0.53%
7MaxLinear, Inc.0.51%0.58%0.51%
8ESCO Technologies, Inc.0.99%0.49%0.49%
9Alkermes plc0.96%0.47%0.47%
10Everus Construction Group, Inc.0.93%0.46%0.46%
11StoneX Group, Inc.0.91%0.45%0.45%
12Corcept Therapeutics, Inc.0.91%0.45%0.45%

Only in IJT

4 total
  • BlackRock Funds III7.99%
  • BlackRock Funds III1.22%
  • OmniAb, Inc.0.00%
  • OmniAb Operations, Inc.0.00%

Only in SPSM

260 total
  • Molina Healthcare Inc0.65%
  • Match Group Inc0.48%
  • Eastman Chemical Co0.42%
  • CarMax Inc0.41%
  • Jackson Financial Inc0.39%
  • Kulicke & Soffa Industries Inc0.38%
  • Pool Corp0.37%
  • LKQ Corp0.36%
  • Vishay Intertechnology Inc0.36%
  • Victoria's Secret & Co0.36%

Open IJT or SPSM at a brokerage

Both funds trade commission-free at major US brokerages.

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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/.

Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.