Which returned more over the last year, BSV or IJT?

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BSV returned +1.1% and IJT returned +17.6%, so IJT returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, BSV or IJT?

BSV charges 0.03% a year and IJT charges 0.18%, so BSV is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Sep 12, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

ETFIQetfiq.com · independent ETF data

BSV vs IJT: how they differ

BSV and IJT hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and IJT returned more over the year.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund and iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, BSV and IJT hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in BSV	Only in IJT
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.13%	FormFactor, Inc. 1.38%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.90%	Viasat, Inc. 1.35%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.89%	Argan, Inc. 1.24%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.82%	BrightSpring Health Services, Inc. 1.22%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.81%	Krystal Biotech, Inc. 1.08%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.81%	ESCO Technologies, Inc. 1.00%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.80%	Alkermes plc 0.97%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.78%	Everus Construction Group, Inc. 0.94%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026.

BSV and IJT on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	BSV Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund	IJT iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Vanguard	iShares
What it is	Short-Term Bond	S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth
Total return, 1 year	+1.1%	+17.6%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−16.4 pts	+0.1 pts
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.18%
Holdings	3185	347

BSV in plain words

BSV is a bond fund tracking the Short-Term Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +1.1% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year.

IJT in plain words

IJT is an index equity fund tracking the S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +17.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.18% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 347 positions, with the top ten at 11.0%. It sat 7.0% below its high of Aug 4, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BSV or IJT?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BSV returned +1.1% and IJT returned +17.6%, so IJT returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, BSV or IJT?: BSV charges 0.03% a year and IJT charges 0.18%, so BSV is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Other comparisons

Where to next

Where these figures came from

ETFIQ links to the documents behind every figure. It is not affiliated with any issuer, and a link is not an endorsement.

BSV against IJT, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 12, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

Cite this page. ETFIQ, BSV against IJT, data as of Sep 12, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/BSV-IJT Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.

A comparison is not a recommendation. Standards and sources