ETF comparison
IJT vs VB
Both US Small Cap.
iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap ETF
Holdings overlap
273 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IJT and VB would leave roughly 11.7% 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
VB 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 the cost calculator pre-filled with IJT vs VB.
Top shared holdings
273 shared in total| # | Holding | In IJT | In VB | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FormFactor, Inc. | 1.36% | 0.15% | 0.15% |
| 2 | Viasat, Inc. | 1.33% | 0.14% | 0.14% |
| 3 | BrightSpring Health Services, Inc. | 1.21% | 0.14% | 0.14% |
| 4 | Element Solutions, Inc. | 0.60% | 0.13% | 0.13% |
| 5 | MaxLinear, Inc. | 0.51% | 0.13% | 0.13% |
| 6 | Argan, Inc. | 1.22% | 0.13% | 0.13% |
| 7 | Krystal Biotech, Inc. | 1.07% | 0.13% | 0.13% |
| 8 | ESCO Technologies, Inc. | 0.99% | 0.11% | 0.11% |
| 9 | Alkermes plc | 0.96% | 0.11% | 0.11% |
| 10 | Everus Construction Group, Inc. | 0.93% | 0.10% | 0.10% |
| 11 | StoneX Group, Inc. | 0.91% | 0.10% | 0.10% |
| 12 | Powell Industries, Inc. | 0.89% | 0.10% | 0.10% |
Only in IJT
74 total- Enova International, Inc. 0.66%
- Liquidia Corp. 0.61%
- Dave, Inc. 0.42%
- Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 0.40%
- Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. (The) 0.38%
- NMI Holdings, Inc. 0.34%
- Vita Coco Co., Inc. (The) 0.32%
- Sezzle, Inc. 0.32%
- Digi International, Inc. 0.31%
- PDF Solutions, Inc. 0.29%
Only in VB
1,036 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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- IJT vs CALF · Pacer US Small Cap Cash Cows 100 ETF 8.5%
- IJT vs ITOT · iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF 1.6%
- IJT vs VTI · Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF 1.6%
- IJT vs SCHB · Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF 1.4%
More comparisons with VB
- VB vs SCHV · Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Value ETF 11.4%
- VB vs DTD · WisdomTree U.S. Total Dividend Fund 11.4%
- VB vs SCHB · Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF 11.3%
- VB vs IUSV · iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF 11.2%
- VB vs VTHR · Vanguard Russell 3000 Index Fund ETF Shares 11.2%
- VB vs AVUV · Avantis US Small Cap Value ETF 11.2%
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/.
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.