ETF comparison
IJT vs VBK
Both US Small Cap.
iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap Growth ETF
Holdings overlap
142 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IJT and VBK would leave roughly 14.6% 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
VBK is 13 bps cheaper than IJT. On a $100,000 position that's about $130/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 VBK.
Top shared holdings
142 shared in total| # | Holding | In IJT | In VBK | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FormFactor, Inc. | 1.36% | 0.35% | 0.35% |
| 2 | BrightSpring Health Services, Inc. | 1.21% | 0.32% | 0.32% |
| 3 | MaxLinear, Inc. | 0.51% | 0.31% | 0.31% |
| 4 | Argan, Inc. | 1.22% | 0.30% | 0.30% |
| 5 | Krystal Biotech, Inc. | 1.07% | 0.29% | 0.29% |
| 6 | ESCO Technologies, Inc. | 0.99% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| 7 | Alkermes plc | 0.96% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| 8 | Everus Construction Group, Inc. | 0.93% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| 9 | StoneX Group, Inc. | 0.91% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| 10 | Powell Industries, Inc. | 0.89% | 0.23% | 0.23% |
| 11 | Corcept Therapeutics, Inc. | 0.91% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| 12 | Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc. | 0.81% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
Only in IJT
205 total- Viasat, Inc. 1.33%
- Enpro, Inc. 0.87%
- Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corp. 0.82%
- Archrock, Inc. 0.78%
- Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 0.69%
- Enova International, Inc. 0.66%
- AAR Corp. 0.61%
- Liquidia Corp. 0.61%
- Lyft, Inc. 0.61%
- Element Solutions, Inc. 0.60%
Only in VBK
401 total- Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd 1.27%
- REVOLUTION Medicines Inc 1.06%
- Astera Labs Inc 1.05%
- Natera Inc 1.04%
- Twilio Inc 0.88%
- Casey's General Stores Inc 0.83%
- Carpenter Technology Corp 0.82%
- Curtiss-Wright Corp 0.79%
- FTAI Aviation Ltd 0.78%
- nVent Electric PLC 0.77%
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- IJT vs VB · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap ETF 11.7%
- IJT vs DFSV · DFA U.S. Small Cap Value Portfolio – ETF Class Shares 9.9%
- IJT vs VBR · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap Value ETF 9.5%
- 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%
More comparisons with VBK
- VBK vs VIOV · Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Value Index Fund ETF Shares 7.6%
- VBK vs IWN · iShares Russell 2000 Value ETF 7.5%
- VBK vs IJS · iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF 7.4%
- VBK vs DFAT · U.S. Targeted Value Portfolio-ETF Class Shares 6.7%
- VBK vs CALF · Pacer US Small Cap Cash Cows 100 ETF 6.4%
- VBK vs VBR · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap Value ETF 5.6%
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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